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Should the Lowest-Risk Prostate Cancer Still Be Called Cancer?
For many people, hearing the word "cancer" is frightening. It often brings thoughts of aggressive disease, difficult treatments, and a life-threatening future.
However, doctors are...
Common Sleep Supplement May Also Ease Chronic Pain
Millions of people live with long-lasting muscle and joint pain caused by conditions such as osteoarthritis, back pain, and fibromyalgia. This type of pain...
DNA Test Could Predict Glaucoma Long Before Vision Loss
Glaucoma is one of the world's leading causes of permanent blindness.
It slowly damages the optic nerve, which carries visual information from the eye to...
This Old Vaccine May Help Protect the Brain From Alzheimer’s
Scientists have long used vaccines to protect people from infectious diseases. However, researchers are now discovering that some vaccines may do much more than...
This Vitamin D Supplement May Be the Better Choice for Your Health
Vitamin D is one of the most important nutrients for good health. It helps the body absorb calcium, which keeps bones and teeth strong.
It...
Most Heart Attacks and Strokes Give Early Warning Signs
Many people believe that heart attacks, strokes, and heart failure happen suddenly without any warning.
While these events often seem unexpected, a huge new international...
This Common Vaccine May Prevent Heart Attack and Stroke
Most people think of shingles as a painful skin rash, but doctors now know that it can affect much more than the skin.
Shingles is...
Popular Blood Pressure Drug Linked to Dangerous Side Effects
Millions of people around the world live with high blood pressure, also called hypertension.
This condition happens when blood pushes too hard against the walls...
Older People Should Receive More Complete Artery Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack
For many years, doctors have usually focused on treating only the blocked artery that directly caused a heart attack.
This artery is often called the...
Why Some People Have High Blood Pressure but a Slow Pulse
When most people think about heart health, they often focus on two important numbers: blood pressure and pulse rate.
Because both are linked to the...
Alone During a Heart Attack? These Simple Steps Could Save Your Life
A heart attack can happen without warning, even when you are completely alone.
You may be relaxing at home, watching television, working in your garden,...
Dizzy Spells Could Be a Hidden Warning Sign of This Disease
Many people have felt dizzy at some point in their lives. Some people feel lightheaded for a few seconds after standing up too quickly.
Others...
Could Some Everyday Medicines Quietly Raise the Risk of Memory Loss?
Millions of people take medicines every day to manage common health problems such as allergies, high blood pressure, depression, motion sickness, and many other...
Common Painkiller May Affect the Liver More Than Scientists Once Thought
Ibuprofen is one of the most commonly used pain medicines in the world.
Millions of people take it to ease headaches, muscle pain, back pain,...
Common Blood Thinner May Protect the Heart Better Than Aspirin
For decades, aspirin has been one of the most commonly used medicines to help prevent heart attacks and strokes in people with heart disease.
Millions...
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Tiny red galaxies may be the hidden source of mysterious cosmic neutrinos
A newly discovered group of tiny red galaxies may help solve one of astronomy's biggest mysteries: where the universe's highest-energy neutrinos come from.
Using the...
A star’s death throes involves a lot of kicking
Imagine being nudged again and again by thousands of tiny shoves, each one barely perceptible alone, until they add up to a steady drift...
Crocodile brains have barely changed in 100 million years, new study finds
Crocodiles are often called "living fossils," and a new study suggests that description may be more accurate than ever.
Scientists have discovered that the brains...
New nearby ‘super-Earth’ may be more like Earth than we thought
A nearby planet that could one day help answer one of humanity's biggest questions—whether life exists beyond Earth—may be more promising than scientists first...
Simple underwater cones could make wave energy much more efficient
Ocean waves carry enormous amounts of clean, renewable energy. Unlike sunlight and wind, the sea is almost always moving, making wave power an attractive...