High blood pressure drugs may lower death risks of these two diseases
In a new study, researchers found that drugs to lower the blood pressure of the type ACE inhibitors or angiotensin II receptor blockers reduce...
COVID-19 transmission rebounds quickly after physical distancing rules are relaxed
Looking at data from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, researchers found that eight weeks after restrictions were lifted or loosened, only...
Daily aspirin may increase cancer growth and spread in older people
In a new study, researchers found that a daily, low dose of aspirin may increase the risk for development and metastasis as well as...
Scientists find a new way to reverse vision loss
In a new study, researchers made a discovery that could pave the way for therapies to reverse vision loss common in premature infants and...
Popular vitamin supplement could hide heart attacks if used too much
In a recent study at the University of Minnesota, researchers found at high doses, the popular vitamin biotin supplement could mask heart trouble by...
How to keep children safe from COVID-19 this fall
With the new school year started and autumn approaching, Colleen Nash, MD, MPH, Rush University Medical Center, answers questions parents may have about keeping...
Here’s what it takes to test a covid-19 vaccine with clinical trials
A vaccine trains people’s immune systems to recognize and fight off an infection.
Vaccines for COVID-19 use a compound based on the spike proteins that...
Human body has two seasons, not four, Stanford study shows
As kids, we learn there are four seasons, but researchers at the Stanford School of Medicine have found evidence to suggest that the human...
Window for slowing COVID’s spread was much smaller than previously estimated
A new Duke University-led analysis shows that during the early months of the COVID pandemic, the average number of new infections caused by an...
How is the contraceptive pill affecting your mood?
Yaz. Yasmin. Isabelle. Diane. Brenda.
There are more than 30 different brands of contraceptive pill in Australia alone, and while they don’t all have cutesy...