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May 23, 2026

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May 21, 2026 A huge international review found that GLP-1 weight-loss drugs significantly reduce the risk of heart attacks, strokes, heart failure, and premature death over the long term. Researchers say these ...

Scientists Reveal the Surprising Truth About Coffee and Blood Pressure

May 17, 2026 Coffee may give your blood pressure a temporary jolt, but that doesn’t mean it’s secretly wrecking your heart. Researchers say caffeine can briefly raise blood pressure by stimulating your heart and tightening blood vessels, especially in people ...

The Brain’s “Feel Good” Chemical May Be Secretly Fueling Tinnitus

May 15, 2026 Scientists have uncovered evidence that serotonin — the same brain chemical boosted by many antidepressants — may actually worsen tinnitus. Using advanced light-based brain stimulation in mice, researchers identified a serotonin-driven circuit ...

Scientists Discover Why Ozempic Works Better for Some People

May 7, 2026 Some people taking Ozempic-like diabetes drugs may be getting dramatically better results for a surprising reason: why they overeat in the first place. A year-long study in Japan found that people who tend to eat because tempting food looks or ...

This Cheap Drug Could Help People with Type 1 Diabetes Use Less Insulin

Apr. 15, 2026 A surprising new clinical trial has revealed that metformin—a cheap, century-old drug widely used for type 2 diabetes—may help people with type 1 diabetes in an unexpected way. While researchers initially hoped it would reduce insulin ...

Why Ozempic Doesn’t Work for Everyone: Scientists Just Found a Hidden Reason

Apr. 12, 2026 A new study reveals that popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy may not work as effectively for about 10% of people due to specific genetic variants. These individuals appear ...

Scientists Reveal New Blood Pressure Treatment That Works When Others Fail

Apr. 3, 2026 A new pill called baxdrostat is showing strong results in lowering dangerously high blood pressure in people who don’t respond to standard treatments. In a large global trial, patients saw their blood pressure drop by nearly 10 mmHg, a meaningful ...

A Bold New Plan Could Finally Cure Type 1 Diabetes

Mar. 2, 2026 Researchers are developing a two-part therapy for type 1 diabetes: lab-made insulin-producing cells paired with custom-engineered immune cells that protect them. The goal is to stop the immune system from destroying transplanted cells — without ...

American Heart Association Warns 60% of US Women Will Have Cardiovascular Disease by 2050

Feb. 27, 2026 Heart disease is on track to tighten its grip on American women. New projections from the American Heart Association warn that over the next 25 years, cardiovascular disease will rise sharply, driven ...

This Vegan Diet Cut Insulin Use by Nearly 30% in Type 1 Diabetes

Feb. 13, 2026 A low-fat vegan diet—without cutting calories or carbs—may help people with type 1 diabetes significantly reduce how much insulin they need, and how much they spend on it. In a new analysis published in BMC Nutrition, participants following the ...

Blockbuster Weight Loss Drugs Like Ozempic Deliver Big Results but Face Big Questions

Feb. 11, 2026 Three major reviews commissioned by the World Health Organization find that GLP-1 drugs including tirzepatide (sold as Mounjaro and Zepbound), semaglutide (Ozempic and Wegovy), and liraglutide ...

A Quiet Change in Everyday Foods Could Save Thousands of Lives

Jan. 31, 2026 Lowering salt in everyday foods could quietly save lives. Researchers found that modest sodium reductions in bread, packaged foods, and takeout meals could significantly reduce heart disease and stroke rates in France and the U.K. The key advantage ...

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Dermatologists Say Collagen Supplements Aren’t the Skin Fix People Expect

Jan. 29, 2026 Collagen pills sound like a shortcut to younger skin, but solid evidence doesn’t back them up. Higher-quality studies show little benefit, and your body doesn’t absorb collagen in the way ads ...

AI Finds a Hidden Stress Signal Inside Routine CT Scans

Dec. 14, 2025 Researchers used a deep learning AI model to uncover the first imaging-based biomarker of chronic stress by measuring adrenal gland volume on routine CT scans. This new metric, the Adrenal Volume ...

How to Keep Ozempic/Wegovy Weight Loss Without the Nausea

Nov. 18, 2025 Scientists are uncovering how GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy act on brain regions that control hunger, nausea, pleasure-based eating, and thirst. These discoveries may help create treatments ...

GLP-1 Drugs Like Ozempic Deliver Huge Weight Loss but New Research Reveals a Hidden Catch

Nov. 16, 2025 GLP-1 drugs like tirzepatide and semaglutide offer powerful weight-loss effects but come with unanswered questions about long-term safety, side ...

Stanford’s Tiny Eye Chip Helps the Blind See Again

Oct. 22, 2025 A wireless eye implant developed at Stanford Medicine has restored reading ability to people with advanced macular degeneration. The PRIMA chip works with smart glasses to replace lost photoreceptors ...

New Pill Could Finally Control Stubborn High Blood Pressure

Oct. 8, 2025 A new pill called baxdrostat may offer hope for people whose blood pressure stays high even after taking standard medications. In a recent study, the drug lowered blood pressure and also seemed to ...

Your Pancreas May Be Making Its Own Version of Ozempic

Sep. 21, 2025 Duke University scientists have discovered that pancreatic alpha cells, long believed to only produce glucagon, actually generate powerful amounts of GLP-1 — the same hormone mimicked by popular ...

One Number at Age 7 Could Predict How Long You Live

Sep. 7, 2025 Children with higher blood pressure as young as age 7 face a sharply increased risk of dying from cardiovascular disease by their mid-50s, according to a massive decades-long study. Researchers found ...

