High-calorie diet may help Parkinson’s patients live longer
Parkinson's disease is a chronic and progressive neurological disease that is marked by tremors in the resting muscles, rigidity, slowness of movement, impaired balance,...
Common chemical in cheese, coffee, meat may hurt your blood pressure
Half of all Americans have high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, and many don’t even know they have it.
High blood pressure develops when...
A little weight gain may increase risk of knee pain
Osteoarthritis occurs when the cartilage that cushions the joints wears away over time, allowing the ends of bones to rub against each other, causing pain,...
A new heart brings new hope
When Sethan Wilder heard the heart he had been waiting for was available, the range of emotions he’d been feeling in the months prior...
High blood pressure can cause common heart rate disease
A heart arrhythmia is an irregular heartbeat.
Heart rhythm problems (heart arrhythmias) occur when the electrical signals that coordinate the heart's beats don't work properly.
The...
Six lithium dose predictors for people with bipolar disorder
The bipolar disorder sometimes referred to as manic-depressive disorder, is characterized by dramatic shifts in mood, energy, and activity levels that affect a person’s...
Being stressed out before you get COVID increases your chances of long COVID
Stress is part and parcel of modern life.
When we’re on the verge of a new challenge or a significant event, we can experience stress...
Some common vegetables may reduce kidney damage in diabetes
Diabetic kidney disease is a type of kidney disease caused by diabetes.
Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney disease. About 1 out of 3 adults with diabetes...
Common drugs for pain and fever linked to high blood pressure, study finds
Paracetamol is one of the most popular drugs used to treat pain and fever available without a prescription.
It is the drug of choice in...
One step closer to an adaptation-proof COVID-19 vaccine
In a study from Penn State University, scientists found a vaccine design approach that could protect against new variants of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that...