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.
Diseases
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
No approved drug exists for cocaine addiction, and the NIH just bet on a psychedelic
The treatment comes paired with its own kind of therapy, and it targets a pattern the two illnesses have in common.
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.
Diseases
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.
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