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.
Reboiling water twice: Here is what actually happens in your kettle
New research quantifies what each extra boil does to your water.
What your hands can quietly reveal about your heart, liver and overall health
Five hand signs that experienced clinicians read as early clues to disease.
5 warning signs of metabolic syndrome – and why most people don’t know they have it
The condition has no symptoms of its own, but five routine measurements can flag it.
7 warning signs of diverticulitis – and when the pain means see a doctor fast
200,000 Americans are hospitalized with it each year, often after brushing off the pain.
How strong your grip is may predict how long you live, more than your weight does
A simple squeeze test has outperformed blood pressure at predicting who dies from heart disease.
How fast you walk may say more about your health than your weight does
Faster walkers outlived slower ones by years in UK Biobank data, at any weight.