How to cut back on sodium to protect your blood pressure
People across the globe are consuming much more sodium than they should.
And based on current recommendations, Americans shouldn't be having more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium each...
Severe COVID-19 linked to 16 times of risk of deadly heart rhythm disease within...
A new study has shown that patients with severe COVID-19 who require mechanical ventilation are at a higher risk of developing ventricular tachycardia, atrial...
Scientists find new cause of kidney disease, artery hardening
Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, even after traditional treatments to control risk factors like diabetes, blood pressure,...
On a snowy day, the warmth of a stranger kept one man alive
In the early months of 2021, heavy snow blanketed the city of Philadelphia.
Justin Stroh and his wife, Bess, both in their 60s, had been...
Menu calorie counts may help lower cancer risk in obese people
A new study suggests that specifying the number of calories for each item on restaurant menus could help prevent cancer cases linked with obesity...
COVID-19 infection may increase risk for diabetes, study confirms
A new study has suggested that people who get infected with the coronavirus may be at an increased risk of developing diabetes.
The study was...
Boosting the brain’s cleaning system may prevent Alzheimer’s disease
A recent study from the University of California, San Francisco, has discovered a potential new path to treating Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia.
The...
Psychedelics may better treat depression and anxiety symptoms than prescription antidepressants for patients with...
In people with advanced cancer, psychedelic drugs like psilocybin, LSD and MDMA may significantly reduce the severity of depression and anxiety symptoms.
Roughly 10% of...
Scientists find how to treat heart rhythm problems with light
Scientists at Northwestern University and the University of Texas at Austin have developed a new type of implant for people with heart rhythm disorders,...
Turning down the volume of pain – how to retrain your brain when you...
For every feeling we experience, there is a lot of complex biology going on underneath our skin.
Pain involves our whole body. When faced with...