Exercise can benefit heart even if the air quality is poor
In a new study, researchers find that even in areas with moderate-to-high traffic pollution, exercise still could reduce the risk of first and recurrent...
Better ways to prevent and treat dementia
Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning—thinking, remembering, and reasoning—and behavioral abilities so it interferes with a person's daily life and activities.
About 47 million...
How cannabis and related drugs affect the brain
A new study from Lancaster and Lisbon Universities shows that long-term use of either cannabis or cannabis-based drugs impairs memory.
The study has implications for...
Why doctors make medical errors in emergency room
In a recent study, researchers from the University of Wisconsin have examined why doctors make medical errors in an emergency department environment.
Medical error is...
Fitness tracker could monitor cancer patients
A new study has found that fitness trackers can be valuable tools for assessing the quality of life and daily functioning of cancer patients...
When you quit smoking, your lung cancer risk drops fast
In a recent study, researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center found that when one quits smoking, the lung cancer risk drops fast within the...
Scientists find a new way to develop drugs for chronic inflammatory diseases
In a new study from University of California San Diego, researchers discover a signaling pathway that activates the NLRP3 inflammasome implicated in several severe...
This weight loss method may increase your diabetes risk
In a recent study, researchers find fasting every other day to lose weight impairs the action of sugar-regulating hormone, insulin, which may increase diabetes...
How football training could benefit people with prediabetes
In a recent study, European researchers find that football training could help improve bone health in middle-aged and older people with prediabetes.
People with prediabetes...
Multivitamins may not protect your cardiovascular health
Taking multivitamin and mineral supplements does not prevent heart attacks, strokes or cardiovascular death, according to a new study.
The study analyzed 18 studies and...