Your genes and blood type may help predict severe COVID-19
A person’s genes and blood type may help determine their odds for a nastier form of COVID-19, should they get infected with the new coronavirus.
Smoking marijuana may damage your lungs more than tobacco
Marijuana smoking is on the rise and there's a public perception that marijuana is safe, or that it's safer than (tobacco) cigarettes.
But in a study from...
Scientists use long needles to zap brain cancer
Glioblastoma, the most aggressive and deadly form of brain cancer, affects one in 25,000 Canadians, and only six percent of those with cancer currently...
Low calorie diets may help reverse type 2 diabetes
Globally, type 2 diabetes affects over 400 million people, and almost 4 million, or one in ten adults in the UK.
Around one in four...
Scientists find drug that prevents sudden cardiac death without side effects
A recent study from King’s College London found a new drug, OCT2013, could prevent sudden cardiac death as effectively as the drug lidocaine but...
These two things may influence your risk of frontotemporal dementia
In two studies from the University of Eastern Finland, scientists found that educational background and previous traumatic brain injury may potentially affect the risk...
This study finds a major cause of earlier death in men
In a recent study from the University of Virginia, scientists found that the loss of the male sex chromosome as many men age causes...
Why some people are 5 times more likely to get COVID-19
A recent study from Clalit Health Services found after people have recovered from COVID-19, getting at least one dose of a vaccine provides added...
Eating whole eggs may be bad for your heart
In a study from Zhejiang University, scientists found that a person’s intake of whole eggs and cholesterol was linked to a higher risk of...
Chocolate contains cadmium that can increase cancer risk
Children and adults all over the world love chocolate, either enjoying it by eating chocolate bars or sipping warm cocoa drinks.
But behind its delicious...