Garlic’s many health benefits studied
How many ways can garlic, or a touch of garlic, improve health, according to numerous studies? Garlic boosts hydrogen sulfide to relax arteries. Polysulfides and their ability to...
Study: A major step forward for organ biofabrication
Heart disease — the leading cause of death in the U.S. — is so deadly in part because the heart, unlike other organs, cannot repair itself after injury....
Can acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine reduce hot flashes?
Hot flashes are extremely troublesome for many women when they enter menopause. A variety of remedies are available, including hormone replacement therapy (HRT). However, many women do not...
Researchers develop durable material for flexible artificial muscles
UCLA materials scientists and colleagues at the nonprofit scientific research institute SRI International have developed a new material and manufacturing process for creating artificial muscles that are stronger...
How kindness-compassion-empathy meditation helps your heart health
When you do a love and kindness meditation, also known as an LKM, it effects the tone and rhythm of your vagus nerve and your heart beat rate....
Shingles in young people increases stroke risks
A large study from the United Kingdom that looked at patients who had experienced one shingles attack found that the risks for future heart attack or stroke were...
How chemotherapy affects the vascular system of pregnant women with breast...
The latest issue of one of the leading medical journals, the Journal of Clinical Investigation, features a paper by a team from the Jagiellonian University Medical College led...
Scientists won’t hit snooze on mattress recycling needs
After years of use, mattresses and the wood, metal and textiles that compose them are eventually discarded into landfills, creating methane gases while their chemicals and dyes seep...
Walgreens Second COVID Booster Shots: Scheduling Your Vaccine Appointment
If you are 50 or older and at higher risk of severe disease from COVID-19, the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Researchers discover how the brain keeps the urge to act in...
It's the final race. Eight athletes are lined up on the track, their feet tensely braced against the starting blocks. They hear the count off: "On Your Marks!",...