People with very high blood pressure should drink less coffee
In a study from the National Center for Global Health and Medicine in Tokyo, scientists found people with severely high blood pressure who drink...
Scientists find the cause of smell loss in long COVID
In a study from Duke Health and elsewhere, scientists found the reason some people fail to recover their sense of smell after COVID-19 is...
Scientists find key to reducing breast cancer risk
In a study from the University of Otago, scientists found a gene, that when modified, could reduce the risk of breast cancer.
The discovery also...
How to treat type 2 diabetes successfully
A recent study from the Technion developed a novel approach to treating type 2 diabetes is being developed.
Diabetes is caused by insulin resistance and...
How to keep your high blood pressure healthy
About 1 in 3 adults in the U.S. has high blood pressure, but many don’t realize it. High blood pressure is sometimes called a...
Why does the Alzheimer’s brain become insulin-resistant?
As the population ages, the number of people with neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, increases.
Approximately 75,000 Canadians are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease each...
Some blood pressure drugs may help reduce depression
None of the 41 most common high blood pressure medications increased the risk of depression, while 9 medications appeared to lower it.
Heart transplant recipient honors her donor ‘by living the best possible life I can’
The overwhelming feeling that someone else – a total stranger – made the ultimate sacrifice of allowing their own heart to beat in someone else's chest.
A third of people with long COVID suffer persistent smell loss
In a study from the University of East Anglia, scientists found smell loss is one of the most prevalent symptoms of long COVID.
Why winter is heart attack season
Along with parties, travel, and stress, deadly heart attacks are more common in December.