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This heart issue could double your risk of kidney failure

In a recent study published in BMJ Open, researchers found patients with gout are at increased risk of chronic kidney disease and kidney failure. They...

Clues to brain health may lie in the gut

Food cravings. Everybody gets them. Smelling brownies in the oven. Hearing a commercial for a salty chip. Seeing a favorite childhood candy bar at the...

Exercise may help treat Alzheimer’s disease, Harvard study shows

In a new study from Harvard Medical School, researchers found that new insight into the workings of the hormone irisin shows it has the...

Cannabis use linked to heart attack risk in these people

In a new study from Unity Health Toronto, researchers found adults younger than 45 years who reported recently using cannabis were 2 times more...

Why do people with diabetes develop severe COVID-19?

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, clinicians have noted that certain patients are at especially high risk of developing severe illness or dying from coronavirus infection. Type...

Stressed TV boss ignored the news from his body – a heart attack

Eric Olsen's energy was lacking. His mother thought he sounded tired on the phone. A work colleague noticed he didn't seem like himself. Then he...

Scientists develop a new inhaled COVID-19 vaccine

In a recent study published in Science Advances, researchers found a single-dose, intranasal COVID-19 vaccine may fully protect against lethal COVID-19 infection. The vaccine also...

These two drugs can lower severity of sleep apnea by one third

In a new study published in the Journal of Physiology, researchers successfully repurposed two existing drugs to reduce the severity of sleep apnea in...

This electronic nose could sniff out when a lung transplant is failing

An electronic “nose” can detect with 86% accuracy when a lung transplant is beginning to fail, according to research presented at the ‘virtual’ European...

These people play a vital role in treating long COVID

In a new article from the University of Otago, researchers suggest that cardio-respiratory physiotherapists have an essential role in helping people recover from the...