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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...
7 warning signs of an enlarged prostate most men write off as aging
About half of men in their 60s live with an enlarged prostate. Most write it off as aging.
Ultra-processed food may raise your prostate cancer risk by nearly a third
A study of more than 17,000 men links the heaviest ultra-processed food intake to sharply higher prostate cancer risk.
7 warning signs of a mini-stroke most people write off as nothing
The symptoms fade in minutes, but the stroke risk in the next 48 hours does not.
8 warning signs of POTS, the condition most often dismissed as anxiety
When your heart races every time you stand, it may not be anxiety at all.
7 warning signs of a pulmonary embolism most people mistake for anxiety or chest pain
A pulmonary embolism is a medical emergency, and the first symptoms are easy to write off.
The AHA says 80% of heart attacks may be preventable: the 5 habits that matter
A new American Heart Association guidance names the daily choices that matter most.