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This common vaccine linked to lower risk of COVID-19

In a new study, researchers found that a widely used tuberculosis vaccine is linked to a reduced likelihood of contracting COVID-19 (coronavirus). The findings raise...

Actively speaking two languages may prevent dementia, cognitive decline

In a new study, researchers found that using different languages actively provides brain benefits and protects people from cognitive decline associated with aging. They found...

Yale study finds a major cause of COVID-19 death

In a new study, researchers have helped identify the mechanisms behind a major cause of morbidity and mortality in COVID-19 patients. Extensive blood clots in...

Study shows this common food may make you age fast

Telomeres are structures formed from a strand of DNA together with specialized proteins, and which are located at the ends of the chromosomes. As we...

Scientists find new therapy to effectively treat severe COVID-19

In a recent study at Osaka University and elsewhere, researchers found an effective treatment for the deadly over-activation of the inflammatory response seen in...

People with depression fare worse in heart health study

Heart disease and depression are interwoven, and a new study is helping unravel that connection by linking depression with poorer scores on seven important...

Frequent, rapid testing could stop COVID within weeks, study finds

In a new study, researchers found that testing half the population weekly with inexpensive, rapid-turnaround COVID-19 tests would drive the virus toward elimination within...

This problem in COVID-19 pandemic linked to high blood pressure

In a new study, researchers found that lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic is linked to an increase in high blood pressure among patients...

This treatment could reverse aging in older people

In a new study, researchers found that hyperbaric oxygen treatments (HBOT) in healthy aging adults can stop the aging of blood cells and reverse...

This vaccine could protect against COVID-19, study shows

The measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine has been theorized to provide protection against COVID-19. In a new study, researchers found a strong inverse link between mumps titer...