What is diabetic retinopathy?
Diabetic retinopathy is an eye condition that can cause vision loss and blindness in people who have diabetes.
It affects blood vessels in the retina (the light-sensitive layer of tissue in the back of your eye).
If you have diabetes, it’s...
How herb medicines reduce high blood pressure
Common herbs, including lavender, fennel, and chamomile, have a long history as folk medicines used to lower blood pressure.
Scientists from the University of California,...
It’s not easy being your brain
“I think, therefore I am” has been a kind of human slogan ever since the 17th-century French philosopher René Descartes wrote his famous phrase.
But...
How to deal with drug abuse problem
Drug abuse can be a painful experience—for the person who has the problem, and for family and friends who may feel helpless in the...
For men, height comes with a lower dementia risk
Scientists from the University of Copenhagen found being taller in young adulthood is associated with a lower risk of developing dementia in men, even...
Where you live can affect your COVID death risk
Scientists from the University of Chicago used county-level data and found that different demographic groups are vulnerable to COVID-19 in different ways—often depending on...
Scientists find a new way to treat Alzheimer’s disease
About 11% of the U.S. population 65 and older has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common form of dementia that results...
This diabetes drug could help treat heart failure even you don’t have diabetes
Scientists from Sichuan University found a common diabetes drug could help reduce death risk in people with heart failure.
They that sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors...
This drug is effective in COVID-19 patients
Scientists from Spain confirmed that a drug protease inhibitor aprotinin prevented cells to be infected by the COVID-19 virus.
They found that patients receiving an...
Sense of purpose is linked to lower risk of dementia, study finds
Scientists from UCL found that feeling a sense of purpose or meaning in life is associated with a lower risk of dementia years later.
The...