Nurse misread symptoms of her own heart attack
At her new job as a nurse at a college in St. Louis, Roslyn Harvey spent most of her day sitting at a desk....
How to keep high blood pressure in check
About 1 in 3 adults in the U.S. has high blood pressure, but many don’t realize it. High blood pressure is sometimes called a...
Doing this after stroke is critical for long-term survival
In a new study from Monash University, researchers emphasize how critical it is for survivors of first-time stroke to take medications on an ongoing...
Cholesterol drives Alzheimer’s plaque formation
In a new study from the University of Virginia, researchers found cholesterol manufactured in the brain appears to play a key role in the...
This stuff adds fuel to COVID-19 inflammation, blood clots
In a recent study published in JCI Insight, researchers found another functional autoantibody in COVID-19 patients that contributes to the disease’s development and the...
This study shows 16 drugs could treat COVID-19
In a recent study is published in Pharmaceutics, researchers found a new way to identify existing medicines that could be applied to treat COVID-19.
This...
Fitness didn’t keep him from heart problems or COVID-19, but it did help him...
About a month into the COVID-19 pandemic, LeCount Holmes saw on television that Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan was within a mile of his house...
People doing this work are 3 times more likely to get COVID-19
In a recent study published in the journal Thorax, researchers found that people who work shifts appear to be much more likely to end...
This diet can lead to better cognitive functions and memory
In a new study from IMIM-Hospital del Mar, researchers found the Mediterranean diet does not only have beneficial effects for the cardiovascular health of...
COVID-19 vaccine booster dose can reduce infection in those 60 and older
In a new study from the Weizmann Institute of Science, researchers found among Israeli adults aged 60 years and older, those receiving a third...