Health Headlines Annual Report to The Nation: Overall Cancer Mortality Continues to Decline By article The latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer finds that overall cancer death rates continue to … Read More→
Health Headlines Study Links Night Exposure to "Blue Light" to Breast and Prostate Cancer By article A study performed by an international team led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), , reports a link … Read More→
Health Headlines Targeted Antioxidants May Help Fight Heart Disease By article Older adults who take a novel antioxidant that specifically targets hostile cellular powerhouses, or mitochondria, see age-related vascular changes reverse … Read More→
Health Headlines Adult-Onset Neurodegeneration Has Roots in Early Development By article The disease mechanism for adult-onset progressive degenerative diseases begins much earlier than previously thought, according to a Northwestern Medicine study … Read More→
Health Headlines Study Debunks Fears of Increased Pediatric Suicide Risk from Popular Flu Drug By article The flu medication known as Tamiflu does not cause an increased suicide risk in pediatric patients, according to a new … Read More→
Health Headlines On the Front Lines of Reproductive Research By article Reproduction, a process that has from the beginning of time formed the very basis of life itself, is undergoing a … Read More→
Health Headlines Artificial Intelligence Can Help with Diagnosis of Critical Eye Diseases By article Researchers have developed a new computational tool that will help artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to screen patients with … Read More→
Health Headlines Can Your Cardio Device Be Hacked? By article Medical devices, including cardiovascular implantable electronic devices, could be at risk for hacking. In a paper published in February 2018 … Read More→
Health Headlines Genetic Ancestry Test Beats Self-Reports in Predicting Bleeding Stroke Risk By article A genetic ancestry test more accurately identified patients at risk for bleeding stroke than traditional self-reports of race, cultural identity … Read More→
Health Headlines Asthma Attacks Declining Among U.S. Children By article Children with asthma in the U.S. are having fewer asthma attacks, missed school days, and visits to the hospital, according … Read More→
Health Headlines Cellular "Powerhouses" May Explain Health Effects of Stress By article How does psychological stress translate into physical health effects? A key piece of the puzzle may be found in specialized … Read More→
Health Headlines Brain-Scan-Guided Emergency Stroke Treatment Can Save More Lives By article Researchers say that advances in brain imaging can now identify a greater number of stroke patients who can receive therapy … Read More→
Health Headlines Salt and Impaired Cognition By article Here’s another reason to avoid salt besides its connection to hypertension. Scientists who conducted a mouse study have concluded that … Read More→
Health Headlines It's Not Too Late to Get Your Flu Shot By article Editor’s note: News about the current flu season isn’t encouraging: It’s common in every state except Hawaii. But even in … Read More→
Health Headlines Hair Loss and Uterine Fibroids By article African-American women with a common pattern of hair loss have an increased chance of developing uterine fibroids, according to new … Read More→
Health Headlines Experts Disagree on Value of A Genetic Test for Breast-Cancer Patients By article The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) recently updated its guideline on biomarkers with regard to the MammaPrint genetic test, … Read More→
Health Headlines Coffee Can Help Your Health By article Drinking coffee is “more likely to benefit health than to harm it” for a range of health outcomes, say researchers. … Read More→
Health Headlines Insurance Approval Lagging on Costly New Cholesterol Drug By article Less than half of patients received their insurer’s approval for prescriptions of the type of cholesterol-lowering drug known as PCSK9 … Read More→