High blood pressure is one of the most common health problems in the world. It happens when blood pushes against artery walls with too much force over time, making the heart work harder and increasing ...

Heart disease remains the world’s leading cause of death, but many of its biggest risks can be treated with medicines that have been available for years. Researchers from Tehran University of Medical ...

Scientists have discovered an unexpected role for a well-known stress hormone in the brain. The finding could improve our understanding of how the brain repairs damaged nerve fibers and may eventually ...

Scientists in Australia have uncovered a surprising link between blood cancer and diseases in which the immune system attacks the body. The finding may help explain why some people with leukemia also ...

The liver may have an unexpected ally in the brain. Scientists at McMaster University have found that a hormone called GDF15 can start a chain of signals in the brain that ultimately helps calm ...

Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that can gradually damage vision, often without causing noticeable symptoms at first. The damage affects the optic nerve, which carries visual information from the ...

Getting older can bring more experience and confidence, but it can also bring stiffer and more painful joints. Many people respond by moving less because they worry that exercise will cause even more ...

Back pain affects millions of people and can make everyday activities such as walking, sitting, working and sleeping difficult. New research suggests that changes in gene activity may help explain why ...

Just a few minutes of very hard exercise may trigger surprisingly large changes throughout the body. New research from Rockefeller University found that short bursts of all-out sprinting changed ...

Rooftops could one day do much more than hold solar panels. Scientists have developed a hybrid system that can produce ...

High blood pressure is one of the most common health problems worldwide. It often causes no clear symptoms, but over time it ...

Doctors often use a blood test called prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, to follow prostate cancer. When treatment works, PSA ...