Drug for asthma and eczema may help treat COVID patients
Scientists from the University of Virginia found a medication used to treat asthma and eczema can improve survival rates for patients with moderate to...
A new way to predict dementia before symptoms appear
In a study from Boston University and elsewhere, scientists found a blood biomarker that could help identify people with the earliest signs of dementia,...
Meds for common bowel disease may protect against severe COVID-19
In a recent study, scientists from Cedars-Sinai found that medicine for inflammatory bowel disease may protect against severe COVID-19.
They found that getting the COVID-19...
Sustainable diet cause fewer blood clots in the brain, study finds
Scientists from Aarhus University found that the risk of bleeding or blood clots in the brain is lower if your diet is sustainable.
There should...
When her smartwatch indicated she might be in AFib, she thought it was a...
Megan Buchholz groggily read the notification from her smartwatch.
Its vibration had roused her out of a deep sleep.
At 3 a.m. on a Monday this...
Diet low in or without meat may help lower cancer risk
Scientists from the University of Oxford found that eating meat five times or less per week is associated with lower overall cancer risk.
They examined...
Vegetarian women have higher risk of hip fracture
In a study from the University of Leeds, scientists found that middle-aged women with a vegetarian diet had a 33% higher risk of hip...
Salt substitution could prevent almost half a million heart deaths every year
Scientists from The George Institute found that replacing regular household salt with potassium-enriched salt substitutes in China could prevent nearly half a million cardiovascular...
Common antibiotic use in middle life linked to cognitive decline
In a study from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard, scientists found a link between the use of antibiotics by middle-aged women and cognitive decline...
This high-protein plant could help reduce blood sugar after meals
Scientists from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev found that Mankai, a new high-protein aquatic plant strain of duckweed, could help control blood sugar.
The...