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Eating prunes may help prevent bone loss in older women

Scientists from Penn State found eating prunes may help protect older women from bone loss. They found that prunes can help prevent or delay bone...

This brain stimulation method could effectively treat migraine headache

Scientists from Sichuan University found that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is effective and safe for migraine. The research is published in CNS Neuroscience and...

Fasting-mimicking diet plus vitamin C may help fight hard-to-treat cancers

Scientists from the USC Longevity Institute and elsewhere found that vitamin C combined with a fasting-mimicking diet may help fight against some hard-to-treat cancers. They...

Insulin spray could improve gait, cognitive function in type 2 diabetes

Scientists from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center found that insulin spray improved gait, and cognitive function in patients with and without type 2 diabetes. The...

Doctors often ignore this bone disease in men, study finds

Scientists from the University of Sheffield found that osteoporosis in men is often overlooked by health care professionals. They say raising awareness of the condition...

How high blood pressure and aging can harm your artery walls

Scientists from the Queen Mary University of London found how the progression of atherosclerosis is affected by a combination of high blood pressure and...

COVID-19 infection may lead to fertility problem in men

In a recent study published in Reproduction, researchers found that COVID-19 may negatively affect sperm quality and reduce fertility in men. They showed that COVID-19 infection...

Scientists find a new way to predict dementia before symptoms appear

Scientists from Boston University and elsewhere found a blood biomarker that could help identify people with the earliest signs of dementia, even before the...

Stanford scientists develop vaccine to prevent pancreatic cancer

Scientists from Stanford University develop a new vaccine to prevent pancreatic cancer. The research is published in Stem Cell Reports and was conducted by Joseph...

Understanding the link between COVID-19 and diabetes

Amid the many problems posed by the pandemic, one positive outcome is that COVID-19 is providing valuable insights that could help researchers unlock the...