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Natural Compound May Help a Stiff Heart Relax
Scientists have found that a natural substance made by the body after eating certain foods may help the heart relax and work better in...
8-Hour Eating Window Shows Promise in Type 1 Diabetes
A simple change in when people eat may help some adults with type 1 diabetes improve their blood sugar, according to an early clinical...
Do Cholesterol Drugs Statins Still Matter After Age 75?
Should an otherwise stable 80-year-old keep taking a cholesterol pill that may have been started decades earlier?
A new clinical trial suggests the answer may...
Nicotine Can Harm the Heart on Its Own
Nicotine is often discussed mainly as the chemical that makes cigarettes and other tobacco products addictive.
But a major scientific review argues that nicotine itself...
Belly Fat May Matter More Than Weight in Older People
A new study suggests that body weight alone may not tell the full story about health in older adults.
Researchers found that older people with...
Brain Stimulation May Reduce Parkinson’s Symptoms
For someone living with Parkinson’s disease, the hardest symptoms are not always the ones other people can see.
Depression, anxiety, and a deep loss of...
A Mouth Rinse May Reveal Hidden Cancer
The microbes living in the mouth may contain surprising clues about cancers much farther down the digestive system.
A new study suggests that patterns of...
Long Meal Intervals May Increase Early Death Risk in Older People
Going for long periods without eating has become popular in recent years, with some people using fasting schedules in hopes of improving weight, blood...
Inflammatory Bowel Disease May Harm the Lungs
Inflammatory bowel disease is best known for causing problems in the digestive system, but its effects do not always stop there.
A new study suggests...
Fitness May Help Protect Aging Kidneys
Keeping the heart and lungs fit may do more than make exercise easier.
A new study from researchers in Japan suggests that people with better...
Dementia and Stroke Risks May Start from Mental Health Issues
Dementia in a person in their thirties is rare, but a new study has uncovered a surprising pattern.
Younger adults with severe mental illness were...
Stopping Blood Pressure Drugs May Be Safe for Some Older People
Older adults living in long-term care often take many medicines every day.
A large U.S. study suggests that carefully stopping some blood pressure medicines may...
Old Drug Shows Surprising Weight-Loss Benefit
A drug first studied for brain disorders may have an unexpected use in obesity, according to research from Johns Hopkins Medicine.
In experiments with mice,...
Can Eating Potatoes Affect Your Blood Pressure?
Potatoes are eaten in countless forms, from baked potatoes at dinner to fries served with fast food. Because they contain a lot of starch,...
Scientists Find a Major Cause of Prostate Cancer Spread
Scientists have identified a biological change that may help explain why some prostate cancers become much more aggressive and spread to other parts of...
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Scientists Turn Human Urine into a Chemical That Could Help Store Energy
Human urine might seem like an unlikely ingredient for making chemicals used in energy storage.
But researchers in Australia have developed a new method that...
Galactic archaeologists find stars in the Milky Way came from another galaxy 12 billion...
Look up on a dark night and the Milky Way appears as a calm band of stars across the sky. But our galaxy has...
Astronomers Discover a Mysterious New Object Called a ‘Black Hole Star’
Astronomers may have discovered an entirely new kind of object in the early universe: something that looks like an enormous star but is powered...
Why Drought Can Actually Make Some Diseases More Dangerous
Drought might seem like bad news for diseases that depend on water.
After all, if lakes, ponds and wetlands shrink or disappear, parasites that need...
Giant Crocodylians Ruled South America’s Food Chain 10 Million Years Ago
More than 10 million years ago, parts of South America looked very different from today.
During the Miocene epoch, a huge system of lakes, rivers...