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Common Bowl Disease May Affect More Than the Gut

Ulcerative colitis is usually thought of as a disease of the bowel. Yet a large study from the United States has found that people...

New Treatment May Repair Arteries in High Blood Pressure

High blood pressure is often described as a silent threat because people can feel perfectly well while damage slowly develops inside their bodies. Researchers have...

Simple Ways to Protect Your Knees

Knee pain is extremely common, especially as people get older. One of the most frequent causes is osteoarthritis, a condition that slowly changes the tissues...

How Smoking Damages Your Blood Vessels

A cigarette, an e-cigarette and a nicotine pouch look very different, but they can all deliver the same addictive chemical: nicotine. A wide-ranging scientific review...

Cannabis Drug May Ease Severe PTSD Nightmares

Nightmares can be one of the most exhausting symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. For some people, sleep becomes a time when frightening memories...

Virtual Reality May Help Restore the Stroke-Affected Hand

Many people survive a stroke but continue to struggle with an arm or hand that does not work as it once did. A new rehabilitation...

New Obesity Treatment Burns More Energy Instead of Cutting Appetite

Powerful weight-loss medicines have changed the treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes in only a few years. Drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and...

How to Stop Type 2 Diabetes Before It Starts

Type 2 diabetes usually does not appear suddenly. Changes in the way the body handles blood sugar can develop slowly over many years before...

Could Vitamin C Protect Brain Health in Older People?

Scientists have discovered another possible link between everyday nutrition and brain health. In a new study led by Hirosaki University in Japan, older adults with...

Your Waist May Show Heart Risk Better Than BMI

For decades, body mass index, or BMI, has been one of the most common ways to classify people as having normal weight, overweight or...

Both Blood Pressure Numbers Matter to Heart Health

When someone checks your blood pressure, the result usually appears as two numbers, such as 120 over 80. Many people pay most attention to the...

Simple Ways to Calm Acid Reflux

Gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, is a common digestive condition that can cause frequent heartburn and discomfort. It happens when stomach contents repeatedly move upward...

Common Painkiller May Raise Blood Pressure

Paracetamol is one of the most widely used pain medicines in the world, but taking high prescription doses regularly may have an unexpected effect...

New Drug Could Achieve Weight Loss More Easily

An experimental drug once studied for Alzheimer’s disease and other conditions may have an unexpected use: helping the body fight obesity. Researchers at Johns Hopkins...

6 Teas That May Help Fight Chronic Inflammation

Inflammation is one of the body's main ways of protecting itself. When you cut your skin, develop an infection or injure a muscle, the...

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Mars Dust Could Threaten Astronauts’ Lungs, NASA Warns

Future astronauts exploring Mars will face a danger that may be much harder to avoid than extreme cold or radiation: dust. NASA has released a...

There’s a better way to cool data centers that cuts their huge thirst for...

Water is an amazing substance. The human body is made up of more than 50% water. Approximately 70% of the Earth's surface is covered by...

New Zinc Battery Lasts More Than 60,000 Charge Cycles

Scientists in Australia have developed a rechargeable zinc-iodine battery that can survive more than 60,000 charging cycles, potentially offering a safer and more sustainable...

Ancient Trees Reveal a Terrifying History of Monster Solar Storms

Some of the world's oldest trees are revealing a surprising warning about the sun: our star is capable of producing solar storms far more...

Hubble Discovers a Lost Galaxy Swallowed by the Milky Way 11.8 Billion Years Ago

The Milky Way has not always been the enormous spiral galaxy we see today. Like many large galaxies, it grew partly by swallowing smaller...