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Your blood type may predict your risk of chronic diseases

Scientists from Karolinska Institutet found links between certain blood groups and 49 diseases, including a finding that having blood group B seems to be...

Vaccination and previous infection may not effectively stop newer COVID-19 subvariants

Scientists from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center found that newer COVID-19 subvariants are less vulnerable to immunity induced by vaccination and previous infection. The research...

This daily vitamin is critical to cancer prevention

Scientists from the University of Eastern Finland found that a good vitamin D status can help with cancer prevention and in the prognosis of...

Scientists find new drug that may stop heart failure development

Scientists from The Ohio State University found have developed a novel drug molecule that targets T-cells causing inflammation in heart failure patients, stopping the...

COVID-19 vaccines have prevented 20 million deaths worldwide

Scientists from Imperial College London found that COVID-19 vaccines reduced the potential global death toll during the pandemic by more than half in the...

Scientists find an important cause of hearing loss

Scientists from the University of Miami have found that inherited mutations in the MINAR2 gene caused deafness in four families. The authors believe the progressive...

MIND diet linked to better cognitive performance in older people

Scientists from Rush University Medical Center found that the MIND diet is linked to better cognitive performance in older people. They found that older adults may benefit...

A third vaccine dose may increase protection from omicron

The mRNA vaccines used against COVID were never designed to battle the omicron variant, a now dominant strain of the coronavirus that recently claimed...

His shortness of breath signaled a deeper, underlying issue

David Sloan, Jr. had always been active. At the age of 17 he started playing tennis and by 24 he would run two to...

Should you take aspirin to prevent heart attacks?

If you take a daily aspirin to help decrease your chance of a heart attack or stroke, you should check in with your health...