Diseases
How eating too much sugar affects your liver and raises fatty liver risk
Fructose goes straight to your liver, and too much of it can quietly build up as fat.
Diseases
These common conditions may predict Alzheimer’s up to 10 years before symptoms
Common problems like high blood pressure and poor sleep may signal risk long before memory slips.
Diseases
Researchers warn of misleading social media posts about Alzheimer’s blood tests
A new study shows how Alzheimer’s disease is portrayed on social media and highlights important information that is often missing.
Diseases
A short course of immunotherapy before surgery kept bowel cancer from returning
A UK trial swapped standard chemotherapy for a short course of pembrolizumab, and none of the 32 patients has relapsed.
Diseases
A new scan could help millions of men avoid an unnecessary prostate biopsy
The scan found 91 percent of dangerous tumors and correctly cleared most men who didn't need a biopsy at all.
Diseases
How eating too much sugar affects your liver and raises fatty liver risk
Fructose goes straight to your liver, and too much of it can quietly build up as fat.
Diseases
These common conditions may predict Alzheimer’s up to 10 years before symptoms
Common problems like high blood pressure and poor sleep may signal risk long before memory slips.
Diseases
Researchers warn of misleading social media posts about Alzheimer’s blood tests
A new study shows how Alzheimer’s disease is portrayed on social media and highlights important information that is often missing.
Diseases
A short course of immunotherapy before surgery kept bowel cancer from returning
A UK trial swapped standard chemotherapy for a short course of pembrolizumab, and none of the 32 patients has relapsed.
New research suggests certain foods may help reduce blood pressure
High blood pressure remains one of the most widespread chronic conditions, and even slight reductions are known to ease strain on the heart and blood vessels.
Certain foods can interfere with these medications
Some everyday foods can disrupt the effects of widely used medications. The consequences often become apparent only when the treatment fails to work as expected.
Signs of bowel cancer you shouldn’t overlook
Bowel cancer is among the most common cancer types, yet many early signs can be mistaken for everyday discomfort.
New research links chickenpox to rare childhood stroke cases
Scientific review highlights inconsistent recurrence rates in varicella-related pediatric strokes.
Blood test may indicate dementia risk 25 years before diagnosis
A long-term study suggests that subtle changes in a common blood marker may signal dementia risk as early as 25 years before symptoms appear.
This is what to do when norovirus hits your home
It often begins on an ordinary day when a person feels slightly off, and then suddenly rushes to the bathroom.