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What you need to know about Lyme disease

Summer means ample healthy outdoor activities, but the tiny deer tick may have other plans for us. This particular arachnid carries a bacterium that causes...

This diabetes drug could revolutionize heart failure treatment

Scientists from the University of East Anglia found a medication originally used for patients with diabetes is the first to help people with heart...

Scientists find the key to Alzheimer’s disease development

Scientists from the University of Pittsburgh found neuroinflammation is the key driver of the spread of pathologically misfolded proteins in the brain and causes...

Why vitamin B1 deficiency may cause dementia

A common consequence of chronically high alcohol consumption is a decline in cognitive function, which can even progress to full-blown dementia. This is then referred...

Nanoparticle therapy may help patients hospitalized with severe Covid-19

Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say that an experimental nanoparticle treatment called OP-101 substantially reduced the risk of death and need for a ventilator in...

Scientists reveal a major cause of stroke

In a recent study from the National University of Ireland, scientists found that one in 11 stroke survivors experienced a period of anger or...

Scientists discover antibodies that fight against many COVID-19 variants

As the world has witnessed firsthand, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, is difficult to control because of its ability to rapidly mutate and...

New drug therapy could improve survival in severe COVID-19

Scientists from Saint Peter's University Hospital found for patients with severe COVID-19 requiring high flow nasal cannula (HFNC), triple therapy of dexamethasone, remdesivir, and...

Aerobic exercise boosts blood vessel function in people with chronic kidney disease

Scientists from Emory University found regular aerobic exercise training over 12 weeks improves blood vessel function in people with stage 3 and 4 chronic...

This mini donkey gets big boost from pacemaker

Nix, a miniature donkey with a potentially fatal heart condition, is on the mend after a successful pacemaker implantation by veterinarians at the Cornell...