Your age may decide whether diabetes drug metformin is useful or harmful
Metformin is a common type 2 diabetes drug.
Recently, it was found to extend the life span of young non-diabetic animals but the responses of...
Cholesterol-lowering drugs appear to boost cancer therapy, study shows
In a new study, researchers found that an injectable drug used to reduce stubbornly high cholesterol levels appears may also enhance the immune response...
This drug may prevent serious illness in people with COVID-19
In a new study, researchers found that in COVID-19 patients with mild-to-moderate disease, the drug fluvoxamine may prevent some of the most serious complications...
COVID-19 immunity may last 6 months or more
Around the world, coronavirus cases are surging and deaths due to the disease keep ticking up – more than 240,000 in the United States...
Arthritis drugs may help reduce heart disease risk
In a new study, researchers found that drugs used to treat initial signs of rheumatoid arthritis also improve the early stages of heart disease.
The...
This popular beverage may help lower death risk in colon cancer
In a recent study at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and elsewhere, researchers found that in a large group of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, drinking...
This study shows the cause of high COVID-19 death risk in obese people
Adipose tissue, or fat, is an active metabolic organ with a role in many processes, including immunity and inflammation. In people with a healthy...
COVID-19 therapies: where are we now
Early on in the pandemic, healthcare providers had very few options for treating patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
While drugs like the highly publicized hydroxychloroquine have...
This protein could protect against Lyme Disease, Yale study shows
In a new study, researchers have discovered a protein that helps protect hosts from infection with the tick-borne spirochete that causes Lyme Disease.
This finding...
Early menopause predicts early heart trouble for white women
White women who experience early menopause are three times more likely to also experience heart trouble at a younger age than their peers who...