Research shows a big cause of weakness in older people
In a recent study from Ohio University, scientists found that the nervous system plays an important role in age-related weakness.
They suggest that physical weakness...
These widely used diabetes drugs increase heart disease risk
In a recent study, scientists from Northwestern University found two drugs commonly prescribed to treat type 2 diabetes carry a high risk of heart...
The link between potatoes and high blood pressure you need to know
Scientists from Imperial College London recently found that cooking methods play an important role in the link between potato eating and high blood pressure.
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This plant-based diet can help reverse heart failure
In a study from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, scientists found that a whole-food plant-based diet reversed heart failure without medications or surgeries.
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Alcohol can increase high blood pressure in people with type 2 diabetes
In a study from Wake Forest School of Medicine, scientists found that drinking alcohol could increase high blood pressure in people with type 2 diabetes.
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When to use an at-home colorectal cancer screening test instead of a colonoscopy
Colorectal cancer, or collectively, cancers that develop in the colon and/or rectum, are currently on the rise.
The United States Preventive Services Task Force recommends...
What is frontotemporal dementia? A neurologist explains
Less than one year after stepping away from acting due to a diagnosis of aphasia, Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, according...
While home recovering from COVID-19, she saved her husband’s life
One day last July, Mike Button settled into his home office, ready to start catching up on the backlog of things that had accumulated...
Widely used pain relief drug could increase heart disease, stroke risks
Scientists from the University of Edinburgh recently found that long-term paracetamol use could increase the risk of heart disease and strokes in people with...
Too little sodium can harm people with heart failure
In a study from Creighton University, scientists found for people with heart failure, restricting dietary sodium intake to levels below the standard recommended maximum...