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Here’s how to protect your family from COVID-19 in this holiday season

The holidays will look remarkably different this year due to COVID-19. Months into the global pandemic, we continue to see how family gatherings are often...

Meat and dairy diets are directly linked to cancer, study shows

In a new study, researchers found a direct molecular link between meat and dairy diets and the development of antibodies in the blood that...

What you should know about the Pfizer’s promising COVID-19 vaccine

Approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the recently announced Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine could come within a matter of weeks, and some...

This diet may help lower blood pressure, study finds

In a new study, researchers found that people who consume a diet including flavanol-rich foods and drinks, including tea, apples, and berries, could lead...

COVID-19: Distancing and masks are not enough, study shows

Wear a mask, keep your distance, avoid crowds—these are the common recommendations to contain the COVID-19 epidemic. However, the scientific foundations on which these recommendations...

This drug could help treat 80% of people with heart failure

In a new study, researchers found that four out of five patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) could be considered for...

Mouthwashes, oral rinses may reduce COVID-19 virus, new evidence shows

In a new study, researchers found that certain oral antiseptics and mouthwashes may have the ability to inactivate human coronaviruses. The results indicate that some...

This study finds the cause of early-stage type 2 diabetes

In a recent study at the Centenary Institute and elsewhere, researchers discovered that the lack of an enzyme in the liver called SphK2 causes...

Scientists find why COVID-19 seem to spare children

In a new study, researchers found a key factor as to why COVID-19 appears to infect and sicken adults and older people preferentially while...

This diabetes drug could treat and reverse heart failure

In a new study, researchers found that empagliflozin, a recently developed diabetes drug, can effectively treat and reverse heart failure in both diabetic and...