Diseases
When rotten-egg gas won’t quit: what your gut may be trying to tell you
A persistent sulfur smell you can't blame on dinner may be a quiet signal from your microbiome.
Diseases
Only 1 in 7 online blood pressure images shows the right technique – are you measuring correctly?
Most home monitors work fine. The technique behind them, often learned from stock photos, does not.
Diseases
Alfalfa sprouts linked to E. coli and salmonella in 15 states – what to do if you have them
Federal health officials say two people caught both bugs at once.
Diseases
A vitamin D-like drug may have found a way past pancreatic cancer’s main defenses
An FDA-approved kidney drug helped chemotherapy reach pancreatic tumors in a small randomized trial.
Diseases
What your mouth and gums can quietly reveal about your heart and blood sugar
A landmark medical review noted that the mouth often shows the first, and sometimes only, warning that something is wrong elsewhere in the body.
Diseases
When rotten-egg gas won’t quit: what your gut may be trying to tell you
A persistent sulfur smell you can't blame on dinner may be a quiet signal from your microbiome.
Diseases
Only 1 in 7 online blood pressure images shows the right technique – are you measuring correctly?
Most home monitors work fine. The technique behind them, often learned from stock photos, does not.
Diseases
Alfalfa sprouts linked to E. coli and salmonella in 15 states – what to do if you have them
Federal health officials say two people caught both bugs at once.
Diseases
A vitamin D-like drug may have found a way past pancreatic cancer’s main defenses
An FDA-approved kidney drug helped chemotherapy reach pancreatic tumors in a small randomized trial.
What your hands can quietly reveal about your heart, liver and overall health
Experienced clinicians look at the hands early in a physical exam, and there is a reason for that.
The home blood pressure mistake 3 in 4 people make, and how much it can skew your reading
A study of hypertension patients found 76% place the cuff wrong, and small errors can add up to 50 mmHg.
The US job with the highest share of radiation cancer deaths sits 35,000 feet up
Flight attendants and pilots topped 503 US occupations in a new Harvard-led analysis.
Your neighborhood dry cleaner may be quietly linked to a higher Parkinson’s risk
A new Medicare study of nearly 19 million older Americans points to a familiar chemical culprit.
Getting screened for colorectal cancer may cut your risk of dying from it by nearly half
A large Swedish study followed more than 376,000 people for up to 14 years.
What your ears can reveal about your heart, diabetes and metabolic health
Unexplained hearing changes may sometimes hint at trouble deeper in the body.