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...
Dementia risk 24% lower among people given common vaccine
A major study of more than 500,000 older adults has found a striking link between the shingles vaccine and dementia risk.
Study makes major finding: Every extra hour of unbroken sitting raises cancer death risk by 10%
New research suggests the harm holds even in people who exercise regularly.
Aim below 130/80: the blood pressure target tied to 15 percent less dementia
The largest randomized trial of its kind followed nearly 34,000 people for four years.
Over a third of all cancers are preventable, and WHO just identified the biggest causes
A landmark WHO analysis of 2022 data puts a hard number on how many cancers we could stop.
8 warning signs of Hashimoto’s disease most people write off as everyday tiredness
Normal thyroid tests miss it, here is what to ask your doctor instead.
7 warning signs of esophageal cancer that are easy to write off as heartburn
Reflux that fades is not always good news, and the earliest signs of esophageal cancer often look ordinary.