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COVID-19 may have been in Los Angeles as early as last December, study shows

In a new study, researchers analyzed electronic health records and found that there was a strong increase in patients with coughs and acute respiratory...

This diet may help prevent common arthritis

In a new study, researchers found that the Mediterranean diet may help prevent rheumatoid arthritis in people who smoke or used to smoke. The research...

New test can detect COVID-19 in 15 minutes

In a new study, researchers found a new diagnostic test could provide rapid, inexpensive testing of COVID-19. The research was conducted by a team at...

This drug could improve vision in older people with blinding eye disease

In a new study, researchers found that treating patients with an advanced form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) with levodopa, a safe and readily...

Strict social distancing may strongly lower COVID-19 infection risk

In a new study, researchers found using public transportation, visiting a place of worship, or otherwise traveling from the home is linked to a...

Green light therapy could help reduce migraine headache

In a new study, researchers found that people who suffer from migraines may benefit from green light therapy, which was shown to reduce the...

This common diabetes drug could reverse inflammation in the liver

The diabetes drug metformin has been prescribed to hundreds of millions of people worldwide as the frontline treatment for type 2 diabetes. Yet scientists don't...

Without this, face masks could lead to more COVID-19 spread

In a new study, researchers found that the behavior public officials are now mandating or recommending unequivocally to slow the spread of COVID-19—wearing a...

Fatter legs linked to lower risk of high blood pressure

In a new study, researchers found adults with fatter legs — meaning they have a higher percentage of total body fat tissue in their...

How blood clotting can be first sign of COVID-19

In a new study, researchers describe how thrombosis (blood clots in the circulatory system) was an early indication of infection in a COVID-19 patient. The...