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Seaweed compounds may help control high blood pressure, study finds

For millions of years, seaweeds and tinyeConfig microscopic organisms have survived under harsh sunlight in shallow waters where ultraviolet rays are intense. Unlike humans,...

His heart stopped on a Florida island. An ER doctor, nurse and Navy veteran...

Bruce and Tiffany Brown decided to get away for a few days late last June. They drove three hours from their home near Tampa,...

New blood test could reveal hidden alcohol damage in fatty liver disease

Fatty liver disease is now one of the most common liver conditions in the world, affecting nearly one in three adults. It happens when...

Scientists discover a hidden link between type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure

A major new study has found that type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure are connected in ways scientists did not fully understand before....

After losing his daughter to cardiac arrest at 18, dad vowed to bring CPR/AED...

Lauren Laman had been dancing since she was a child. As a high school senior in St. Charles, Illinois, she was on the dance...

Is hypothyroidism a metabolic disorder?

Many people think metabolism only refers to how fast the body burns calories, but it actually includes all the chemical activities that keep us...

Silent warning signs of kidney disease you should not ignore

Kidney disease is often called a silent illness because many people do not notice anything is wrong until the condition becomes severe. This is...

This Alzheimer’s drug may help you lose weight without exercise or dieting

Obesity is now one of the most serious health problems worldwide. It raises the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke, joint problems,...

Powerful drug combo shows long-lasting control for type 2 diabetes

Type 2 diabetes is a long-term condition that affects how the body controls sugar in the blood. Normally, the body uses a hormone called...

This pain drug could treat chronic nerve pain without addiction risk

Chronic nerve pain is one of the most difficult types of pain to treat. Unlike pain from a cut or injury that heals, nerve...

This tiny mineral can help clean clogged arteries

Heart disease is the leading cause of death around the world. One major reason is a condition called atherosclerosis, which develops slowly over many...

Blood pressure drugs may affect your gut health, study finds

Many people have heard of high blood pressure, but fewer people know about diverticulosis, a common problem that affects the large intestine. Diverticulosis happens...

The everyday foods that could be quietly damaging your kidneys

Your kidneys are two small organs that do a very big job. Every minute, they filter your blood, remove waste, balance fluids, control important...

Could gut bacteria be the hidden trigger behind Parkinson’s disease?

Parkinson’s disease is a serious brain disorder that affects millions of people worldwide, especially older adults. It mainly affects movement, causing shaking hands, stiff...

Which diabetes drug works best with metformin?

Type 2 diabetes is one of the most common long-term health conditions in the world. It happens when the body cannot use insulin properly...

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Iron age mass grave reveals targeted killing of women and children in Europe

Archaeologists have uncovered chilling evidence of a large-scale massacre from about 2,800 years ago in what is now northern Serbia. The discovery, made at the...

Hair-thin LEDs could one day replace lasers in data centers and displays

Tiny light sources no wider than a human hair may soon change how information is transmitted and how screens are built. Researchers at the University...

How giant galaxies could form just 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang

When the venerable Hubble Space Telescope made its Deep Fields studies of the early Universe, it discovered something that would puzzle astronomers to this...

Scientists discover Earth-like auroras on Jupiter’s giant moon

Scientists have discovered that the colorful light shows seen above Earth’s poles also occur on Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon—and they behave in strikingly similar...

NASA spots a young sun blowing a giant bubble in space

Astronomers have captured the first clear image of a giant “bubble” surrounding a young star that closely resembles what our own sun looked like...