Vitamin D deficiency linked to higher death risk, study confirms
Low vitamin D status has been linked to increased mortality, but mortality in the context of vitamin D deficiency remains unclear.
Many studies either fail...
People with these personality traits may have lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease, the main cause of dementia in the elderly, is a neurodegenerative disease caused by the irreversible destruction of neuronal networks in certain...
Common painkillers may harm heart, kidneys, bodyweight, and sleep
Painkillers are effective to manage acute and chronic pain, but they can bring health risks.
Several studies have shown that common painkillers people use in...
E-cigarettes could cause dangerous heart problem
-cigarettes (electronic cigarettes) are battery-operated devices designed to look and feel similar to cigarettes or cigars, but they don't burn tobacco.
E-cigarettes heat liquids to...
Common diabetes drug may help reverse liver inflammation
The diabetes drug metformin — derived from a lilac plant that’s been used medicinally for more than a thousand years — has been prescribed...
1 in 10 older Americans has dementia, study finds
Although dementia and mild cognitive impairment are known to be common in the United States, accurate, up-to-date measures of their national prevalence were scarce.
In...
Hearing loss linked to higher dementia risk, study finds
Hearing loss is a common problem in older people.
Hearing loss is a common problem caused by noise, aging, disease, and heredity. People with hearing...
Heart disease risk and depression: a new study explores whether the two may be...
For generations, people have been fascinated by the links between mind and body. For example, do people really die of a broken heart?
Does a...
Diabetes linked to higher death risk in infections
Diabetes is widely thought to increase an individual’s susceptibility to infection by reducing the effectiveness of the body’s immune response.
Consistent with this hypothesis, there...
What is – and what isn’t – ‘brain fog’?
The COVID pandemic has introduced many scientific and medical terms into our everyday language.
Many of us are now fluent in conversations about viral strains,...