These people living with type 2 diabetes are saying ‘no thanks’ to a higher...
Today, on World Diabetes Day, the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association, two of the world’s leading health organizations in the areas...
Heart attack survivors who develop PTSD don’t always take heart meds
Experiencing a heart attack may be so terrifying that it triggers post-traumatic stress disorder, and those who develop PTSD have twice the risk of...
Researchers discover new way to treat chronic neuropathic pain
Unlike acute pain that occurs in response to a sudden injury, chronic neuropathic pain can develop slowly in response to nerve damage that occurs...
Frequent use of pain and sleep drugs may double your frailty risk
In a new study, researchers found strong links between self-reported regular use of prescription drugs for pain and/or sleep, and longitudinal risk of frailty...
Scientists find new way to stop peanut allergy
In a new study, researchers found that one injection of an antibody treatment let people with severe peanut allergies eat a nut's worth of...
Smoking and high blood pressure may increase risk of deadly brain bleeding
In a new study, researchers found that smoking and high blood pressure may increase the risk of suffering from subarachnoid hemorrhage, the most lethal...
Treatment to ward off stroke less effective in women
Women are at higher risk for stroke and have different stroke symptoms than men.
New research suggests another difference: less benefit from a surgery used...
This supplement may benefit people with heart failure
In a new study, researchers found fish oil might help people with heart failure avoid repeat trips to the hospital.
The research was conducted by...
Even low-stress surgery could be fatal for frail people
In a new study, researchers found that the threshold for when to perform elective surgery in a frail patient may be much higher than...
Drinking coffee may protect you from this health problem
Gallstones are solid particles that form from bile cholesterol and bilirubin in the gallbladder.
The gallbladder is a small pear-shaped saclike organ in the upper...