Moderna, Pfizer, Janssen vaccines: Which is best?
In a new study from the University of Texas, researchers analyzed COVID infection by vaccination status among 780,225 Veterans.
They found that protection against any COVID-19 infection...
Drinking coffee may affect your kidney health
Food and beverages may have important effects on kidney health, but the potential biological mechanisms involved are often unclear.
In a new study from John...
Fatty liver and high blood pressure together bring no more death risk
In a recent study published in the Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, researchers found the combined effect of hypertension and fatty liver disease on death risk...
Why people with diabetes more likely to get severe COVID-19
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, clinicians have noted that certain patients are at especially high risk of developing severe illness or dying from coronavirus infection.
Type...
This sleep problem may increase your risk of deadly brain bleeding
In a new study from Karolinska Institutet, researchers found insomnia may be a risk factor for a brain bleed from a ruptured aneurysm along...
Couple knew they would face heart problems together – but not like this
Kelly DiMaggio was used to being the patient. She was the one born with half a heart. She was the one who went through...
Common antibiotics may raise your colon cancer risk
In a recent study published in JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, researchers found a clear link between taking antibiotics and an increased...
Why some older people less likely to have Alzheimer’s disease
Many people develop Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia as they get older. However, others remain sharp well into old age, even if their...
This depression drug rapidly improves cognitive function, lowers suicide risk
In a new study from Columbia University, researchers found ketamine, a drug used to treat mood disorders and severe depression, improved the thinking and...
Stroke showed he wasn’t bulletproof – but he could still be a hero
At 44, A.Jaye Johnson was relearning how to talk, walk and perform basic skills, like using a fork.
For years, he'd been the one looking...