by Christian Goodman | Jul 21, 2021
One of the main problems with high blood pressure is that scientists have very little idea about what really causes it. They can point to diet, lifestyle, and genetic causes. But the fact is, in over 70 percent of cases, health-care professionals have to admit they...
by Scott Davis | Jul 20, 2021
Hemorrhoids can be tough to get rid of and, even if you do, the likelihood is high that they’ll reappear. But in an article that has just come out in the Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research, scientists propose that an ingredient found in a specific type of...
by Jodi Knapp | Jul 18, 2021
The traditional medical system generally blames genetics almost 100 percent for the onset of Parkinson’s. But the journal JAMA Neurology has just published a study that proves that a specific environmental factor is just as much — or even more — to blame. Which means...
by ShellyManning | Jul 17, 2021
If you suffer with osteoporosis, you’re probably most concerned about broken bones. But according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, you should be even more concerned about hearing loss. The scientists from the Brigham and...
by ShellyManning | Jul 16, 2021
We’ve known for some time that chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with hypertension and other heart problems, anemia (deficiency of red blood cells), systemic inflammation, and oxidative stress. But the effect of CKD on the brain hasn’t been studied a lot till...
by Jodi Knapp | Jul 11, 2021
It has become general knowledge that hypothyroidism causes obesity. But many researchers have recently tried to investigate whether the relationship could work the other way around, with obesity actually causing hypothyroidism. The latest contribution to this field is...