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This daily nutrient could help prevent dementia
Choline is a nutrient that your body needs to stay healthy. It helps with many important jobs, like keeping your brain sharp, supporting your...
A smarter salt can save your life from high blood pressure
Most people don’t realize they are eating too much salt every day. In the United States, foods like pizza, chips, burgers, and even bread...
New diabetes drug may prevent heart attacks and strokes
A new medicine called sotagliflozin has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and it could help people with type 2...
A surprising Alzheimer’s drug might help people lose weight without dieting
A new study from Johns Hopkins Medicine has found that a drug first designed for brain diseases may also help people lose weight—even without...
A surprising drug could help reduce alcohol addiction and pain
A group of scientists at Scripps Research has found that a medicine already used to treat some skin and joint conditions might also help...
A breakthrough shot could end chronic back pain without surgery
Back pain is something many people go through at some point in their lives. Sometimes it starts from a simple action, like bending down...
Scientists find better treatments for high blood pressure
High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is a serious health problem that affects over 116 million adults in the United States. It can lead...
A simple drug could help stop heart attacks before they start
For more than a hundred years, heart attacks have been the leading cause of death in the United States.
While many medicines can help break...
The best and worst drinks for your blood pressure
High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is a very common health condition. If it is not treated properly, it can lead to serious problems...
Study finds a big cause of common liver disease
For many years, doctors believed that a common liver disease known as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, or MASLD, was mostly caused by lifestyle...
New drug shows promise for high blood pressure
A new drug called zilebesiran could give new hope to people who have high blood pressure. A recent study published in the Journal of...
Hot flash drug could boost breast cancer treatment
A new clinical trial from the University of Cambridge has found that a hormone-like drug could help fight breast cancer while also making treatment...
At-home blood tests can accurately detect Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most challenging brain disorders of our time. It slowly damages memory, thinking, and daily functioning, and it affects...
Weaker body clocks may increase dementia risk in older people
A new study has found that people with weaker or more irregular circadian rhythms—the body’s internal clock—may have a higher risk of developing dementia.
The...
Back pain today, sleep problems tomorrow? What men should know
Many older men deal with either sleep problems, back pain, or both. Now, a new study led by Soomi Lee at Penn State shows...
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The solar system loses an ocean world
Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, may not have a subsurface ocean after all.
That’s according to a re-examination of data captured by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which...
Biodegradable electronics may create microplastics, scientists warn
Electronics designed to disappear after use sound like a perfect solution to the world’s growing e-waste problem.
Known as transient or biodegradable electronics, these devices...
Why the same galaxy can grow or decline—It depends on its neighbor
Galaxies may look serene from afar, but their lives are shaped by powerful internal structures and by the neighbors they keep.
A new study led...
A battery without an anode could nearly double electric vehicle driving range
Imagine driving an electric vehicle from Seoul to Busan and back on a single charge, or no longer worrying about reduced battery performance during...
Scientists crack 1.4-billion-year-old salt crystals to reveal Earth’s ancient air
More than a billion years before dinosaurs—and long before plants and animals—Earth looked very different.
In what is now northern Ontario, a shallow, salty lake...