Diabetes drug metformin could treat common cause of blindness
Doctors have discovered that a common diabetes medicine called metformin might help prevent one of the leading causes of blindness in older adults.
A new...
Early signs of liver cirrhosis in women you shouldn’t ignore
Liver cirrhosis is a serious health problem where healthy liver tissue is slowly replaced by scar tissue. This scarring makes it harder for the...
Study finds the better blood pressure drug
A new study from Columbia University is changing the way doctors think about treating high blood pressure.
The study looked at which blood pressure medicine...
This tiny mineral could help clean out your arteries
Heart disease remains the number one cause of death worldwide. A major reason for this is a condition called atherosclerosis.
This condition happens when fatty...
New chocolate insulin could help people with diabetes avoid needles
About 425 million people around the world have diabetes. For around 75 million of them, taking insulin every day is necessary.
Usually, this means getting...
Want to lower blood pressure? Eat more potassium, not just less salt
A new study from the University of Waterloo in Canada suggests that eating more foods rich in potassium—like bananas and broccoli—might be better for...
What increases your risk of stomach cancer?
Stomach cancer, also called gastric cancer, starts in the stomach. Knowing what raises the risk of getting this disease can help people take steps...
Study finds how to protect brain cells in Parkinson’s disease
A new study from Stanford Medicine has found a way to help protect brain cells in a certain type of Parkinson’s disease that is...
Your blood pressure might affect your emotional health
When we hear about blood pressure, we usually think of heart health or risk of stroke. But new research shows that blood pressure, especially...
Early signs of kidney failure older people shouldn’t ignore
Kidney failure, also known as end-stage kidney disease, happens when the kidneys stop working well enough to remove waste and extra fluid from the...