Misunderstanding normal blood pressure may harm your health
A significant number of Americans are misinformed about the thresholds of normal blood pressure, according to a study by the University of Southern California...
Nearly a third of people with chronic pain turn to cannabis
In the United States, more states are allowing people to use cannabis. That's another name for marijuana. Some folks can use it for fun,...
Memory and aging: what’s normal and what’s not
As we get older, it's normal to forget little things. Dates, events, and old details might slip our minds.
But when should we worry? When...
Heart fitness tied to lower risk for colon and lung cancer
A new study conducted by The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences found a strong association between higher cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and a...
COVID-19 testing at home: why you should do it more than once
COVID-19 is a sickness caused by a virus. The virus is called SARS-CoV-2.
We have different ways to check if someone has this virus. One...
Supermarket sweep: shopping carts to detect heart disease
Supermarket shopping carts can now help save your life. They can help spot a heart condition called atrial fibrillation. Detecting this early can help...
Simple breakdown: new clues in fighting bowel cancer
Big news in the battle against cancer! A team from the University of Otago has made a big discovery.
They have found something important that...
Repurposing cancer drugs to fight neuroinflammatory diseases
Repurposing existing FDA-approved drugs for alternative treatments offers a faster route to introducing new therapies.
In a pioneering effort, researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden...
People with obsessive-compulsive disorder have an imbalance of brain chemicals – our discovery could...
People often jokingly say they’ve “got a bit of OCD” (obsessive-compulsive disorder) if they are overly organised or tidy.
But OCD is actually a severe...
Healing hearts with meditation: how it helps heart patients
Heart patients may find help in an unexpected place: meditation.
A new study presented at a big conference, the ESC Preventive Cardiology 2023, found that...