British scientists may have discovered a cure for cancer — by accident.
As The Telegraph reports, Researchers at Cardiff University were analyzing blood from a bank in Wales, looking for immune cells that could fight bacteria, when they found an entirely new type of T-cell. That new immune cell carries a...
Everyone ages, but not in the same way. Getting older can often mean learning to cope with different health problems — but again, different people face different issues. Why? That is the question that a team of researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine in California has begun to...
Traditional ways of testing a person’s hearing include tuning fork tests, speaker distance examination, and pure-tone threshold tests. These tests involve reflexes, such as raising the hand or pressing a button on hearing a particular sound. From this, the specialist can determine how well a person can hear varying pitches...
According to official estimates, in 2020, approximately 930,000 people aged 45 years or older in the United States will be living with Parkinson’s disease. Despite a large number of people who live with this condition, researchers are still unsure exactly what causes it, and, to date, they have found no...
The value of goal-oriented exercise ties directly into the aging process. As a person gets older, their arteries are more likely to stiffen. Aerobic exercise can reduce arterial stiffening, which the medical community sees as a predictor of cardiovascular events. However, it is difficult for doctors to recommend a form...
Frontotemporal dementia, or frontotemporal lobar dementia, is an umbrella term that refers to a range of early-onset dementias characterized by the progressive atrophying of the brain’s frontal lobes, temporal lobes, or both.
The main symptoms in this form of dementia are cognitive function impairments and personality and behavioral changes. These can...
In the United States, over half of the people aged 60 and over have high blood pressure or hypertension, and maintaining one’s blood pressure at healthy levels can be crucial.
The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines recommend a systolic blood pressure of no higher than 130...
Calling all tea lovers: The next time you reach for a cuppa, try green tea — if you want to prolong your life, at least.
That’s according to a new study recently concluded by researchers with the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and published Thursday in the European Journal of Preventive...
Dehydration can cause headaches, lethargy, dizziness, and many other issues, depending on how severe it is.
Studies have tended to focus on the effects of dehydration in younger populations — especially in the context of sports and fitness, where overexertion and abundant sweating can cause people to lose more fluids than...
Osteoporosis is a condition characterized by impaired bone density, which causes them to become brittle and fragile.
This condition tends to affect older individuals, particularly females, but some environmental factors — such as a lack of vitamin D — can also contribute to its development.
As research into the causes of and...
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