Scientists develop battery-free, light-powered pacemaker for people with heart disease
Scientists developed a battery-free, light-powered pacemaker that may improve the quality of life for heart disease patients.
What you need to know about eye disease cataracts
Cataracts are very common as you get older. In fact, more than half of all Americans age 80 or older either have cataracts or have had surgery to get rid of cataracts.
Chamomile tea may help control diabetes – as my research into 19th century dyes...
Chamomile – that yellow flower so often made into a tea, enjoyed before bed – is a very interesting plant.
Can you get COVID-19 booster and flu shot at the same time?
With flu season right around the corner in the United States, and Omicron subvariants of the coronavirus still circulating, many people are wondering if they should get their influenza vaccine and the latest COVID-19 booster shot together.
Water exercise could help reduce chronic lower back pain
Scientists found aquatic exercise leads to greater pain reduction in people with chronic low back pain compared with physical therapy.
Research shows a major cause of inflammation in common bowel disease
Crohn’s disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that affects more than 4 million people worldwide
In a recent study from Weill Cornell Medicine,...
Widely used high blood pressure drug may harm gut health
High blood pressure affects one in ten adults across the globe and increases the risk of heart attack and stroke.
In a recent study from...
What causes severe COVID symptoms?
Since the earliest months of the COVID-19 pandemic, physicians and scientists worldwide have been working to understand how exactly the virus makes us sick.
That...
Low-carb diet may lower blood sugar in people with prediabetes
Approximately 37 million Americans have diabetes, a condition that occurs when the body doesn’t use insulin properly and can’t regulate blood sugar levels.
Type 2 diabetes...
Common high blood pressure drug may treat vascular dementia
The way vascular dementia develops has remained a mystery until now, and there are currently no clinically proven treatments.
Patients are presenting with symptoms of...