Treating Mild Hypertension With Drugs Causing More Harm Than Good
In 2013, Dr. Iona Heath, a retired general practitioner published an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, in which she spoke...
Nursing Student Dies After Tweeting ‘I Think I’m Dying’: How To...
A tweet sent by a Georgetown University nursing student eerily foreshadowed her death on Tuesday. “This is what dying must feel like,” Andrea Jaime...
Berry Extract Boost Effectiveness of Pancreatic Cancer Therapy
A wild berry native to North America may strengthen the effectiveness of a chemotherapy drug commonly used to treat pancreatic cancer, according to new...
Treating Macular Degeneration (AMD) With Stem Cells to Save Failing Vision
A woman in Japan has received the first medical treatment based on induced pluripotent stem cells, eight years after they were first discovered. The...
Migraines in Middle Age Linked to Increased Risk of Parkinson’s Disease
A new study suggests that people who experience migraine in middle age may be more likely to develop Parkinson's disease, or other movement disorders...
Simple Urine Test for Cervical Cancer Virus
Dread going for a smear test? A simple urine test can pick up the human papilloma virus (HPV) that causes cervical cancer. Though it's...
Artificial Sweeteners Change Gut Bacteria to Promote Glucose Intolerance and Metabolic...
Artificial sweeteners are promoted to aid weight loss and prevent diabetes. A new study in the journal Nature reveals that artificial sweeteners can actually...
Prescription Painkiller Deaths Up 400 Percent Over Last 10 Years
Poisoning is considered the leading cause of injury death in the United States; both illicit and pharmaceutical drugs account for 90 percent of poisoning...
Schizophrenia Not One, But Eight Genetically Distinct Disorders
New research shows that schizophrenia isn't a single disease but a group of eight genetically distinct disorders, each with its own set of symptoms....
Sleep Loss Linked to Heart Disease, Weight Gain, Hypertension, Diabetes and...
Lack of sleep can make you sick. And while everybody has the occasional restless night, for those who suffer from chronic insomnia – some...
Project Maps Diverse Group of Viruses That Live in Healthy Humans
The same viruses that make us sick can take up residence in and on the human body without provoking a sneeze, cough or other...
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and Rheumatoid Arthritis Meds Linked to Drug-Induced...
Researchers have discovered that patients with a particular genetic variation are four times more likely to develop pancreatitis if they are prescribed a widely...
