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These common foods can boost ‘good cholesterol’ in the body

In a study from August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute, scientists found that eating heart-healthy foods may improve ‘good cholesterol’ function in the...

Research shows a big cause of weakness in older people

In a recent study from Ohio University, scientists found that the nervous system plays an important role in age-related weakness. They suggest that physical weakness...

These widely used diabetes drugs increase heart disease risk

In a recent study, scientists from Northwestern University found two drugs commonly prescribed to treat type 2 diabetes carry a high risk of heart...

The link between potatoes and high blood pressure you need to know

Scientists from Imperial College London recently found that cooking methods play an important role in the link between potato eating and high blood pressure. Previous...

This plant-based diet can help reverse heart failure

In a study from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, scientists found that a whole-food plant-based diet reversed heart failure without medications or surgeries. Angina...

Alcohol can increase high blood pressure in people with type 2 diabetes

In a study from Wake Forest School of Medicine, scientists found that drinking alcohol could increase high blood pressure in people with type 2 diabetes. Type...

When to use an at-home colorectal cancer screening test instead of a colonoscopy

Colorectal cancer, or collectively, cancers that develop in the colon and/or rectum, are currently on the rise. The United States Preventive Services Task Force recommends...

What is frontotemporal dementia? A neurologist explains

Less than one year after stepping away from acting due to a diagnosis of aphasia, Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, according...

What is Tourette syndrome, the condition Lewis Capaldi lives with?

You might have seen the news fans of singer Lewis Capaldi helped him finish a song at a concert this week, after symptoms of...

Three in five long COVID patients have organ damage a year after infection

The latest data from the Office for National Statistics suggests that more than 1.2 million people in the UK report living with long COVID...