NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Researchers in Australia are raising flags about GLP-1 weight-loss medications potentially raising the risk of a rare disease. Scurvy — historically called a “pirate disease” due to long voyages at sea without nutritious food — is caused by a lack of vitamin C. If left untreated, scurvy…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A potential weapon against Alzheimer’s disease could be hidden in aloe vera, scientists recently uncovered. Aloe vera, a rubbery green plant, may be best known for its skin-soothing qualities, but a study published in Current Pharmaceutical Analysis suggests that key chemicals within the plant could interact with…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Think your sound machine is helping you sleep? It might be doing the opposite. A new study from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine found that listening to pink noise at bedtime could disturb REM sleep (dream sleep) and sleep recovery. The research, published in…
Study finds link between obesity and vascular dementia Fox News senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel joins ‘America’s Newsroom’ to discuss an increase of colon cancer in people under 50 despite overall lowering cancer deaths and a new study linking obesity to vascular dementia. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Obesity may be…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A common medication for diabetes may slow down age-related vision loss, according to new research. People with diabetes who were over the age of 55 and taking metformin — a prescription drug most commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes — were 37% less likely to develop…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Drinking two to three cups of coffee daily could reduce the risk of dementia, according to new observational research published in The Journal of the American Medical Association. American researchers analyzed four decades of data from more than 130,000 doctors and nurses, finding that moderately caffeinated coffee…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Cancer survivors consuming high amounts of ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) may face a significantly higher risk of death, even if the cause is unrelated to the disease itself. A new study from the American Association for Cancer Research linked increased consumption of these largely ready-to-eat, high-sugar, high-salt and…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago were able to keep a critically ill patient alive for 48 hours after removing both of his lungs, the hospital reported last week. The patient, a 33-year-old Missouri resident whose name was not shared, was originally flown to Northwestern Memorial Hospital…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As marijuana’s potential health benefits are under debate, new research has found that THC could have a powerful and positive effect on the brain. Researchers at the University of Texas (UT) at San Antonio, Long School of Medicine, recently discovered that THC (tetrahydrocannabinol, the main psychoactive compound…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Puzzling cancer and Alzheimer’s link explored in new study: ‘SHORT QUOTE’ A new study may help clarify a long-observed link between cancer history and reduced Alzheimer’s risk. The research, published in the journal Cell, used mouse models to explore how the biological changes associated with cancer may…