There may be multiple reasons for this, says Dr. Ertekin-Taner: One of them is that the brain needs healthy vasculature to ...

Having a rush of anxiety, feeling your heart racing, breaking out into a sweat — whether it’s a spider suddenly scurrying out in front of you or in the lead-up to a big presentation at work or school, ...

Following a Mediterranean diet could help lower a person's risk of developing several cardiovascular and metabolic conditions ...

Brain cancer is a complex disease that can be both frightening and difficult to understand. While medical research has made ...

There are only 24 hours in a day. If you go to a job each day that pays you a set amount of money, that is the maximum amount ...

Without it, we can expect a lot of wasted work by 'back room' employees to pull together evidence about what we already know.

For example, citing a 2022 paper published in Nature Cardiovascular ... type 2 diabetes, and obesity, risk factors for ...

Lumbar disc herniation is one of the most common structural changes in the lower back and the most common cause of radiating pain, or sciatica, in the leg.

Hereditary risk factors for disc herniations were investigated in a study led by a University of Oulu research group, utilising data from FinnGen, the Estonian Biobank, and the UK Biobank. The study ...

Matt Pearson is leading by example. As the interim fire chief in ... "The important thing to realize is Barrett's esophagus is a risk factor for esophageal cancer and more people have Barrett's ...

BMI is a quick and convenient tool for assessing weight-related health risks, but some researchers back replacing it with an ...

The industrialization of food production and animal agriculture has introduced risks that make large-scale disasters more likely, with serious consequences for workers, local communities, and the ...