Common high blood pressure drugs may actually harm your heart health, study shows
In the United States, nearly half of all adults—or just over a hundred million—have high blood pressure, and its prevalence is increasing.
Worldwide, the condition...
Exercise helps people with low back pain, but no one agrees on why
Exercise is scientifically proven to provide relief from chronic low back pain (CLBP), but a new UNSW Sydney systematic review shows researchers are still...
Fish oil supplements don’t raise bad cholesterol, study finds
In a new study, researchers examined the link between the omega-3s EPA and DHA in fish oil and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), or the...
About 1 in 5 people hospitalized with COVID-19 dies, study finds
In a new study, researchers found that severe acute complications are common among adults hospitalized with COVID-19, leading to an inpatient mortality rate of...
Blood test can predict ovarian cancer better than previously thought
In a new study, researchers found that a blood test already available to GPs in the UK is more predictive of ovarian cancer than...
Scientists find 2 phases of lung infection in severe COVID-19
What does SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, do once it enters a person's airways, and how does infection in lung cells affect patients'...
More than one drink a day may raise high blood pressure risk in people...
In a new study, researchers found that drinking eight or more alcoholic beverages a week may increase the risk of high blood pressure (also...
These 2 new tests could lower COVID-19 death risk
In a new study, researchers found that a first-of-its-kind rapid test could identify which COVID-19 patients are responding to drug treatments and which patients...
Depression linked to higher risk of heart disease, early death
In a new study, researchers found further evidence of the link between depressive symptoms and an increased risk of heart disease and early death.
The...
COVID-19 death in obese people isn’t caused by inflammation, study shows
Obesity is linked to poor COVID-19 outcomes.
But in a new study, researchers found that this is not due to increased inflammation, but instead may...