High blood pressure and fatty liver don’t add up in death risk
In a new study from the University of Eastern Finland, researchers found the combined effect of hypertension and fatty liver disease on death risk...
This study confirms a strong link between COVID and stroke
Ever since the coronavirus became a widespread global pandemic, medical researchers have sought to understand how the virus impacts other medical ailments, especially neurological...
Gut health strongly linked to outcomes of arthritis
In a new study from Mayo Clinic, researchers found a major indicator of whether a patient with rheumatoid arthritis will improve over the course...
What is flu season likely to bring in an era of COVID-19?
The emergence of COVID-19 has brought with it a steep decline in another—but common—viral infection: the flu.
As the United States prepares for the 2021–22 influenza...
Nurse misread symptoms of her own heart attack
At her new job as a nurse at a college in St. Louis, Roslyn Harvey spent most of her day sitting at a desk....
How to keep high blood pressure in check
About 1 in 3 adults in the U.S. has high blood pressure, but many don’t realize it. High blood pressure is sometimes called a...
Doing this after stroke is critical for long-term survival
In a new study from Monash University, researchers emphasize how critical it is for survivors of first-time stroke to take medications on an ongoing...
Cholesterol drives Alzheimer’s plaque formation
In a new study from the University of Virginia, researchers found cholesterol manufactured in the brain appears to play a key role in the...
This stuff adds fuel to COVID-19 inflammation, blood clots
In a recent study published in JCI Insight, researchers found another functional autoantibody in COVID-19 patients that contributes to the disease’s development and the...
This study shows 16 drugs could treat COVID-19
In a recent study is published in Pharmaceutics, researchers found a new way to identify existing medicines that could be applied to treat COVID-19.
This...