More than 5.5 million US adults use hallucinogens, study finds
In a study from Columbia University, scientists found hallucinogen use has increased since 2015, overall and particularly among adults 26 and older, while use...
Three drugs fail as COVID-19 treatments
Scientists from the University of Minnesota found ivermectin and fluvoxamine cannot work as COVID-19 treatments.
They found the drugs cannot fight against COVID among overweight...
Early blood tests could predict death, severe disability in traumatic brain injury
Scientists from Michigan Medicine found that blood tests taken on the day of a traumatic brain injury can predict which patients are likely to...
Cooking, self-management education, and intervention benefit people with diabetes
Scientists from The Ohio State University found a cooking intervention that provided food—along with diabetes self-management education to encourage healthy eating and physical activity—would...
Dentists should give high-risk people antibiotics to prevent deadly heart infection
In a study from the University of Sheffield, scientists found people who are at high risk of developing a life-threatening heart infection should be...
Scientists find a pill that reduces heart disease, obesity, fatty liver
In a recent study from Johns Hopkins Medicine, scientists found that a drug first developed to treat Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia and sickle cell disease...
New compound from blueberries could help treat inflammatory diseases
Scientists from the Tokyo University of Science found a new compound called PSB in blueberries may be a potential treatment for chronic inflammatory diseases,...
Omicron infection provides poor natural boost for future re-infection
In a recent study from Imperial College London, scientists found that people infected with the omicron variant show poor immune boosting against future SARS-CoV-2...
How salt increases blood pressure
Dietary salt increases blood pressure in some people, putting them at higher risk for cardiovascular disease and death.
In a study from Vanderbilt University, scientists...
Common arthritis drugs may reduce protection from COVID-19 vaccine
In a study from the Arthritis Foundation, scientists found some arthritis drugs may reduce the effectiveness of COVID vaccines.
The finding suggests that disease-modifying drugs used...