This vitamin could help reduce tough high blood pressure
A recent study from the University of Maine and elsewhere found using B vitamins to lower homocysteine levels is an effective means of reducing...
Smokers and vapers have similar levels of DNA damage
E-cigarettes—used regularly by more than 10% of U.S. teens and more than 3% of adults—were once pitched as a healthy alternative to tobacco cigarettes.
But research increasingly links...
Plant-based diet could increase prostate cancer survival
In a study from the University of California, San Francisco, scientists found that following a healthy plant-based diet after a diagnosis of prostate cancer...
Alcohol drinking linked to faster development of Alzheimer’s disease
In a study from Wake Forest University, scientists found that alcohol drinking is linked to the faster development of Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer's disease is the...
How to prevent heart attacks in people with diabetes
A recent study from the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute and elsewhere found how to prevent serious events like a heart attack or death...
1 in 3 stroke survivors get depression
In a new statement from the American Stroke Association, scientists showed that 1 in 3 stroke survivors get depression.
According to the American Stroke Association,...
10 ways to reduce your risk of dementia
Dementia affects millions of Americans — including nearly one in 10 adults over age 65.
While the causes of different dementias vary, a 2020 report...
When chest pain isn’t a heart attack
Aside from injuries, the second most common reason adults in the United States go to the emergency department is chest pain, accounting for more than...
Your neighbourhood may affect your survival from stroke
People living in disadvantaged neighborhoods had an increased risk of dying within a month of being hospitalized for stroke, epilepsy, and other neurologic diseases.
This blood pressure drug linked to sudden cardiac arrest
A recent study reported by the European Sudden Cardiac Arrest network found that a drug commonly used to treat high blood pressure is linked...