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What your hair texture and loss can reveal about your thyroid health
A 2023 review links diffuse shedding and texture changes to thyroid dysfunction.
Diseases
Researchers test new method against brain damage after stroke – and it works
Researchers have investigated a new method designed to help the brain recover after a stroke.
Diseases
Walking more steps a day may control asthma as well as the gym
A new trial in moderate-to-severe asthma matched simple walking against supervised gym sessions.
Diseases
How to know when your child is too sick for school
It can be difficult to know when a sick child should stay home from school and when they...
Diseases
The FDA just cleared a blood test for Alzheimer’s
A simple blood draw can now help doctors check for the plaques tied to Alzheimer's.
Diseases
What your hair texture and loss can reveal about your thyroid health
A 2023 review links diffuse shedding and texture changes to thyroid dysfunction.
Diseases
Researchers test new method against brain damage after stroke – and it works
Researchers have investigated a new method designed to help the brain recover after a stroke.
Diseases
Walking more steps a day may control asthma as well as the gym
A new trial in moderate-to-severe asthma matched simple walking against supervised gym sessions.
Diseases
How to know when your child is too sick for school
It can be difficult to know when a sick child should stay home from school and when they...
Scientists may have found why statins cause muscle pain, and how to prevent it
A McMaster study identifies the metabolic-immune loop behind statin myopathy, and how to block it.
A pig kidney kept him alive for 271 days – now he has a human one
A patient's 271 days on a genetically modified pig kidney is the longest yet documented.
Why autism diagnoses in girls are rising 19% a year – and what took so long
A new US study points to what is really driving the recent rise in diagnoses.
Weight-loss drugs may slow cancer from spreading in the body, large data shows
Data from more than 12,000 cancer patients points to a new benefit of GLP-1 drugs.
A pancreatic cancer pill nearly doubled survival in trials. Its price: $480,000 a year
The FDA cleared Rasonque last week. Two pills a day carry a list price of $39,800 a month.
What your LDL-to-HDL cholesterol ratio reveals about your heart risk
One number on your lipid panel may tell a sharper story than LDL alone.