Aircrews Show Highest Share of Radiation-Linked Cancer Deaths
Pilots and flight attendants spend much of their working lives high above the ground, where the atmosphere provides less protection from radiation arriving from...
Dirty Air May Damage Gums and Teeth
Air pollution is widely known for harming the lungs and heart, but new research suggests the damage may also reach the mouth.
Scientists in Brazil...
Pacemaker Could Run on Heartbeats
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have developed an experimental pacemaker that can collect energy from the beating heart instead of depending on a...
Common Bowl Disease May Affect More Than the Gut
Ulcerative colitis is usually thought of as a disease of the bowel. Yet a large study from the United States has found that people...
New Treatment May Repair Arteries in High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure is often described as a silent threat because people can feel perfectly well while damage slowly develops inside their bodies.
Researchers have...
How Smoking Damages Your Blood Vessels
A cigarette, an e-cigarette and a nicotine pouch look very different, but they can all deliver the same addictive chemical: nicotine.
A wide-ranging scientific review...
Virtual Reality May Help Restore the Stroke-Affected Hand
Many people survive a stroke but continue to struggle with an arm or hand that does not work as it once did.
A new rehabilitation...
How to Stop Type 2 Diabetes Before It Starts
Type 2 diabetes usually does not appear suddenly. Changes in the way the body handles blood sugar can develop slowly over many years before...
Your Waist May Show Heart Risk Better Than BMI
For decades, body mass index, or BMI, has been one of the most common ways to classify people as having normal weight, overweight or...
Both Blood Pressure Numbers Matter to Heart Health
When someone checks your blood pressure, the result usually appears as two numbers, such as 120 over 80.
Many people pay most attention to the...