A new research has just found that a sedentary lifestyle can be a risk factor for chronic kidney disease, alongside diabetes, hypertension and obesity.
Researchers have found a way to turn leukemia cells into leukemia-killing immune cells. The method used may help provide powerful new treatments for leukemia and for other types of cancer.
A new research finds the 'right arm' as the most predictive in terms of estimating the body's total mole count. People having more than 11 moles in this region are said to be at high risk of developing skin cancer.
A study suggests that pregnant women should avoid drinking alcohol during pregnancy. Prenatal alcohol exposure can damage a developing fetus leading to various physical and intellectual disabilities.
A study has shown that male and female hearts don’t grow old in the same way. This finding gives clues on the effect of gender differences in heart failure.
A new study has found that sleep apnea may cause more health problems for women than for men. Obstructive sleep apnea was associated with heart failure and death in women than in men.
The American Cancer Society now says that most women should start annual screenings at age 45 instead of 40, and can have them every other year after age 55.
Immune cells appear to be more active in the brains of people who are at risk of schizophrenia as well as those already diagnosed with the disease. This could lead to a test for people who are most at risk of the schizophrenia.
Heroin overdose deaths have quadrupled over the past decade, there is a huge rise in deaths from prescription painkillers, but the percentage of people getting treatment for drug addiction has remained the same.
