Yale scientists answer common questions about high blood pressure
If you do just one thing to improve your health this year, it could be to gain control over your blood pressure.
Cases of high...
Three or four doses of mRNA vaccines effective in preventing omicron infection
In a study from The University of Hong Kong, scientists found one of the first real-world estimates of vaccine effectiveness against omicron infections, irrespective...
Research shows new cause of kidney disease, artery hardening
For the longest time, clinicians have treated cardiovascular disease by focusing on diabetes and blood pressure control, reducing cholesterol using medications like aspirin and...
Low-dose aspirin may help people with ovarian cancer live longer
In a study from QIMR Berghofer, scientists found that low-dose aspirin may improve ovarian cancer survival.
Ovarian cancer can be hard to detect and usually,...
Genetics might explain why some people have never had COVID – but we shouldn’t...
It’s been over three years since the first known COVID infection. Since then, we’ve seen hundreds of millions of cases around the globe.
You’ve probably...
Pro wrestler-in-training thrown for a loop by extra electrical pathway in her heart
Megan Washington finished running a muggy mile outside the Orlando, Florida, warehouse where she attended professional wrestling school, and found herself abnormally out of...
BCG: how a century-old vaccine is being used against everything from cancer to autoimmune...
In March 2020, as the UK was preparing to go into lockdown, two new trials were posted on the clinicaltrials.gov database.
The researchers were proposing...
Scientists find highly effective treatment for large strokes
Patients with large strokes had a much better recovery after endovascular thrombectomy plus medical management.
Scientists discover a rare neurological disease involving cellular recycling
New disease could provide insights into how the cell’s recycling system contributes to a healthy brain.
Two common drugs may treat strokes linked to dementia
In a study from the University of Nottingham and elsewhere, scientists found two cheap and common drugs could be re-purposed as the first specific...