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...
8 early warning signs of heart failure most people write off as being out of shape
Nearly 6.7 million American adults live with heart failure, and its earliest symptoms often masquerade as aging or poor fitness.
Morning or bedtime for your blood pressure pill? What the biggest trial actually found
Two Spanish studies once suggested bedtime dosing could cut heart events nearly in half. A far larger trial arrived with a different answer.
What chronic stress quietly does to your heart, immune system and brain
Long-term stress leaves measurable traces in your arteries, immune cells and brain tissue.
Children who have tonsils removed may get more respiratory infections afterward, a new study suggests
A large study points to more hospital visits for the very infections surgery is meant to prevent.
An AI can predict your hip fracture risk years early, and no tests needed
A Swedish AI flagged seven times more people at hip-fracture risk than current screening does.
7 warning signs of Meniere’s disease most people dismiss as ordinary dizziness
Ordinary vertigo passes in seconds; Meniere's attacks can last up to 12 hours.