New finding may improve high blood pressure and dementia treatments
For decades, scientists have suspected that the brain had a way of monitoring and regulating its own blood flow separate from the body-wide blood...
Low-dose aspirin may help reduce liver cancer risk
In a new study, researchers found that in adults with chronic viral hepatitis at high risk of liver cancer, those who took low-dose aspirin...
Common food oil in the U.S. could causes gene changes in the brain
Used for fast food frying, added to packaged foods, and fed to livestock, soybean oil is by far the most widely produced and consumed...
Weight-loss surgery may help lower colon cancer risk
In a new study, researchers found that obesity increases the risk of colon cancer, but weight-loss surgery may bring the risk back to normal.
They...
What you should know about blood types and blood clot risk
In a new study, researchers found that people with blood types A and B may have higher risks for developing dangerous blood clots compared...
Statin and blood pressure drug combos may help reduce dementia risk
In a new study, researchers found that specific combinations of statins and high blood pressure drugs may also reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease.
This...
This popular painkiller may strongly affect liver health
In a new study, researchers found that the popular painkiller ibuprofen may have more significant effects on the liver than previously thought.
The study also...
Scientists find new way to predict the spread of lung cancer
In a new study, researchers have identified a protein that indicates if a lung cancer tumor is likely to metastasize.
The protein could be used...
This study shows a cause of the most common pancreatic cancer
The most common type of pancreatic cancer is pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
This is aggressive cancer that develops from secretory and tubular cells of the pancreas.
There...
Urine test could reduce unnecessary biopsies in prostate cancer
In a new study, researchers found unnecessary prostate cancer biopsies could be reduced by 60% thanks to new urine tests.
They have developed new methods...