Healthy lifestyle can successfully manage type 2 diabetes
The prevalence of diabetes is growing worldwide. The primary symptom of diabetes mellitus is elevated blood sugar.
This is usually treated with lifestyle intervention and...
Scientists find a major cause of stroke
Stroke is a leading global cause of death or disability. Each year, approximately 7,500 Irish people have a stroke and around 2,000 of these...
Flavonoids are a flavorful way to boost your heart and brain health
What do blueberries, spinach and dark chocolate have in common?
They're all rich in flavonoids, the chemical compounds found in plants that give them color...
Scientists conduct first human challenge study to show how COVID-19 attacks
A human challenge study also called a controlled human infection trial, is a type of clinical trial for a vaccine or other pharmaceutical involving...
Progress in Parkinson’s disease: What you need to know
Being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease is life-changing. This brain disorder causes slow and rigid body movements.
People can experience tremors, stiffness, or shaking. Eventually, they...
COVID-19 has lingering impacts on brain, scientists find
COVID-19 patients commonly report having headaches, confusion and other neurological symptoms, but doctors don't fully understand how the disease targets the brain during infection.
Scientists...
Eating processed food at night may harm people with diabetes
Scientists from Harbin Medical University found the time of day that people with diabetes eat certain foods may be just as important to their...
Common coronavirus infections cannot produce antibodies against COVID-19
Although SARS-CoV-2 has taken the world by storm, it's not the only coronavirus that can infect humans.
But unlike SARS-CoV-2, common human coronaviruses (HCoVs) generally...
1 in 3 older adults in the U.S. may be prescribed inappropriate drugs, study...
Scientists from the University at Buffalo found the prescription of potentially inappropriate medications to older adults in the United States is linked to increased...
Scientists find better way to detect common cognitive disease
In recent years, the subcortical small-vessel disease has become an increasingly common cognitive diagnosis.
Scientists from the University of Gothenburg found that it is possible...