Doing this can lower diabetes risk in obese older people
Waist circumference can have an effect on the type of exercise most beneficial for the blood sugar metabolism of an older person.
In a new...
Why smokers have a lower risk of COVID-19
In a new study from Hiroshima University, researchers found a potential reason why lower numbers of COVID cases have appeared amongst smokers compared to...
Three generations of women had heart attacks – then she became the fourth
In Hubbard, Ohio, a truck-stop town off Interstate 80, Kendel Christoff had her pick of fast food. One day for lunch, she downed a...
Eating a plant rich diet reduces your risk of getting COVID-19
In a new study from King's and Harvard Medical School, researchers found that people with the highest quality diet were around 10% less likely...
Large study links dementia to smoking and heart disease
In a new study from the Translational Genomics Research Institute, researchers confirmed the associations between smoking and heart disease on cognitive function.
They found both...
This drug may prevent respiratory and heart damage in COVID-19
In a recent study published in PLOS ONE, researchers found a drug that can prevent the virus that causes COVID-19 from binding to human...
COVID-19 vaccine protection is lower and slower in people with liver diseases
In a recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers found for the first time that people with liver disease who receive mRNA COVID-19...
Women’s wellness: types of gynecologic cancers and their warning signs
Gynecologic cancer is the growth and spread of cancer cells in the cervix, ovaries, uterus, fallopian tubes, vagina, and vulva as well as in...
‘Silent’ high cholesterol problem often diagnosed too late and undertreated
In a new study from Imperial College London, researchers highlighted the late diagnoses and undertreatment of a genetic condition that causes cholesterol levels to...
This drug could inhibit COVID-19 virus, may help treat infections
In a recent study published in Science, researchers found that the drug masitinib may be effective in treating COVID-19.
They found the drug inhibited the...