These household ‘forever chemical’ linked to liver cancer
A recent study from the University of Southern California found exposure to a synthetic chemical found widely in the environment is linked to non-viral...
Vitamin D deficiency may cause chronic inflammation
Recent research from the University of South Australia showed a direct link between low levels of vitamin D and high levels of inflammation.
This suggests...
Research shows a big cause of weakness in older people
In a recent study from Ohio University, scientists found that the nervous system plays an important role in age-related weakness.
They suggest that physical weakness...
The link between potatoes and high blood pressure you need to know
Scientists from Imperial College London recently found that cooking methods play an important role in the link between potato eating and high blood pressure.
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Widely used pain relief drug could increase heart disease, stroke risks
Scientists from the University of Edinburgh recently found that long-term paracetamol use could increase the risk of heart disease and strokes in people with...
Common cholesterol-lowering statin drug may harm kidney health
Statins can effectively lower high cholesterol, and many individuals take rosuvastatin, one member of this drug class.
But a recent study from Johns Hopkin found...
Widely used anxiety and sleep drugs may harm cognitive functions
Benzodiazepines are effective and widely used drugs for treating states of anxiety and sleep disorders.
A recent study from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich...
Fatigue may be sign of early death, study finds
Scientists from the University of Pittsburgh recently found that how fatigued certain activities make an older person feel can predict the likelihood of death...
1 in 5 people with hypertension take a drug causing higher blood pressure
Scientists from Harvard recently found that nearly 1 in 5 people with hypertension may be unintentionally taking a drug for another condition that causes...
Which blood pressure number can predict your dementia, stroke risk?
Scientists from the University of Miami recently found that the bottom number (diastolic blood pressure) on a blood pressure test could be important when...