A COVID-19 vaccine is coming: will it be safe?
In March, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a consensus among health care providers and public health officials that a vaccine...
New experimental drug could help treat diabetic kidney disease
Patients with diabetic kidney disease can potentially be treated with a new investigational medication that may slow the progress of their illness without harmful...
COVID-19 is a double blow for chronic disease patients
There has never been a more dangerous time than the COVID-19 pandemic for people with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, cancer, respiratory problems...
Scientists develop new way to test for COVID-19 antibodies
When Dr. Stephen Smith of Seattle Children's Research Institute came down with muscle aches, gastrointestinal distress and a sudden loss of smell in late...
Cannabis reduces obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms by half in the short-term
People with obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, report that the severity of their symptoms was reduced by about half within four hours of smoking cannabis,...
The three types of COVID-19 tests you need to know
Eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic, questions about testing abound.
With COVID-19 cases trending upward, it’s important to understand when individuals should seek getting tested...
Cold, flu or COVID-19? Here’s how to tell the difference
You wake up one morning feeling under the weather.
While in previous years you may have chalked up a sore throat or body aches to...
Meat and cheeses directly linked to higher cancer risk, new study shows
In a new study, researchers have found a direct molecular link between meat and dairy diets and the development of antibodies in the blood...
Gut problems linked to autism, new study shows
In a new study, researchers found evidence of a gut microbe deficiency in children who develop autism.
The research was conducted by a team at...
Scientists find an underlying cause of neural damage in COVID-19
In a new study, researchers found that it is probably the immune response to, rather than the virus in itself, that causes sudden confusion...