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AI Could Help Detect Heart Failure Before Symptoms Become Severe

Many people with heart failure do not realise they have the condition until it has already caused significant damage. Early symptoms such as tiredness, breathlessness,...

Magic Mushroom Therapy May Benefit Veterans With PTSD

An experimental treatment that combines psilocybin with intensive psychotherapy has shown encouraging early results for military veterans living with severe post-traumatic stress disorder, according...

Simple Fruit Sugar May Help Ovarian Cancer Spread

Ovarian cancer is one of the deadliest cancers affecting women because it is often discovered after it has already spread. Although many patients respond well...

Early Menopause May Raise the Risk of High Blood Pressure

Menopause is a natural stage of life that marks the end of a woman's menstrual periods. For most women it happens between the ages...

New Discovery May Help Older Muscles Stay Stronger for Longer

As people grow older, muscles naturally become smaller and weaker. This process can make walking, lifting objects, and keeping balance more difficult. Ageing muscles also...

How a Whole-Grain Compound Influences Gut Movement

A common natural compound found in rice bran may one day help scientists develop new treatments for digestive disorders. Researchers from Toho University discovered that...

Why One Rare Gene Variant Could Protect Against Alzheimer’s Disease

For decades, researchers have wondered why one rare version of the APOE gene seems to protect people from Alzheimer's disease. A new study from the...

Hidden Chemical May Increase Parkinson’s Disease Risk

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive brain disorder that mainly affects movement. It develops when nerve cells that produce dopamine slowly die. Dopamine helps the brain...

New 20-Minute Heat Treatment Could Cure a Hidden Cause of High Blood Pressure

High blood pressure affects millions of people around the world and is one of the biggest risk factors for heart disease, stroke, kidney disease,...

Higher-Dose Diabetes Drug Shows Stronger Blood Sugar and Weight Loss Benefits

Diabetes is a long-term condition in which the body cannot properly control the amount of sugar, also called glucose, in the blood. When blood sugar...

High Creatinine Levels: An Early Warning Sign of Kidney Disease

Creatinine is a waste product that your body makes every day as your muscles work and naturally break down. Healthy kidneys filter creatinine from the...

Early Signs of Peripheral Artery Disease You Should Never Ignore

Peripheral artery disease, often called PAD, is a common condition that reduces blood flow to the arms or legs, most often the legs. Healthy arteries...

Growing Daytime Sleepiness Could Be an Early Warning Sign of Dementia

Feeling sleepier during the day as we get older may be more important than many people realize. A new study suggests that older women who...

How Heart Drugs Can Affect Your Gut Health

Medicines used to treat heart disease save lives every day, but they sometimes affect more than the heart. The digestive system is one of the...

Study Finds a New Cause of Heart Disease

Heart disease remains one of the leading causes of death around the world. One of the most common forms is coronary artery disease, which...

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What really happens to your data when you click ‘delete’

Deletion is a common part of modern life. We send files and folders to the recycle bin all the time and often get rid of...

Supermassive Black Hole Blasts Shock Waves Across 300,000 Light-Years, New Study Finds

Black holes are famous for pulling in everything that gets too close, including gas, dust, and even light. But new research shows they can also...

Wireless Laser Charging Could Keep Drones in the Air for Hours, Study Finds

Imagine a drone that can stay in the air for hours without needing to land for a battery change. That idea may be one step...

Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Created a Planet-Wide Firestorm, Study Finds

A new study suggests that the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs may have been even more deadly than scientists once thought. Researchers now...

After 100 Years of Searching, Astronomers Finally Find Betelgeuse’s Hidden Companion

Astronomers have found the strongest evidence yet that Betelgeuse, one of the brightest and most famous stars in the night sky, is not alone. After...