This common exercise could help prevent cognitive decline
Brain tissue is made up of gray matter, or cell bodies, and filaments, called white matter, that extend from the cells.
The volume of gray matter...
Scientists find a new way to boost diabetic wound healing
About one-fourth of people with diabetes develop painful foot ulcers, which are slow to heal due to low oxygen in the wound from impaired...
How your job can affect your heart health
Is your job good for your health?
From the factory floor to the phone bank, from the boardroom to the emergency room, it's a complicated...
This common health problem may increase risk of ‘long COVID-19’
Some COVID-19 survivors can struggle with lingering medical problems for months.
In a new study from Cleveland Clinic, researchers found that the risk for these...
Eating walnuts every day could lower bad cholesterol, prevent heart disease
In a new study from the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, researchers found adding a fistful of walnuts to your daily diet – no matter...
Intensive blood pressure lowering can benefit older people with hypertension
In a new study from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, researchers found aggressive blood pressure treatment in older hypertensive patients lowers the risk...
A heart drug costing less than $2 a day can help treat severe COVID-19
In a new study from Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, researchers found metoprolol, a drug widely used to treat heart disease, is beneficial when...
What you need to know about headache pain
Most of us get headaches from time to time. Some are mild. Others cause throbbing pain. They can last for minutes or days. There...
While vacationing on an isolated island, she had a stroke
Lawnae Hunter was ecstatic to escape snowy Oregon and her hectic schedule for a 10-day Christmas vacation with her son, daughter-in-law and then-9-year-old granddaughter...
This combo therapy can cut risk of heart attack and stroke by half
In a new study from McMaster University, researchers found a combination therapy of aspirin, statins and at least two blood pressure drugs can cut...