by ShellyManning | Jun 27, 2023
It’s a fact that chronic kidney disease (CKD) is at least partly caused by diet and lifestyle factors. But doctors struggle to identify what food is the biggest culprit. A new study in the journal Kidney Medicine reveals a common type of food that’s a serious...
by Jodi Knapp | Jun 25, 2023
The occurrence of neuropathy has been rising rapidly in recent decades. However, it’s often overlooked as a disease in itself and just considered an annoying consequence of diabetes. A new study by the American Board of Family Medicine changes this by revealing two...
by Jodi Knapp | Jun 24, 2023
Levothyroxine, a drug used to treat hypothyroidism, is prescribed for 23 million Americans every year. In Clinical Chemistry, a Yale scientist warns that up to 90% of it might be completely unnecessary and based on a common cause of misdiagnosis. When more than 10% of...
by Christian Goodman | Jun 22, 2023
Technology is great, but not when it causes vertigo. A new study presented at the latest IEEE Conference reveals how a growingly popular technology causes vertigo for many who use it. Strangely, however, this is drastically more true for one gender than the other....
by Jodi Knapp | Jun 21, 2023
Type 2 diabetes is considered a lifestyle disease, meaning that it’s caused primarily by our modern Western lifestyle. What exactly about our modern lifestyle causes type 2 diabetes, and how can we avoid it? That’s the burning question a new study in Nature Medicine...
by Christian Goodman | Jun 20, 2023
If you love salty food, you’ll love today’s article. A study published in the American Journal of Physiology proves that eating a lot of another mineral gives you a free pass on salt. This common mineral forces your blood pressure down whether or not you consume a lot...