They say one can’t out-run a bad diet — turns out, there might be some truth to this adage. According to a new, large-scale study, exercising can’t compensate for an unhealthy diet — especially in te… [+2726 chars]
Men who suspect they may have a sexually transmitted disease (STD), but are coy about visiting a clinic for a diagnose can now do so via a mobile app. A Singapore healthcare platform lets users send… [+2610 chars]
Researchers at the Vancouver Prostate Centre have developed a new blood test that provides unprecedented insight into a patient's cancer make-up, potentially allowing doctors to better select treatme… [+4072 chars]
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People who are genetically at higher risk for stroke can lower that risk by as much as 43% by adopting a healthy cardiovascular lifestyle, according to new research led by UTHealth Houston, which was… [+3343 chars]
Blood pressure is the force of blood against the inner walls of your arteries. This can change throughout the day and throughout your life. When your blood pressure is well above the normal healthy r… [+7596 chars]
Patrick Flume, MD, is the director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), and has been treating patients and studying cystic fibrosis (CF) for almost … [+3000 chars]
WENZHOU, China — Doctors may soon be able to screen for eye diseases by analyzing tears, according to a new study. Researchers have developed a nanomembrane system which harvests and purifies tiny bl… [+2532 chars]
Introduction Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by hyperglycemia that affects multiple organs and systems. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) accounts for 90–95% of the po… [+29441 chars]
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