Scientists find diabetes-causing gene and how to control it
Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high. Blood glucose is your main source of...
How to reduce blood pressure to effectively prevent heart disease
High blood pressure can damage your arteries by making them less elastic, which decreases the flow of blood and oxygen to your heart and...
Harvard study makes new discovery about frontotemporal dementia
Dementia encompasses a range of neurodegenerative conditions that lead to memory loss and cognitive deficiencies and affect some 55 million people worldwide.
Yet despite its...
Camelina sativa oil and fatty fish may protect heart health
In a study from University of Eastern Finland, scientists found that camelina sativa oil and fatty fish may protect heart health.
New evidence on rare blood clots after COVID-19 vaccination
Scientists found new evidence on the risk of developing this very rare blood-clotting condition after COVID-19 vaccination.
Why late-night eating leads to weight gain and diabetes?
Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered the mechanism behind why eating late at night is linked to weight gain and diabetes.
Drinking milk at breakfast may lower blood sugar throughout the day
Scientists found that a change in breakfast routine may provide benefits for the management of type 2 diabetes.
Scientists find one root mechanism of Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia.
It is a progressive disease beginning with mild memory loss and possibly leading to loss of the...
COVID-19 virus is becoming less severe, study finds
In a study from Massachusetts General Hospital, scientists examined the severity of the SARS-CoV-2 omicron BA.2 subvariant (the strain making a re-emergence this fall).
They...
Air pollution from traffic may be linked to higher dementia risk
Dementia describes an overall decline in memory and other thinking skills severe enough to reduce a person's ability to perform everyday activities.
In a study...