Exercise may help treat Alzheimer’s disease, Harvard study shows
In a new study from Harvard Medical School, researchers found that new insight into the workings of the hormone irisin shows it has the...
Cannabis use linked to heart attack risk in these people
In a new study from Unity Health Toronto, researchers found adults younger than 45 years who reported recently using cannabis were 2 times more...
Why do people with diabetes develop severe COVID-19?
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, clinicians have noted that certain patients are at especially high risk of developing severe illness or dying from coronavirus infection.
Type...
Stressed TV boss ignored the news from his body – a heart attack
Eric Olsen's energy was lacking. His mother thought he sounded tired on the phone. A work colleague noticed he didn't seem like himself.
Then he...
Scientists develop a new inhaled COVID-19 vaccine
In a recent study published in Science Advances, researchers found a single-dose, intranasal COVID-19 vaccine may fully protect against lethal COVID-19 infection.
The vaccine also...
These two drugs can lower severity of sleep apnea by one third
In a new study published in the Journal of Physiology, researchers successfully repurposed two existing drugs to reduce the severity of sleep apnea in...
This electronic nose could sniff out when a lung transplant is failing
An electronic “nose” can detect with 86% accuracy when a lung transplant is beginning to fail, according to research presented at the ‘virtual’ European...
These people play a vital role in treating long COVID
In a new article from the University of Otago, researchers suggest that cardio-respiratory physiotherapists have an essential role in helping people recover from the...
Gut problems could contribute to arthritis, study finds
In a new study from UCL, researchers found that damage to the lining of the gut plays an important role in the development of...
Aspirin could cut cancer death by 20%, study finds
In a recent study published in ecancermedicalscience, researchers found patients with a wide range of cancers who take aspirin as part of their treatment...