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An undetected heart attack led to an urgent triple bypass

For more than three years, Gary Saunders struggled with heartburn. Antacids helped – if he took a handful of them. He figured it was stress...

How to safely celebrate your holidays during COVID-19

It’s the holiday season, and while people are making their lists and checking them twice, most are also hoping to avoid an uninvited guest—COVID-19. You...

Many Americans with COVID-19 get deadly ‘black fungus’ disease

Recent studies found that patients who have or are recovering from COVID-19 who then contract a sometimes deadly fungal infection known as mucormycosis—also known...

A new way to accurately predicts who will develop dementia in two years

In a new study from the University of Exeter, researchers found artificial intelligence can predict which people who attend memory clinics will develop dementia...

This drug could help treat lung damage in COVID-19

In a new study from the University of Birmingham, researchers found a drug that may offer benefit to some patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia. They...

Reducing copper in the body may reduce risk of aggressive breast cancer

In a new study from Weill Cornell Medicine, researchers found depleting copper levels may reduce the production of energy that cancer cells need to...

Breakthrough infections produces ‘super immunity’ to COVID-19

In a new study from Oregon Health & Science University, researchers found breakthrough infections greatly enhance the immune response to variants of the virus...

Women who do this have lower risk of heart disease

In a new study from the University of Pittsburgh, researchers found middle-aged women who practiced self-compassion had a lower risk of developing heart disease...

This heart drug could help treat breast cancer, study finds

In a new study from Houston Methodist, researchers found a drug used to treat cardiac failure has shown promising results in treating triple negative...

This test could lead to earlier and better diagnosis of Parkinson’s

In a new study from the University of Oxford, researchers found a new test that could lead to an earlier and better diagnosis of...