Pharmacies Offer Transgender Hormones Online: Watchdog
A medical watchdog is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to investigate companies that allow Americans to…
Technology Is Reshaping Sleep Apnea Treatment
Inspire therapy—a hypoglossal nerve stimulation implant—has been FDA-approved for more than 11 years, with over 100,000 patients treated…
Can aging bring improvement instead of decline? Long-term study says yes
A 12-year national study reveals that aging need not mean decline. Researchers show that many older adults maintain…
Long-term SSRI use: What to know if you’ve taken antidepressants for years
If you’ve been taking antidepressants or anti-anxiety medications for years, you might have certain questions. Do you still…
The missing pieces of menopause science
When Rachel Pope started studying the menopause transition a decade ago, she hadn’t lived it herself. So, she…
Baby boomers are aging fast. Adult day care can help their caregivers.
Adult day care centers provide crucial, affordable relief for caregivers, especially members of the “sandwich generation” who are…
Magnetic gel injected into the heart could stop strokes
Read the paper: Long-term thrombus-free left atrial appendage occlusion via magnetofluids Magnetic fluid injected into the heart could…
American heart health worsening — Harvard Gazette
Treatments for cardiovascular conditions have never been better. Knowledge about how to improve heart health has steadily improved.…
Cancer blood tests are everywhere. Do they really work?
A man in a car looks down at his phone. “No cancer signal detected,” says a message on…
Ashwagandha was supposed to boost my health. Instead, it wrecked it.
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Hope for hard-to-treat heart disease
Some 1 million patients in the U.S. live with a type of heart disease called heart failure with…
SuppCo launches certification to verify actives in dietary supplements
The new program complements SuppCo’s TrustScore supplement quality rating system and builds on earlier testing initiatives, which revealed…