This drug combo can prevent blood clots without increasing bleeding risk
In a recent study from Michigan Medicine, researchers found a new method that can prevent blood clots, and thus more serious diseases like stroke...
Straight answers to common questions about COVID-19 vaccines
If you've got questions about COVID-19 vaccines, you're not the only one. Even as many people rush to get their shots, surveys show others...
Smoking cannabis may strongly impairs your eyes, this study finds
In a new study from the University of Granada, researchers found that smoking cannabis strongly alters key visual functions, such as visual acuity, contrast...
COVID-19 not the sole cause of excess U.S. deaths in 2020
In a new study from the University of Pennsylvania, researchers found that by the year 2017, the United States was already suffering more excess...
Diets high in these foods may increase gut inflammation
In a new study, researchers found that a high dietary intake of animal products, processed foods, alcohol and sugar is linked to a gut...
New cancer vaccine shows promise against many tumor types
In a new study from Mount Sinai, researchers showed an experimental vaccine that uses genetics to teach a person's immune system how to precisely...
New advice for treating high blood pressure
In a new study from NUI Galway, Johns Hopkins University and Harvard, researchers found no evidence that diastolic blood pressure—the bottom reading on a...
These cholesterol-lowering drugs may help you survive severe COVID-19
In a recent study at Columbia University, researchers found that people who took statins to lower cholesterol were approximately 50% less likely to die...
This common drug may help prevent skin cancer
In a new study from the Ohio State University, researchers found that an oral drug used to treat neuromuscular diseases could also help prevent...
Common blood thinning drugs may reduce death risk in COVID-19
In a recent study, researchers found that patients given preventive blood-thinning drugs (prophylactic anticoagulants) within 24 hours of admission to hospital with COVID-19 are...