Risk of heart disease lower when obesity is due to genetics rather than lifestyle...
It’s well known that a high body mass index (BMI) has negative effects on our health, increasing the risk of several diseases.
This is concerning...
Coffee may not increase high blood pressure risk in older women
In a new study, scientists from Stanford and other research institutions decided to investigate the impact of coffee consumption on high blood pressure risk...
Why air pollution can cause lung cancer
A group of international researchers has conducted an extensive study on how air pollution can cause lung cancer.
Previous research had shown a strong link...
Tai chi may effectively prevent cognitive decline
Older adults who had Type 2 Diabetes and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) often have a hard time remembering things and taking care of themselves...
Milk, yogurt may lower risk of type 2 diabetes
Recently, scientists from the Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha conducted a study on the link between dairy foods and the risk of developing type 2...
Fruit sugar may increase risk of Alzheimer’s disease
A study from the University of Colorado has found a fascinating link between the evolutionary survival response of early humans to forage for food...
Common high blood pressure drug can protect kidney health in diabetes
A recent study from the University of Bristol has found a potential new method to reduce the progression of diabetic kidney disease, which affects...
What causes motion sickness? Here’s how to reconcile the mismatch in what your senses...
My first experience with motion sickness was as a college student, standing on the back of a marine research vessel looking at interesting things...
She boarded a cruise ship. Then she had a stroke.
Shelley Davis packed shorts, bathing suits and sunscreen for a weeklong cruise with her husband, Greg, and their 13- and 15-year-old daughters.
The morning before...
Scientists find gene that shapes heart-attack risk
Scientists find a gene that plays a big role in determining the risk of developing heart attacks, deadly aneurysms, other vascular diseases.