Where you live can affect your COVID death risk
Scientists from the University of Chicago used county-level data and found that different demographic groups are vulnerable to COVID-19 in different ways—often depending on...
Scientists find a new way to treat Alzheimer’s disease
About 11% of the U.S. population 65 and older has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common form of dementia that results...
This diabetes drug could help treat heart failure even you don’t have diabetes
Scientists from Sichuan University found a common diabetes drug could help reduce death risk in people with heart failure.
They that sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors...
This drug is effective in COVID-19 patients
Scientists from Spain confirmed that a drug protease inhibitor aprotinin prevented cells to be infected by the COVID-19 virus.
They found that patients receiving an...
Sense of purpose is linked to lower risk of dementia, study finds
Scientists from UCL found that feeling a sense of purpose or meaning in life is associated with a lower risk of dementia years later.
The...
Scientists find the cause of loss of smell in COVID-19
Scientists from Johns Hopkins Medicine found that inflammation caused by COVID-19, rather than the virus itself, may lead to loss of smell.
They found that...
People married into long-lived families get lower risk of type 2 diabetes
Scientists from the University of Pittsburgh found that people who married into long-lived families have a lower risk of type 2 diabetes.
They found that...
Heart inflammation rare in people with severe COVID-19
Scientists from Niguarda Hospital found heart inflammation occurred in about two out of every 1,000 people hospitalized with COVID-19, and was linked to more...
Allergy history may be linked to higher risk of high blood pressure, heart disease
Scientists from Peking University found adults with a history of allergic disorders have an increased risk of high blood pressure and coronary heart disease,...
Things that may increase and decrease your colon cancer risk
Colorectal cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the colon or the rectum.
Colorectal cancer is the third...