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Finding the healthiest cooking fats for your cholesterol

A Heart-Healthy Kitchen: Understanding Cholesterol Cholesterol can sometimes feel like an uninvited guest in our body, especially as we navigate through various delicious cooking and...

Early indicators of dementia: 5 behaviour changes to look for after age 50

Dementia is often thought of as a memory problem, like when an elderly person asks the same questions or misplaces things. In reality, individuals with...

1 in 4 teens with autism are not diagnosed

A Closer Look into Adolescents and Autism Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often wears many faces, some of which are harder to identify than others. A considerable...

How to heal a wound: helping the skin fix itself

You’ve likely had countless cuts and scrapes in your life. Normally, when you get a small skin wound, your body can repair it quickly. But...

Kidneys can show early signs of heart failure, study finds

Heart health is an imperative topic, considering that 1 in 5 individuals will encounter heart failure in their lifetime. Now, an insightful research spearheaded by...

Scientists find new hope in lung cancer treatment

Imagine having a means to understand what’s happening in a person’s cancer situation without needing an invasive procedure – just a simple blood test. This...

Scientists find links between stress, depression, and Alzheimer’s disease

In the intricacies of mental health and neurodegenerative diseases, researchers often find themselves entwining through the subtle threads that link emotional and cognitive wellbeing. A...

Switching blood pressure pills may lead to better treatment, study finds

Imagine visiting a doctor, and you're handed a pill, with a promise that it should help manage your health issue - in this case,...

Low-dose aspirin may reduce diabetes risk by 15% in older people

Aspirin, commonly recognized for its pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory properties, has historically been considered a versatile agent in preventing cardiovascular events. Recent research, to be discussed...

How drinking coffee can affect your kidney health

Scientists have always been curious about the world – and our bodies. A team from the University of Toronto, with Ahmed El-Sohemy steering the research...