This monitor at home can help you detect COVID-19 early
A new study from Imperial College London found measuring blood oxygen levels at home is a safe way for people with COVID-19 to spot...
Scientists find how to improve outcomes of chronic kidney disease
A new study from Osaka University examined patients with CKD to evaluate the impact of a commonly prescribed medication on disease outcome.
They found the...
NFL stadium openings in 2020 had no impact on local Covid-19, finds MIT study
As with most everything in the world, football looked very different in 2020.
As the Covid-19 pandemic unfolded, many National Football League (NFL) games were...
Longer naps in the day may be an early sign of dementia in older...
Doctors often recommend “power naps” as a way to compensate for a poor night’s sleep and help keep alert until bedtime. But for older...
Omicron subvariant taking hold, but so far, life goes on
Harvard pandemic experts monitoring the global spread of the Omicron subvariant BA.2 say that early tracking in the U.S. suggests a milder impact than...
Cholesterol-lowering statins may lower risk of Parkinson’s disease
A new study found that older people taking statin drugs have a lower chance of developing parkinsonism later compared to people who were not...
Men and women may have different origins of diabetes
A new study from Concordia found origins of diabetes may be different in men and women.
The study is published in Obesity Reviews and was...
Vaccination can provide long-lasting immune response to prevent COVID-19
A new study from the University of Melbourne found that the body's T cells provide long-lasting memory against the virus following vaccination or infection...
Scientists find how to reduce pancreatic cancer spread by nearly 90%
A new study from Albert Einstein College of Medicine found a way to make pancreatic tumors visible to the immune systems of mice and...
A lower dose of this COVID-19 drug is effective, Yale study finds
Many countries around the world are experiencing shortages of tocilizumab, an immunosuppressive drug that has become the standard of care for treating severe cases...