Existing drugs may provide a first-line treatment for COVID-19
In a recent study, a group of European researchers found that already approved drugs may hold the key to treating COVID-19.
According to them, drug...
Heavy drinking into older age could add 4 cm to waistline, increase stroke risk
In a new study, researchers found more than half of drinkers aged 59 and over have been heavy drinkers and this is linked to...
This study shows big breakthrough for leading cause of blindness
A recent study from the Queen Mary University of London and elsewhere identified a new protein linked to age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
It showed much...
Common drug combo may prevent ‘broken heart’ when you lost a loved one
While most people gradually adjust to the loss of a loved one, there is an increase in heart attack and death among bereaved people,...
This gene variant could stave off Alzheimer’s disease, Stanford study shows
In a new study, researchers found that people with a gene variant that puts them at high risk for Alzheimer's disease are protected from...
This artery disease develops rapidly in healthy people from age 40
In a new study, researchers found that almost half of apparently healthy people between the ages of 40 and 50 could be accumulating fatty...
TB vaccination may help flatten curves for COVID-19 spread
In a new study, researchers found that if the United States had mandatory tuberculosis vaccination in place several decades prior, the total number of...
Loss of smell and taste are COVID-19 symptoms in people with high recovery rate
Loss of smell and taste has been anecdotally linked to COVID-19 infections.
In a new study, researchers report the first empirical findings that strongly associate...
People with type 2 diabetes and heart disease may benefit from newer therapies
In a new statement, researchers suggest that people with type 2 diabetes and heart disease may benefit from newer therapies.
The statement was developed on...
How important is speech in transmitting coronavirus?
In a new study, researchers found that normal speech by individuals who are asymptomatic but infected with coronavirus may produce enough aerosolized particles to...