Some heart disease patients have low risk of severe COVID-19 symptoms
Adults and children born with heart defects had a lower-than-expected risk of developing moderate or severe COVID-19 symptoms, finds a study of more than...
The curve is fattening, not flattening. What can we do?
A deadly virus killed hundreds of thousands of Americans in just a few months.
Health officials made rules to stop its spread, but those rules...
How to keep side effect from threatening a life-saving breast cancer treatment
Aromatase inhibitors are a game-changer for the treatment of some breast cancers, but many patients experience muscle and joint pain.
A Rogel Cancer Center specialist...
Scientists find key symptoms that exacerbate Alzheimer’s disease
Research finds that impaired blood flow in the brain is correlated with the buildup of tau tangles, a hallmark indicator of cognitive decline.
The study...
New study shows a new treatment of COVID-19
In a recent study at Kansas State University, researchers found a possible new treatment for COVID-19.
They found how small molecule protease inhibitors show potency...
This common health issue linked to lower diabetes risk, Harvard scientists find
In a recent study at Harvard Medical School, researchers found that people with rheumatoid arthritis had a lower risk of type 2 diabetes than...
Some pre-existing conditions triple Covid-19 death risk
Certain pre-existing conditions may double or triple mortality risk for COVID-19, researchers report.
A large, international study of COVID-19 patients confirmed that cardiovascular disease, hypertension,...
Will the COVID-19 virus become endemic
A study by Columbia Mailman School researchers Jeffrey Shaman and Marta Galanti explores the potential for the COVID-19 virus to become endemic, a regular...
Scientists develop extremely rapid diagnostic test for COVID-19
Scientists from Oxford University's Department of Physics have developed an extremely rapid diagnostic test that detects and identifies viruses in less than five minutes.
The...
Researchers warn too many medications prescribed to older heart failure patients
More than half of older patients hospitalized for heart failure are discharged with 10 or more prescriptions, and most are not medications to treat...