New test can detect COVID-19 in 15 minutes
In a new study, researchers found a new diagnostic test could provide rapid, inexpensive testing of COVID-19.
The research was conducted by a team at...
This drug could improve vision in older people with blinding eye disease
In a new study, researchers found that treating patients with an advanced form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) with levodopa, a safe and readily...
Strict social distancing may strongly lower COVID-19 infection risk
In a new study, researchers found using public transportation, visiting a place of worship, or otherwise traveling from the home is linked to a...
Green light therapy could help reduce migraine headache
In a new study, researchers found that people who suffer from migraines may benefit from green light therapy, which was shown to reduce the...
This common diabetes drug could reverse inflammation in the liver
The diabetes drug metformin has been prescribed to hundreds of millions of people worldwide as the frontline treatment for type 2 diabetes.
Yet scientists don't...
Without this, face masks could lead to more COVID-19 spread
In a new study, researchers found that the behavior public officials are now mandating or recommending unequivocally to slow the spread of COVID-19—wearing a...
Fatter legs linked to lower risk of high blood pressure
In a new study, researchers found adults with fatter legs — meaning they have a higher percentage of total body fat tissue in their...
How blood clotting can be first sign of COVID-19
In a new study, researchers describe how thrombosis (blood clots in the circulatory system) was an early indication of infection in a COVID-19 patient.
The...
Single-dose flu drug could help reduce virus spread in households
Baloxavir marboxil, sold under the brand name Xofluza, was effective to treat flu in adults, children, and those at high-risk, regardless of whether they...
Two vitamins and this common drug may help fight COVID-19, study shows
The COVID-19 virus initially has a limited capability to invade, attacking only one intracellular genetic target, the aryl hydrocarbon receptors (AhRs).
Yet it leads to...