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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.