Women with dense breast tissue may have higher breast cancer risk
In a recent study, researchers show that women with dense breast tissue have higher recall and biopsy rates and increased odds of screen-detected and...
Blood test could predict treatment for prostate cancer
A new international study shows that a blood test can predict how patients with advanced prostate cancer will respond to specific treatments.
This can lead...
Digital care can benefit people with chronic knee pain
Chronic knee pain is often caused by knee osteoarthritis, the wear-and-tear arthritis of the knee.
Aging is a big risk factor of this disease, but...
What you should do after a heart attack
Exercise.
Research shows that becoming more physically active after a heart attack could reduce death risk.
For example, a study followed more than 22,000 patients and...
New hope for “world first” skin cancer blood test
In a recent study, researchers from Australia develop world first blood test that can detect melanoma.
This big breakthrough could save many lives.
Melanoma is an...
Eating fish twice a week could protect your heart
In a recent advisory, the American Heart Association (APA) reaffirms their recommendation of eating fish twice a week to protect heart health.
The statement says,...
To lower your diabetes risk, get enough vitamin D
In a recent study, researchers from University of California San Diego find that people with vitamin D deficiency may have much greater risk of...
Big breakthrough that could impact cancer, aging and heart disease
In a new study, a team of Sydney scientists has made a groundbreaking discovery in telomere biology.
It has implications for conditions ranging from cancer...
People develop dementia later than before
The diagnosis is one that a family never wants to hear: Your father has Alzheimer's disease. Your mother has stroke-related dementia.
In a recently released...
Healthy people can have diabetic-level glucose spikes
In a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine, a device keeping extra-close tabs on the ups and downs of blood glucose...