Green tea compound may help reduce Alzheimer’s plaques in brain
Alzheimer's disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, affecting more than 6 million Americans, and its incidence is expected...
Chest pain, shortness of breath linked to long-term risk of heart disease
Chest pain accounts for more than 6.5 million visits to U.S. emergency rooms each year. Yet little research has looked at what it might...
Best high blood pressure treatment for stroke patients
Sixty percent of stroke patients admitted to U.S. emergency rooms have elevated blood pressure.
In a study from the University of Georgia, scientists found that aggressive treatment of...
A person has survived 12 tumors in less than 40 years of life
In a study from Spanish National Cancer Research Center, scientists reported an exceptional cancer case.
This individual first developed a tumor as a baby, followed...
‘Magic mushrooms’ could reduce depression, study finds
Approximately 100 million people in the world suffer from treatment-resistant depression, which means they have not responded to at least two antidepressant treatments for...
Vitamin D and estrogen may help prevent heart disease, stroke, diabetes
Vitamin D and estrogen have already shown well-documented results in improving bone health in women.
Close family members of people with NAFLD are at risk of liver disease
First-degree relatives of patients with NAFLD characterized by advanced fibrosis are at a 15% risk of developing the condition.
Pancreatic cancer could be diagnosed up to three years earlier
Pancreatic cancer is a silent disease. For many people, it has no symptoms until it is fairly advanced.
Heart inflammation risk remains rare after third COVID-19 vaccine dose
Scientists found a third dose of the Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine poses no more risk of heart inflammation than a second dose.
Vitamin D may help prevent heart failure after heart attack
Scientists found how vitamin D may help protect heart tissue and prevent heart failure after a heart attack.