Common medications like aspirin, ibuprofen, statins and beta blockers appear to slow the progress of Parkinson’s disease, a new study says. Parkinson’s symptoms took nearly a decade longer to crop up in patients taking these drugs to...

Newfangled eyedrops for dogs might be better at helping them fight off infections, a new study says. Eyedrops containing hyaluronic acid helped antibiotics better coat the eyes of healthy dogs, compared to traditional eyedrop formulations, researchers recently...

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A new clinical trial will soon test if a pig liver can help people whose own livers have suddenly stopped working. The hope? That animal organs can temporarily filter a patient’s blood, giving their own liver time...

Autism diagnoses are on the rise again, with about 1 in 31 U.S. children affected, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The latest data, from 2022, shows a...

Republican governors in Arkansas and Indiana are asking the federal government for permission to ban soda and candy purchases with food stamps. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said her goal is to improve the health of the...

A new blood test can help predict if melanoma survivors will have a future bout with skin cancer, researchers say. The test looks for DNA fragments that are shed by tumors and float free in a person’s...

Long brisk walks might lower a person’s risk for heart rhythm problems, a new study says. Folks who stride faster than 4 miles per hour have a 43% lower risk of developing an abnormal heart rhythm, compared...

Folks with asthma might better control their symptoms by precisely timing when they use their inhaler, a new study says. A single daily preventive dose of inhaled corticosteroid is best taken at mid-afternoon for effective asthma control,...

Middle-aged folks and seniors whose weed use lands them in the hospital are at higher risk for developing dementia within a matter of years, a new study says. An ER visit or hospitalization due to cannabis use...