Thinking about bariatric surgery for weight loss? Here’s what to consider
Bariatric surgery is weight-loss surgery to treat obesity or reduce weight-related health complications. These surgeries alter the structure of the digestive tract, which helps...
Scientists find new way to treat Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease.
Population prevalence of Parkinson's disease increases from about 1% at age 60 to 4%...
How to reverse type 2 diabetes and deadly liver disease
Type 2 diabetes is a chronic condition that affects the way the body processes blood sugar (glucose).
Liver fibrosis is the excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix...
New discovery may boost body’s ability to fight Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia. It involves parts of the brain that control thought, memory, and language.
Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune...
A new way to treat drug-resistant high blood pressure
Drug-resistant high blood pressure is a condition where your blood pressure remains high or uncontrolled despite the medications you take to lower it.
In a...
10,000 steps a day keeps doctor away, study confirms
You carry your own body weight when you walk. This is known as weight-bearing exercise.
Previous research has found that walking could increase heart and...
This hormone linked to less brain shrinkage in midlife women
Estrogen is a steroid hormone linked to the female reproductive organs and is responsible for developing female sexual characteristics.
In a study from Alzheimer's Research UK,...
Depression may signal a stroke years before it occurs
A stroke is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain causes cell death.
There are two main types of stroke: ischemic, due to lack of blood flow, and hemorrhagic, due to bleeding.
Both cause...
What foods you eat together may affect your dementia risk
Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning — thinking, remembering, and reasoning — to such an extent that it interferes with a person's daily...
Scientists confirm long-term health impact of COVID-19
Many people recover fully within a few days or weeks after being infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
But others have symptoms that...