Transcendental meditation greatly reduces PTSD symptoms, meta-analysis shows
Just published is the third new study showing that TM is highly effective in reducing stress in a wide array of populations.
Only 13% of French adults have optimal heart health, study finds
Researchers assessed the Life’s Essential 8 cardiovascular health (CVH) scores in over 190,000 French adults, revealing that only 13% had optimal CVH. Higher scores were associated with being younger, female,…
New RNA-based blood test offers insight into cancer and tissue damage
Stanford Medicine researchers have developed a blood test capable of detecting cancers, the ways cancer resists treatments and tissue injury caused by non-cancerous conditions.
Pilocarpine eye drops improve outcomes after Kahook Dual Blade goniotomy surgery
Using pilocarpine eye drops following Kahook Dual Blade (KDB) goniotomy surgery may improve clinical outcomes for patients with glaucoma and reduce the need for future medications, according to new research…
Vitamin D curbs colorectal cancer by boosting immunity and blocking tumor growth
Review highlights how vitamin D, particularly its active form calcitriol, modulates immune responses, inflammation, and tumor progression to help prevent colorectal cancer (CRC). Evidence suggests adequate vitamin D levels and…
Vaccinated children far less likely to develop long COVID
Unvaccinated children and adolescents were up to 20 times more likely to develop long COVID than their vaccinated peers, according to new research led by a team from the Perelman…
Alzheimer’s risk factors linked to cognition as early as young adulthood
A new study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the Columbia Butler Aging Center suggests that risk factors and biomarkers related to Alzheimer's disease are associated with…
Telehealth matches in-person therapy for treating women with postpartum incontinence
Women who experience urinary incontinence after giving birth may get just as much relief from telehealth as they do from physical therapy, a new UC San Francisco study has found.
Fruit fly study reveals key brain proteins that help prevent seizures
One in ten people will have at least one seizure in their life, but effective treatments for seizures remain very limited, in part due to incomplete understanding of the brain…
New research aims to illuminate the causes of age-related macular degeneration
It's an unfortunate fact of aging: Live long enough and, eventually, reading this sentence will get difficult, even impossible.