Scientists Reveal Breakthrough Blood Pressure Treatment That Works When Others Fail

Aug. 31, 2025 A breakthrough pill, baxdrostat, has shown remarkable success in lowering dangerously high blood pressure in patients resistant to standard ...

Common Heart Drug Taken by Millions Found Useless, Possibly Risky

Aug. 31, 2025 Beta blockers, used for decades after heart attacks, provide no benefit for patients with preserved heart function, according to the REBOOT trial. The massive study also found women faced higher ...

New Tech Tracks Blood Sodium Without a Single Needle

July 6, 2025 Scientists have pioneered a new way to monitor sodium levels in the blood—without drawing a single drop. By combining terahertz radiation and optoacoustic detection, they created a non-invasive ...

Understanding Cultural Differences in Salt Usage May Help Lower Consumption

May 28, 2025 An analysis of data from a national health survey conducted before the pandemic found that pizza, soup and chicken are some of the main sources of sodium (salt) intake for people in all racial and ...

First Vascularized Model of Stem Cell Islet Cells

May 23, 2025 Researchers have developed a vascularized organoid model of hormone secreting cells in the pancreas. The advance promises to improve diabetes research and cell-based ...

PREVENT Equation Accurately Estimated 10-Year CVD Risk and Those With Calcium Buildup

May 21, 2025 A new risk calculator accurately identified participants who had calcium buildup in their heart arteries and those who had a higher future heart attack risk, in an analysis of about 7,000 adults in ...

How Molecules Can 'Remember' and Contribute to Memory and Learning

May 20, 2025 Researchers have discovered how an ion channel in the brain's neurons has a kind of 'molecular memory', which contributes to the formation and preservation of lifelong memories. The ...

May 12, 2025 Researchers confirm and explore the role of estrogen-related receptors in regulating energy production in muscle cells during exercise. The findings indicate that developing a drug to boost ...

New 'Hidden in Plain Sight' Facial and Eye Biomarkers for Tinnitus Severity Could Unlock Path to Testing Treatments

Apr. 30, 2025 Researchers have identified biomarkers for tinnitus severity in subtle facial movements and pupil dilation that can be captured on video recordings. Until now, there has been no objective way to ...

Researchers Identify Precision Medicine Approach for Preventing Kidney Failure

Apr. 9, 2025 Researchers have identified type 5 collagen as a key factor in kidney fibrosis, revealing its potential as a biomarker to predict chronic kidney disease progression. A repurposed anti-cancer drug, ...

Parents' Metabolic Traits Can Affect the Child's Health Over Time

Apr. 8, 2025 Research shows that the biological parents' genes affect the child's insulin function and capacity to regulate blood sugar levels and blood lipids in different ways. Such knowledge may be ...

Early Signs of Heart Problems Linked to Smaller Brain Volumes

Mar. 26, 2025 People who have early signs of heart problems may also have changes in brain health that can be early signs of dementia, such as loss of brain volume, according to a meta-analysis. The meta-analysis ...

AI-Powered Mammograms: A New Window Into Heart Health

Mar. 20, 2025 Mammograms, with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) models, may reveal much more than cancer, according to a new study. The findings highlight how these important cancer screening tools can ...

Wrong on Skin Care: Keratinocytes, Not Fibroblasts, Make Collagen for Healthy Skin

Mar. 12, 2025 Challenging the long-standing belief that fibroblasts produce skin collagen, researchers have investigated collagen formation in the 'glass-skinned' amphibian axolotl and other vertebrates. ...

Novel Enzyme Found in Gut Bacteria Could Revolutionize Prebiotic Research

Mar. 6, 2025 Certain glycans -- sugar-like compounds with carbohydrate chains -- containing galactose, may exhibit potential prebiotic properties that support human health. Identifying enzymes capable of breaking ...

Researchers Identify Molecular Glues That Protect Insulin-Producing Cells from Damage Related to Diabetes

Mar. 4, 2025 Researchers have discovered a novel approach to protecting insulin-producing beta cells from the damaging effects of glucolipotoxicity - a harmful condition linked to the progression of type 2 ...

More Than Meets the Eye: An Adrenal Gland Tumor Is More Complex Than Previously Thought

Feb. 24, 2025 Researchers have uncovered a surprising layer of complexity in aldosterone-producing adenomas -- adrenal gland tumors that drive high blood pressure. Using cutting-edge analysis techniques, they ...

Genetic Evidence That Diabetes Drug GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Achieve Weight Loss Primarily by Reducing Fat Mass More Than Muscle

Feb. 24, 2025 Diabetes and obesity have become pressing health issues worldwide. Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, a class of medications widely used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes (T2D), ...

New Molecular Mechanisms Linked to Insulin Resistance

Feb. 19, 2025 Insulin resistance precedes and predicts the onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2), a chronic disease that causes high morbidity and mortality worldwide. In affected people, insulin is unable to ...

High BP May Develop at Different Ages and Paces in East and South Asian Adults in the UK

Feb. 12, 2025 South Asian adults in the United Kingdom may face high blood pressure-related heart risks earlier in life, while East Asian adults see risks rise in later years, according to a new ...

New Treatment May Offer Quick Cure for Common Cause of High Blood Pressure

Feb. 10, 2025 A revolutionary new treatment called Targeted Thermal Therapy (Tripel T) offers a safer, faster alternative to surgery for patients with high blood pressure caused by Primary Aldosteronism, a ...

Discovery of Unexpected Collagen Structure Could 'Reshape Biomedical Research'

Feb. 7, 2025 Collagen, the body's most abundant protein, has long been viewed as a predictable structural component of tissues. However, a new study challenges that notion, revealing an unexpected ...