Aspirin may improve survival for bladder and breast cancers
Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women after skin cancer. Mammograms can detect breast cancer early, possibly before it has spread.
The...
Diabetes drug metformin may help treat common heart rhythm disease
The human heart is an amazing biological machine controlled by an internal electrical system that produces about 100,000 beats a day.
When abnormal electrical activity...
Widely used painkiller could harm your blood pressure health
Your blood pressure is made up of two numbers: systolic and diastolic.
Systolic pressure is the pressure when the ventricles pump blood out of the...
Trans fats may strongly increase heart disease death risk
According to the National Institute of Health, heart disease is a catch-all phrase for a variety of conditions that affect the heart's structure and how...
New findings help reveal the root causes of ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer causes more deaths each year than any other gynecologic cancer in the U.S.
Recent discoveries from Cedars-Sinai Cancer help improve the understanding of...
High blood sugar linked to fatty liver disease, study finds
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a condition in which fat builds up in your liver.
Nonalcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are...
This common nutrient may hold the key to beating Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers found that a lifelong dietary regimen of choline holds the potential to prevent Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Choline is a nutrient that is naturally present...
Clearing up questions on whether tofu is healthy
Let's talk tofu.
It seemed like such a simple, honest food when it caught your eye in the grocery store. But later, after you checked...
Widely used blood pressure drugs may raise blood pressure in some patients
Half of all Americans have high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, and many don’t even know they have it.
According to the National Institute...
Scientists find effective way to treat memory loss linked to Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia but the changes in brain cell function underlying memory loss remains poorly understood.
The first...