Americans will spend half their lives taking prescription drugs, study finds
An American born in 2019 will spend a larger share of their lifetime taking prescription drugs than being married or…
An American born in 2019 will spend a larger share of their lifetime taking prescription drugs than being married or…
Modifiable risk factors—including hypertension, obesity, diabetes, low HDL cholesterol and sleep disorders—confer a higher risk of dementia for people in…
Fat tissue, for as much as it’s been vilified, is an incredibly complex and essential bodily organ involved in energy…
Although several medications are approved to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), some individuals experience limited benefits from the drugs or develop…
Dementia, which includes Alzheimer’s disease, currently affects around 1.8 million people in Germany. The exact cause has not yet been…
When women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) plan to become pregnant, many anguish over whether to stop their medications, risking a…
Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a debilitating yet all-too-common condition, which can severely affect quality of life for patients undergoing treatment….
New study from Brigham researchers highlights a correlation between symptoms of insomnia and hypertension in women Getting enough sleep has…
In a groundbreaking study published in JAMA Pediatrics on October 2, 2023, researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital shed new light…
Grandmother was right: Scrubbing behind the ears and between the toes may help keep the skin in those regions healthy,…
Researchers at Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center have found that a shorter course of radiation therapy after mastectomy and breast reconstruction…
Up to 15 percent of children and five percent of adults are affected by the chronic inflammatory skin disease atopic…
A new study in JAMA Network Open may provide key answers to how to help people experiencing chronic back pain….
Autistic people have higher rates of chronic physical health conditions across the whole body and are more likely to have…
Scientists have found a surprising effect of some antibiotics on certain bacteria – that the drugs can sometimes benefit bacteria,…
Scientists studying Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have identified thousands of genetic variants in the genome in the development of this progressive…
Researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that college athletes had worse post-injury outcomes related to concussions they experienced…
Go ahead. Try asking a crying child or baby what’s wrong, and you most likely will come away as baffled…
Findings from a nationwide, multicenter study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health…
A new study published in a Nature Partner Journal, npj Microgravity, finds an engineered compound given to mice aboard the International…
A new Northwestern Medicine study challenges a common belief in what triggers Parkinson’s disease. Degeneration of dopaminergic neurons is widely…
Researchers from Western and Brown University have made groundbreaking progress towards identifying the root cause and potential therapy for preeclampsia….
Constant exposure of cells to stressing agents, such as pathogens, may disturb an organism’s normal functioning. To fight stress, cells…
A standard chemotherapy drug injures surrounding non-cancer cells, which can then awakens dormant cancer cells and promotes cancer growth, according…
A new editorial paper was published in Aging (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as “Aging (Albany NY)” and “Aging-US” by Web of…
Even the best treatment approaches for Parkinson’s disease are inadequate if they do not address patients’ feelings of social rejection,…
Groundbreaking research published today in Nature Genetics describes the largest-ever study into the genetics of random “round-the-clock” blood glucose levels….
A study of twins shows that having a concussion early in life is tied to having lower scores on tests…
Not only does a lack of sleep make you feel awful, research has shown it impairs the brain. What’s more,…
A new international study led by Queen Mary University of London has shown mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) infections to…