This diabetes drug lowers heart disease risk in people with kidney problems
Scientists found that SGLT-2 inhibitors decreased heart disease risk in people with chronic kidney disease.
Scientists warn about widely used diabetes drug metformin
Metformin lowers your blood sugar levels by improving the way your body handles insulin. It's usually prescribed for diabetes.
It has been used in clinical settings...
Ultra-processed foods linked to premature deaths
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are ready-to-eat-or-heat industrial formulations made with ingredients extracted from foods or synthesized in labs.
These foods have gradually been replacing traditional foods...
Sleep apnea linked to dementia, study finds
It's estimated around 50% of elderly people have obstructive sleep apnea when their throat muscles intermittently collapse and block the airway during sleep causing...
Research shows an important cause of chronic inflammation
Inflammation is an essential part of the body’s healing process.
But when it persists, it can contribute to a wide range of complex diseases including...
New drug reduces triglyceride by 25%, but cannot lower heart disease risk in type...
Triglycerides are fatty substances in the blood.
High triglyceride levels can increase the risk of heart disease, especially in conjunction with too much "bad" cholesterol,...
High blood pressure linked to higher risk for severe COVID-19
Your blood pressure is made up of two numbers: systolic and diastolic. Systolic pressure is the pressure when the ventricles pump blood out of the...
Comon household ‘forever chemical’ may give you liver cancer
In a study from the University of Southern California, scientists found exposure to a synthetic chemical found widely in the environment is linked to...
6 ‘heart-health’ supplements cannot lower cholesterol effectively as statins
There are two types of cholesterol. High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol is called the "good" cholesterol because it protects the heart.
In contrast, high levels of...
Scientists develop new ‘backpacks’ to treat inflammatory bowel diseases
Scientists found how much promise some well-equipped gut-friendly bacteria hold for improving treatments of inflammatory bowel disease.