Your high blood pressure drug and COVID-19: What you need to know
If you have high blood pressure you may have heard that certain medications could put you at higher risk for COVID-19 complications, but one...
This health problem in older men linked to higher diabetes risk
One in four adults aged 65 and older has diabetes, making them the group with the greatest burden of diabetes.
Skeletal muscle is the largest...
U.S. COVID-19 cases may be much more than officially reported
In a new study, researchers found that far more Americans have been infected with COVID-19 than reported case counts reflect.
They found COVID-19 infections were...
This common treatment in heart attack cannot bring benefit
In a new study, researchers found that treatment of heart attack patients for a common condition, an underactive thyroid, with drug levothyroxine does not...
These two drugs may strongly reduce deaths in COVID-19
In a new study, researchers found a new way to treat patients with COVID-19-associated Cytokine storm syndrome (CSS).
They found that a treatment strategy combining...
These 3 things combined together can prevent COVID-19 best
In a new study, researchers found both self-imposed prevention measures such as hand-washing, mask-wearing and social distancing, as well as government-imposed social distancing can...
Scientists find surprising heart damage in people with COVID-19
In a new study, researchers found the damage to the hearts of COVID-19 patients is not the expected typical inflammation of the heart muscle,...
This stuff in mouth may cause colon cancer to spread
A diverse array of bacteria live in the human mouth as part of a vital ecosystem known as the oral microbiome.
In a new study,...
Scientists find a new way to treat brain cancer and Alzheimer’s disease
In a new study, researchers have shown for the first time that when one optic nerve in the eye is damaged, as in glaucoma,...
Scientists find different COVID-19 skin symptoms
In a new study, researchers found skin signs of COVID-19 can range from purple toes, known as "COVID toes" seen in patients with mild...