Health News
Date: Aug-02-2016
Night shifts may promote cancer development by disrupting two circadian rhythm genes that also play a role in tumor suppression, researchers find.
Date: Aug-02-2016
Learn all about the signs and symptoms of stomach ulcers. This article looks at the indigestion and pain caused by stomach ulcers, along with their causes.
Date: Aug-02-2016
Taking a high dose of omega-3 fatty acids every day may reduce heart muscle scarring and improve heart function following a heart attack, say researchers.
Date: Aug-02-2016
Fatality rates in patients with STEMI heart attack can be reduced, if healthcare providers work together to limit time from the cardiac event to treatment.
Date: Aug-01-2016
Researchers have located 15 genomic regions that are associated with depression. Several of these sites are near genes involved in brain development.
Date: Aug-01-2016
Eating animal protein increases risk of death, whereas eating plant-based protein is linked to a lower risk of death, suggests a new study.
Date: Aug-01-2016
A new twin study finds a higher BMI may not increase the risk of heart attack or death, though it does raise the risk of type 2 diabetes.
Date: Aug-01-2016
Learn all about the uses and benefits of a sitz bath. This form of bathing could help with hemorrhoids, Bartholin's cysts, and other perianal issues.
Date: Aug-01-2016
By assessing the evolution of the female orgasm across mammalian species, researchers find it may have once played a direct role in human reproduction.
Date: Aug-01-2016
Preterm infants fed breast milk within the first 28 days of life have better brain development and neurocognitive outcomes, finds a new study.