1 hour ago | News Medical

In a breakthrough research study, scientists at Yale University have restored cellular activity in the brains of dead pigs.
Read more ...

Scientists Restore Some Brain Activity in Recently Slaughtered Pigs

11 hours ago | Time

Scientists restored some activity within the brains of pigs that had been slaughtered hours before, raising hopes for some medical advances and questions about the definition...
Read more ...

AFib Patients Often Misjudge Stroke Risk vs OAC Bleeding Risk

19 hours ago | Medscape

But is that okay? Patients may decide to take oral anticoagulants 'without knowing the truth' about the size of their benefits and risks, neither of which measure up to...
Read more ...

Which Cryptogenic Stroke Patients Benefit From Anticoagulation?

1 day ago | Medscape

These may include patients with an enlarged left atrium, a subgroup analysis of the NAVIGATE-ESUS trial suggests. Medscape Medical News
Read more ...

For the men: Multivitamins can keep heart disease at bay

1 day ago | Natural News

Taking quality multivitamins is a way to get the nutrients your body needs that you don't get from your diet. A study suggests that men who have taken multivitamins for a long...
Read more ...

Statins provide no benefit for 50 percent of patients, say researchers

1 day ago | News Medical | 2 articles

Millions of patients do not benefit from taking statins and fail to achieve a cholesterol level low enough to reduce their risk of heart or stroke, report researchers.
Read more ...

Specific Gene Can Reduce Brain Swelling After Stroke

2 days ago | Medindia Health

Newly identified gene called TRIM9 could play a significant role in reducing brain swelling after stroke, reveals a new study.
Read more ...

Statins Protect From Cardiovascular Events in Rheumatoid Arthritis

2 days ago | Medindia Health

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis have high risk of cardiovascular events like heart attack and stroke compared with the general population. Statins found to against them.
Read more ...

Drug to Lower The Risk of Kidney Failure in Type 2 Diabetes

2 days ago | Medindia Health

Patients with diabetes and kidney disease who are at very high risk of kidney failure, heart attack, stroke, and death could now have an effective way to reduce this risk using...
Read more ...

Getting fewer than five hours a night increases risks of heart disease, strokes and early death

2 days ago | Daily Mail | 3 articles

New York University published the study which looked into sleep and health after searching more than 8,000 websites, news reports and publications.
Read more ...

Japanese researchers link omega-3 intake to reduced muscle stiffness...

Supplementation of omega-3s EPA and DHA had a positive role in reducing muscle stiffness after exercise, according to new data published in the Journal of the International... Read more ...

Gene Therapy Restores Immunity for ‘Bubble Boys'

A team of scientists say they have treated 10 "Bubble Boy' babies born with the disease called X-linked combined severe immunodeficiency, or SCID-X1, using a combination of... Read more ...

Beloved mother dies of drug-resistant superbug days after her son's wedding...

Stephanie Spoor, who first fell ill in November, died on February 11 in Chicago, days after one of her sons Zack married his fiancee Carley at her bedside in hospital gowns... Read more ...

Sophie Turner Opens Up About Depression And Social Media Scrutiny

"I would cry and cry and cry over just getting changed and having to put on clothes,” the actress said. Read more ...

Zapping the brain REVERSES age-related memory loss in older people

Researchers at Northwestern University in Illinois tested electrical stimulation of the hippocampus on the brains of 16 64 to 80-year-olds and found it boosted their memories. Read more ...

Cystic fibrosis sufferer who had double lung transplant contracted a virus...

Rima Manomaitis, 29, from Pepperell, Massachusetts, received a double lung transplant in May 2017 to treat her cystic fibrosis, only to learn her donor had a dormant virus that... Read more ...

Chips Ahoy cookies recalled after furious customers found lumps of 'plastic'...

Mondelēz Global recalled 13-ounce packs of Chewy Chips Ahoy cookies after customers found 'an unexpected solidified ingredient' and experienced choking and even dental injuries. Read more ...

Two hours or more of screen time makes children 'badly behaved'

Researchers at the University of Alberta studied more than 2,400 families to find more than two hours per day looking at screens as a toddler could lead to a seven times higher... Read more ...

Organ donor? Organs are cut out of patients' bodies even while they are...

If you're an organ donor, you might have chosen that status out of a sense of goodwill, thinking that medical personnel don't harvest your organs until after you're dead and... Read more ...

Recall: Some Chewy Chips Ahoy After Baking Mishap

Only 13-ounce packages of Chewy Chips Ahoy, which are sold nationwide, are part of the recall. Read more ...