7 facts women should know to prevent and recognize stroke
It's telling that although stroke is the third leading cause of death for women in the U.S., and that twice as many women die...
Your eyes can show early warning for Alzheimer’s disease, study confirms
In a recent study from the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute, researchers found how an imaging technique that measures blood flow in the back...
Eating this food regularly can protect against recurrent heart disease
In a recent study from McMaster University, researchers found that eating oily fish regularly can help prevent heart disease in high-risk people, such as...
This obesity drug can effectively suppress appetite, food cravings
In a new study from Novo Nordisk A/S, Søborg, Denmark, researchers found that the obesity drug semaglutide reduces appetite, food cravings and energy intake...
This study shows how to reverse chronic inflammation and aging
In a recent study published in the journal Cell Metabolism, researchers found a molecular “switch” that controls the immune machinery responsible for chronic inflammation in...
The health exam you didn’t know you needed
If you’re like most Americans surveyed in a recent Harris Poll, you probably thought you would notice a change in your vision if you...
This rapid COVID-19 test can show results within 4 minutes with 90% accuracy
In a new study from Penn Medicine, researchers found a low-cost, rapid diagnostic test for COVID-19 provides COVID-19 results within four minutes with 90%...
Scientists find a big cause of heart failure
Clinicians and scientists have long observed that cells in overstressed hearts have high levels of the simple sugar O-GlcNAc modifying thousands of proteins within...
Medical marijuana may help treat chronic itch
Chronic itch—known clinically as chronic pruritus—is characterized as an unrelenting and sometimes even debilitating sensation to itch, and often lowers the quality of life...
Long COVID affecting more than half of patients 6 months on
In a new study from the Australian National Phenome Centre, researchers found that non-hospitalized COVID-19 patients continue to present symptoms long after infection and...