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Why Some People’s High Blood Pressure Stays High Despite Treatment
High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, affects millions of people around the world. It happens when blood pushes too hard against the walls...
Common Heart Drug May Not Help Everyone with Heart Failure
Heart failure affects millions of people and is one of the leading causes of hospital admissions in older adults.
The condition develops when the heart...
Common Diabetes Drugs Tied to Higher Risk of Heart Problems
Two widely used medicines for type 2 diabetes may carry greater risks for the heart than many people realize, according to a new study...
B Vitamins May Offer a Simple New Way to Lower High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure is one of the most common long-term health problems worldwide.
If it is not well controlled, it can greatly increase the risk...
Why the Age You Reach Menopause Could Affect Your Heart Health
For many women, menopause marks a normal part of aging, but the timing of menopause can vary greatly.
While most women stop having periods around...
How Kimchi and Sauerkraut Can Improve Your Gut Health
For centuries, families have preserved vegetables by fermentation, long before refrigerators existed.
This simple process allows natural microbes to change fresh foods into products with...
Wastewater Can Reveal What Your Communities Are Eating
What goes down household drains may seem like waste, but scientists have discovered it can reveal valuable information about the foods people eat.
A new...
Why Keeping the Same Daily Schedule May Help You Age Better
Many people believe good health depends mainly on healthy food, exercise, and enough sleep.
While these habits are certainly important, researchers are learning that another...
Three Serious Hip Problems Often Mistaken for Arthritis
Hip pain is one of the most common reasons adults visit an orthopedic specialist.
Many people immediately assume arthritis is responsible, but researchers from Yale...
Millions More People May Need High Blood Pressure Treatment Under New Guideline
A major new analysis suggests that many people with high blood pressure may not be receiving treatment even though they meet the latest medical...
New System Turns Dirty Factory CO₂ Directly into Fuel Ingredient Without Costly Cleanup
An international team of researchers has developed a new way to convert carbon dioxide (CO₂) from factory exhaust directly into a valuable fuel ingredient...
Scientists Turn an Insulating Metal Oxide into a High-Performance Semiconductor
Semiconductors are at the heart of modern technology, powering everything from smartphones and computers to solar panels and electric vehicles.
However, the range of materials...
New Heat Pump Turns Factory Waste Heat Into Cooling, Cutting Electricity Use
Researchers in South Korea have developed a new type of heat pump that can turn low-temperature waste heat from factories and data centers into...
Hidden Toxic Metals Found in City Road Dust, New Study Warns
Dust blowing through city streets may seem harmless, but new research suggests it can contain hidden metals left behind by decades of human activity.
While...
Engineers Solve a Key Problem Holding Back Bird-Inspired Flying Robots
Tiny flying robots that flap their wings like birds and insects could one day inspect damaged buildings, explore tight spaces and assist in search-and-rescue...
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Ancient Cosmic Crash May Explain Neptune’s Strange Inner Moons
Neptune’s small inner moons may actually be the broken remains of a much older family of icy worlds that were destroyed billions of years...
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers Vast Honeycomb Landscape on Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered a remarkable landscape on Mars unlike anything it has seen before.
While exploring a valley known as "Valle Grande," the...
Why Better Batteries Take So Long to Develop
Lithium-ion batteries have powered our phones, laptops and electric vehicles for more than 30 years. They have changed the way we live, but they...
The Asteroid That May Be Three Worlds
What shape is an asteroid? For (44) Nysa, the honest answer until now has been that nobody knew.
It is one of the brightest and...
New Hybrid Battery Binder Could Help Electric Cars Go Farther and Last Longer
A team of researchers has developed a new battery material that could help electric vehicles travel farther on a single charge while also extending...