15 natural ways to lower your blood pressure
High blood pressure is a dangerous condition that can damage your heart. It affects one in three people in the US and...
Aspirin may reduce deaths in severe COVID-19
Early in the pandemic, research showed that almost one-third of people with COVID-19 in intensive care experienced potentially fatal complications as a result of...
Skin swabs could be the next COVID-19 test
It has been just over a year since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. In that time, more than 121 million people...
Even modest consumption of added sugar may affect the liver
New research provides further evidence of the dangers of consuming sugar, proposing that ingesting even moderate amounts of the substance may lead...
Does body fat protect females against heart disease?
The researchers behind the study note that over the past 50 years, death rates from CVD have fallen in both males and...
Links between COVID-19 and skin rashes
As we pass the 1-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists are still discovering the specific characteristics of this new disease.
Are pregnant women and their babies at risk of severe COVID-19?
In a living systematic review and meta-analysis in The BMJ, scientists from the United Kingdom, along with international collaborators, continue to collate and...
Academy appoints medical experts as rapid response initiative group on pandemics
The Academy of Medicine Specialties (AMS) said it has assembled a team of eminent medical experts to assess and advise the government...
Antibody ‘cocktails’ effective against SARS-CoV-2 variants
In laboratory tests, a team of researchers has analyzed the efficacy of a range of COVID-19 antibody-based therapeutics against the latest variants...
Research reveals how tea may lower blood pressure
Humans first drank caffeinated tea more than 4,000 years ago in China. Since then, it has become one of the most popular...
Medical myths: All about heart disease
Globally, heart disease is the number one cause of death. It is responsible for 17.9 million deaths each year.
According to the Centers...
2 fruit and 3 vegetable servings: The key to a longer life?
For many decades, nutritionists have recommended a balanced diet to provide the body with the proper nutrients to stay healthy. The core components of...