Articles by Lauran Neergaard
Leading U.S. medical groups are urging people to get updated flu and COVID-19 vaccinations this fall, banding together Wednesday to issue shot guidelines and highlight the science behind them saying οΏ½...
Dr. Stacy Norton was only 7 years old when her mother died of colon cancer, one of several family members struck by aggressive tumors at unusually young ages. Decades later, Norton rolled up her sleeοΏ½...
WASHINGTON (AP) A blood test may predict if apparently healthy older adults are likely to develop Alzheimers symptoms in the next five or 10 years, researchers reported Wednesday.
That information cοΏ½...
WASHINGTON (AP) An experimental drug might help slow early Alzheimers disease in a markedly different way than todays treatments by lowering levels of a brain protein called tau, researchers reportedοΏ½...
WASHINGTON (AP) Youve likely heard it since childhood: Dont scratch that bug bite or rash, youll make it worse. But why would something that feels so good be bad?
A lot of things can cause itchinessοΏ½...
WASHINGTON (AP) Scientists are testing an entirely new way to fight heart disease: a gene-editing treatment that might offer a one-time fix for high cholesterol.
Its very early stage research, triedοΏ½...
WASHINGTON (AP) A new kind of pill sharply reduced artery-clogging cholesterol in people who remain at high risk of heart attacks despite taking statins, researchers reported Wednesday.
Its still exοΏ½...
WASHINGTON (AP) Its not unusual for a 20-something to text Mom in a panic from the doctors office, seeking help answering a question. And patients of any age can struggle to recall all their medicineοΏ½...
