This mental health drug may actually harm your brain health
A recent study found that a commonly used antipsychotic medication was linked to adverse changes in brain structure.
They found that the use of drug...
‘Just in case’: Too many COVID-19 patients get unneeded antibiotics
In a new study, researchers found more than half of patients hospitalized with suspected COVID-19 in Michigan during the state's peak months received antibiotics...
Herd immunity is a dangerous strategy to fight COVID-19, scientists say
Herd immunity—when the prevalence of immunity to a virus in a population reaches "herd" levels (enough people are resistant to keep an epidemic from...
This blood hormone test could reduce heart death
In a new study, researchers found a simple blood test could identify seemingly-healthy people with a high hidden risk of heart disease.
The research was...
This common health problem linked to higher COVID-19 complications
In a new review study, researchers found a troubling connection between two health crises: coronavirus and obesity.
They found from COVID-19 risk to recovery, the...
Scientists find how to detect pancreatic cancer at treatable stages
Pancreatic cancer is rarely detected at its early stages because symptoms often do not present themselves until after cancer has progressed.
By then, invasive procedures...
Women may have better immune responses to COVID-19
In a new study, researchers tested male and female immune responses to the COVID-19 virus.
They found women may mount stronger COVID-19 immune response.
The finding...
How to reverse non-alcoholic fatty liver disease with food
The supersized, high-fat, high-carbohydrate American diet isn’t gentle on the liver, and can result in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, or NAFLD, which leads to...
How cannabis THC may treat acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in COVID-19
In several new studies, researchers found acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), when caused by a bacterial toxin known as Staphylococcal enterotoxin, can be completely...
Harvard scientists find a new way to treat obesity and diabetes
Obesity is the main cause of type 2 diabetes and related chronic illnesses that together will kill more people around the globe this year...