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COVID-19 may increase your mental disease risk by 25%

Scientists from Oregon State University found that COVID-19 patients had a roughly 25% increased risk of developing a psychiatric disorder in the four months...

Causes of liver cancer are changing, study finds

The primary causes of liver cancer are well known: viral (hepatitis B and C), alcohol and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a condition in which fat...

Obesity can trigger type 1 diabetes, study finds

Scientists from Tel Aviv University found obesity also contributes to type 1 diabetes. They tested nearly 1.5 million Israeli teenagers and found that those who...

Babies exposed to COVID in the womb have changes in brain development

Scientists from Spain found that babies born to mothers who suffered COVID-19 disease during pregnancy seem to exhibit differences in brain development at 6...

People in these US counties more likely to die from COVID-19, study finds

The partisan divide in the United States throughout the COVID-19 pandemic stretched beyond differences in attitudes about masking, social distancing, and vaccines. Scientists from the...

This diabetes drug helps you lose never-before-seen amounts of weight

Scientists from Yale and elsewhere found a drug recently approved to treat type 2 diabetes is also extremely effective at reducing obesity. The research is...

Cannabis products can only reduce chronic pain temporarily

Scientists from Oregon Health & Science University found that evidence behind the effectiveness of cannabis-related products to treat chronic pain is surprisingly thin. The research...

New study reveals the link between diabetes and high blood pressure

Scientists from the University of Bristol found why so many patients suffering from high blood pressure (known as hypertension) also have diabetes (high blood...

Scientists find a new cause of schizophrenia

Scientists from Tokyo Medical and Dental University found an autoantibody—a protein that is produced by the immune system to attach to a specific substance...

How to prevent loss of taste and smell from COVID-19

In a recent study from Yale, scientists found a way to prevent the loss of smell and taste from COVID-19. Loss of smell and taste...