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...
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...
Your tongue color could be an early sign of these deficiencies
Clinicians read the tongue for early clues to iron, B12 and oxygen trouble.
Melatonin linked to 90% higher heart failure risk
A major new study has raised fresh questions about the long-term safety of one of the world's most popular sleep supplements.
New study finds atherosclerosis in surprisingly young adults
The findings have surprised researchers and could affect how the disease is detected in the future.
Your parents’ lifespan may be linked to your risk of disease
A new study shows an association between parents' lifespan and their children's health later in life.
Living in polluted air may be raising your cancer risk more than most people realize
A sweeping new global analysis puts a number on air pollution's cancer toll, and it goes well beyond the lungs.
Controlling three health risks could mean 13 more years without dementia
Three modifiable factors, one strikingly long window of extra brain-healthy time.