New therapy may slow kidney damage from type 2 diabetes
In a study from the University of Galway, scientists reported promising results from a new cell therapy trial for people living with diabetes.
This study...
Psychological distress may be causal risk factor for dementia
Dementia is not a specific disease but is rather a general term for the impaired ability to remember, think, or make decisions that interfere...
Skip the salt, grab the bananas, says heart health experts
In a study from Harvard University and elsewhere, scientists found lower sodium intake and higher potassium intake is linked to a reduced risk of...
Widely used blood pressure drugs may increase death risk in breast cancer
A recent study at Flinders University found a link between beta-blockers and survival outcomes in some breast cancer patients.
Beta-blockers, commonly used to manage high...
This diabetes number could predict death risk
A recent study from the Universities of Gothenburg and Oxford suggests people who get type 2 diabetes need to gain control of their blood...
Common depression drug may help treat blinding eye disease
A recent study from the University of Virginia found an antidepressant best known as Prozac could offer the first treatment for the leading cause of blindness...
A majority of Americans have not got the latest COVID booster
In a new survey from the COVID States Project, scientists found that nearly half of American adults reported having been infected with COVID-19 at least...
Advanced MRI benefits people with heart stiffening disease
An advanced form of cardiac MRI has for the first-time enabled clinicians to measure the effectiveness of chemotherapy in patients with the life-limiting condition 'stiff heart syndrome'.
Heart failure more common in people with heart defects
Scientists found people born with heart defects may face a nearly ninefold higher lifetime risk for heart failure.
Scientists find a way to make asthma drugs last longer
In a study from Thomas Jefferson University, scientists found a way to make asthma drugs last longer.