Early medication use may signal future IBD diagnosis
A new study from Denmark has discovered a surprising pattern in people who later develop inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD.
The research, published in the...
How to balance blood sugar in older adults with type 2 diabetes
A new study from researchers at Yale School of Medicine, the University of Chicago, and Kaiser Permanente has provided helpful guidance on how to...
Can blood pressure drugs affect mental health?
A group of scientists at St. Michael’s Hospital wanted to understand how some common blood pressure medicines might affect a person’s mental health.
They focused...
Alzheimer’s drug may help improve memory in normal aging
A new study from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has found that a drug originally used to treat Alzheimer's disease may also...
Bacteria in mouth infections could affect your whole body
In Sweden, scientists at the Karolinska Institutet have found something interesting about the bacteria that cause serious infections in the mouth.
Their study looked closely...
Living near the ocean may help you live longer, study finds
Living near the ocean might help you live a longer life, but the same may not be true if you live near a river...
Understanding the long-term impact of blood pressure drug use
High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, affects millions of people around the world. It happens when the force of blood pushing against the...
Heart disease deaths decline in the U.S. despite rising obesity
Between 1990 and 2019, the United States saw a major drop in deaths caused by heart disease. In 1990, heart disease led to the...
How Parkinson’s disease affects men and women differently
Scientists have long wondered why more men than women are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
Now, researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark may have found an...
Stomach bacteria may be linked to Alzheimer’s disease
A new study has found a possible link between a common stomach bacteria called Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and a higher risk of Alzheimer’s...