A common diabetes drug may lead to better weight loss
Weight loss is an important quality for diabetic medications as being overweight is a common characteristic of the disease and can eventually lead to...
Common treatment for heart rhythm disease may be riskier for women
An arrhythmia, or irregular heartbeat, is a problem with the rate or rhythm of your heartbeat. Your heart may beat too quickly, too slowly,...
Frailty, dementia increase death risk in older people after surgery
Dementia describes an overall decline in memory and other thinking skills severe enough to reduce a person's ability to perform everyday activities.
Frailty is defined...
Third COVID-19 vaccine dose is highly effective in people with liver scars
Cirrhosis of the liver is the impaired liver function caused by the formation of scar tissue known as fibrosis due to damage caused by liver...
After breast cancer: 5 changes you can make to stay healthy
Every year, more than 20,000 Australians – mostly women – are diagnosed with breast cancer.
If you’re one of them or know someone who is,...
Electroshock therapy more effective for treating depression than ketamine
Depression is a common illness affecting about 5% of adults worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Feeling sad, irritable, losing pleasure in activities...
Widely used high blood pressure drugs may lead to a gut disease
High blood pressure increases the risk of heart disease and stroke, two leading causes of death for Americans.
High blood pressure is also very common....
Two drugs can reverse a key step in pancreatic cancer
According to the National Cancer Institute, more than 60,000 Americans will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this year, and only about 1 in 10 of those...
Scientists find two drugs most effective in lowering blood sugar in diabetes
Diabetes is a chronic (long-lasting) health condition that affects how your body turns food into energy.
With type 2 diabetes, your body doesn’t use insulin well and...
Novel PET imaging tech can detect earliest signs of Alzheimer’s disease
Memory problems are often one of the first signs of cognitive impairment related to Alzheimer's disease.
The decline in non-memory aspects of cognition, such as word-finding,...