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Best high blood pressure treatment for stroke patients

Sixty percent of stroke patients admitted to U.S. emergency rooms have elevated blood pressure. In a study from the University of Georgia, scientists found that aggressive treatment of...

A person has survived 12 tumors in less than 40 years of life

In a study from Spanish National Cancer Research Center, scientists reported an exceptional cancer case. This individual first developed a tumor as a baby, followed...

‘Magic mushrooms’ could reduce depression, study finds

Approximately 100 million people in the world suffer from treatment-resistant depression, which means they have not responded to at least two antidepressant treatments for...

Vitamin D and estrogen may help prevent heart disease, stroke, diabetes

Vitamin D and estrogen have already shown well-documented results in improving bone health in women.

Close family members of people with NAFLD are at risk of liver disease

First-degree relatives of patients with NAFLD characterized by advanced fibrosis are at a 15% risk of developing the condition.

Pancreatic cancer could be diagnosed up to three years earlier

Pancreatic cancer is a silent disease. For many people, it has no symptoms until it is fairly advanced.

Heart inflammation risk remains rare after third COVID-19 vaccine dose

Scientists found a third dose of the Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine poses no more risk of heart inflammation than a second dose.

Vitamin D may help prevent heart failure after heart attack

Scientists found how vitamin D may help protect heart tissue and prevent heart failure after a heart attack.

Common high blood pressure drugs linked to kidney damage

Chronic high blood pressure affects a billion people around the world. In a study from the University of Virginia, scientists found that long-term use of...

Common diabetes drug may increase heart failure risk

Rosiglitazone belongs to a class of drugs called thiazolidinediones, a new class of drugs for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. In a recent study...