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7 everyday habits that may quietly be raising your risk of liver damage
The habits adding up on your liver are often not the ones you would guess, and most never involve a drink.
Diseases
Brain bleed history no longer means ruling out blood thinners for AFib, new data suggests
For years, doctors have faced a wrenching trade-off when atrial fibrillation strikes someone who has already bled into the brain.
Diseases
Air pollution may be quietly raising your blood sugar even if you don’t have diabetes
A large European study tracked more than 21,000 adults and traced a surprise influence on blood sugar that no diet or workout can cancel out.
Diseases
Two drugs you may have in your medicine cabinet just entered an Alzheimer’s trial
Researchers want to shortcut a search that has moved painfully slowly for years, and they are starting with two surprisingly familiar medicines.
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1 in 5 infants globally missed their first measles vaccine in 2023, and cases are up 40% since 2019
Decades of progress against childhood measles are slipping, and the gap begins before most babies take their first steps.
Diseases
7 everyday habits that may quietly be raising your risk of liver damage
The habits adding up on your liver are often not the ones you would guess, and most never involve a drink.
Diseases
Brain bleed history no longer means ruling out blood thinners for AFib, new data suggests
For years, doctors have faced a wrenching trade-off when atrial fibrillation strikes someone who has already bled into the brain.
Diseases
Air pollution may be quietly raising your blood sugar even if you don’t have diabetes
A large European study tracked more than 21,000 adults and traced a surprise influence on blood sugar that no diet or workout can cancel out.
Diseases
Two drugs you may have in your medicine cabinet just entered an Alzheimer’s trial
Researchers want to shortcut a search that has moved painfully slowly for years, and they are starting with two surprisingly familiar medicines.
Study suggests 8 hours a week could nake a difference for Parkinson’s
The gap between the slowest and fastest decline in a new seven-year study came down to one weekly habit many people can hit.
How well does this year’s flu shot actually work? New study reveals the answer
A systematic review has pulled together the latest data, and how much protection you can expect depends more on your age and the outcome than you may think.
New research: These eating habits may help slow the body’s aging process
A new study published in Nature Communications shows that several dietary patterns are associated with slower biological aging.Researchers examined 10 dietary patterns and identified...
8 warning signs of type 1 diabetes adults often mistake for stress or aging
Type 1 diabetes is often filed away as a childhood illness, but it can start in your 30s or 40s and look like something much more ordinary.
Living near the coast? Study links microplastics to five types of cancer
The signal was strongest for cancers you might not expect to tie to the sea at all.
Using a sauna 4-7 times a week may cut fatal heart disease risk by half
The strongest effect only showed up at a certain weekly dose, and the length of each session seemed to matter as much.