New Study Finds a Silent Genetic Heart Risk Hidden in Millions
A large Mayo Clinic study shows that current guidelines fail to detect nearly 90% of people with familial hypercholesterolemia, a common inherited cause of dangerously high cholesterol. Many affected...
New Research Reveals What’s Really Hiding In Bottled Water
Scientists estimate that bottled water drinkers swallow up to 90,000 more microplastic particles per year than those who stick to tap water.
Summary:
A chance encounter with plastic waste on a...
US Officials Confirm First Human ‘Screwworm’ Case in Traveler Returning from Central America: ‘Wounds Can Become Larger’
Government officials have confirmed the first human case of New World screwworm to be detected in the U.S., sending shockwaves through the American cattle industry, Reuters reported on Monday.
A...
New Personalized Therapy May Provide Long-Term Relief for Chronic Back Pain, Study Finds
A new treatment called cognitive functional therapy, or CFT, may provide long-lasting relief for people with chronic lower back pain, a condition that the Centers for Disease and Control...
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World-First Blood Cancer Therapy To Be Given On NHS
A "Trojan horse" therapy that sneaks toxic drugs inside cancer cells is being made available on the NHS in England in a world first.
It can halt the blood cancer...
Exercise Boosts Survival Rates in Colon Cancer Patients, Study Shows
A three-year exercise program improved survival in colon cancer patients and kept disease at bay, a first-of-its-kind international experiment showed.
With the benefits rivaling some drugs, experts said cancer centers...
