According to new research, the rapid eye movement stage of sleep – which is when most of our dreaming occurs – may raise the risk of dementia if this phase is insufficiently entered.
It is known that people with dementia often have sleep disturbances. However, researchers do not yet know why...
A pill that combines three blood pressure-lowering drugs improves people’s chances of lowering their high blood pressure, researchers report.
The pill contains low doses of the three medications — telmisartan, amlodipine and chlorthalidone.
The finding stems from a study of 700 people, who averaged 56 years old. All had high blood pressure.
Among...
“Financial toxicity” caused by high cancer drug prices is harming people’s ability to fight the dreaded disease, a new report from the President’s Cancer Panel warns.The language, and the idea that resources and work come from nowhere, may be understood by the fact that the panel was appointed by Barack...
Excluding Chicago- style lead poisoning
Long-term, low-level lead exposure may be linked with more than 256,000 premature deaths from heart disease in middle-aged and older Americans each year, according to a new study.
The researchers analyzed data from 14,300 people in the United States, covering nearly 20 years. All participants had a...
Georgia officials will more closely monitor how utilities in the state test water for lead.
For the first time, the Georgia Division of Environmental Protection (EPD) will check the addresses where water systems take their samples to be sure those sites are at the highest risk for lead contamination, says Lewis...
The idea that we can learn in our sleep has captivated the minds of artists and scientists alike; the possibility that one day we could all drastically improve our productivity by learning in our sleep is very appealing. But could such a scenario ever become a reality?
New research seems to...
The results of two new studies — both published in the journal Neuron — suggest that the brain’s immune cells may hold the key to future treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.
Your brain contains immune cells called microglia, which can be boosted to clear up Alzheimer’s-related brain damage, suggests new research.
Alzheimer’s disease...
Researchers provide evidence that vitamin D may protect against cancer, after finding that people from Japan had a lower risk of the disease when they had higher levels of the “sunshine vitamin.
The results of the study — which is one of the first to investigate the link between vitamin D...
The researchers behind a new study published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine note that inhibiting an enzyme known as cyclin-dependent kinase 2 could potentially save the hearing of millions of people.
In the study, inhibiting cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) was found to protect rodents from noise- and drug-related hearing loss...
By probing the effect that vitamin D-3 has on the cells that make up the lining of blood vessels, scientists at Ohio State University in Columbus have identified for the first time the role that the “sunshine vitamin” plays in preserving cardiovascular health.
In a paper published in the International Journal...
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