Ancestral dormant genes could be driving cancer
Despite decades of research, cancer remains an enigma.
Conventional wisdom holds that cancer is driven by random mutations that create aberrant cells that run amok...
Bad air quality linked to increased risk of Alzheimer’s
In a new study from the University of California, Davis, researchers found a link between traffic-related air pollution and an increased risk for age-related...
Will COVID-19 eventually become just a seasonal nuisance?
In a new study from the University of Utah, researchers say that within the next decade, the novel coronavirus responsible for COVID-19 could become...
Should you check your blood pressure at home?
High blood pressure is something that's mentioned so often—and so casually—on television shows and in books, that it's easy to forget it is a...
Common blood test could advance heart failure treatment
In a new study from the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, researchers developed a new use for a common blood...
Being a ‘night owl’ may increase diabetes risk if you’re overweight
In a new study from the University of Naples Federico II, researchers found that though obesity by itself can drive up heart disease risk,...
A stroke at 34 rocked her family’s world
Lisa Anderson shook her husband, Jacob, awake.
"I just got off the phone with the nurse," she told him. "She said I could have a...
Common drug for inflammation may increase blood pressure
In a recent study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, researchers found that cumulative doses of oral steroids in patients with chronic inflammatory diseases...
Common drug for diabetes, alcoholism may help treat cancer
In a recent study published in Nature Cancer, researchers found dozens of non-oncology drugs, including drugs for diabetes, inflammation, alcoholism—and even for treating arthritis in dogs—could...
Common vitamin supplement may harm your eye health
In a recent study published in the Journal of VitreoRetinal Diseases, researchers found a self-prescribed high dose of over-the-counter niacin is linked to injury of...