Depression severity may predict stroke risk, study finds
Depression is more than just feeling down or having a bad day.
When a sad mood lasts for a long time and interferes with normal,...
Bottom blood pressure number could help predict your dementia risk
In a recent study from the University of Miami, scientists found that the bottom number (diastolic blood pressure) on a blood pressure test could...
Eating more fish may protect the brain from vascular disease
Heart and vascular, or cardiovascular, diseases include conditions such as arrhythmias, coronary heart disease, heart attack, high blood pressure, congenital heart defects, vascular dementia, and...
How to treat your flu at home
It's flu season, during which approximately 30 million Americans will get the flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Fortunately, most of...
Poor diet can lead to blindness
A poor diet of chips and crisps caused a teenage boy in England to become blind. The boy – let’s call him Jasper –...
A safe and more effective way to treat high blood pressure
High blood pressure increases the risk for heart disease and stroke, two leading causes of death for Americans.
Tens of millions of adults in the United States have...
Unvaccinated cancer patients with COVID 7 times more likely to die
In a study from Regenstrief Institute, scientists found unvaccinated adult cancer patients with COVID were found to be seven times more likely to die...
Research shows an important cause of chronic inflammation
Chronic inflammation is also referred to as slow, long-term inflammation lasting for prolonged periods of several months to years.
Generally, the extent and effects of chronic...
Harvard scientists find the leading cause of multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease that affects the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system).
It is a progressive disease that affects 2.8 million...
A new blood test may detect over 50 cancers early
Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.
These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread.
In a...