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Heart valve problems: Are you at risk?

Although the number of people affected by heart valve disease is considerably smaller than the number of people who have more common conditions, such...

This study shows the cause of severe inflammation in COVID-19

Clinical evidence mounts that the leading cause of death in COVID-19 patients is the dangerous condition known as a cytokine storm. In a recent study...

If you get Moderna vaccine, you may not need a booster to fight COVID

In a recent study published in Science, researchers found a low dose of the Moderna vaccine lasts for at least six months, and there is...

Scientists find the cause of Alzheimer’s disease in human brain

In a new study from the University of Cambridge, researchers have used human data to quantify the speed of different processes that lead to...

Scientists find a cure for type 2 diabetes

In a new study from the Technion, researchers developed a novel approach to treating type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes, caused by insulin resistance and...

This old drug can save your life from COVID-19

In a new study from McMaster University, researchers found an inexpensive repurposed drug called fluvoxamine can save the lives of COVID-19 patients and cut...

Short on sleep? Your heart may have this problem

In a new study from Montana State University, researchers found healthy adults with chronically limited sleep showed abnormal heart rate patterns. Not getting enough sleep...

More Americans die of this dangerous brain disease

In a new study from the University of Iowa, researchers found that in the last two decades the death rate from Parkinson’s disease has...

COVID-19 antibodies can stay in your body 10 months after infection

In a new study, researchers looked at the antibodies of 38 patients and healthcare workers in St Thomas' Hospital who were infected within the...

At 31, a stroke immobilized his right side. Now he’s a competitive bodybuilder.

His headaches were getting worse, but R. Brady Johnson kept running. Running was his release, first while he was an active senior airman in...