CNN recently found that pharmaceutical companies that make opioids give big money to doctors to boost the number of opioid prescriptions and recommend opioid-based painkillers. According to CNN, a team of Harvard researchers found that drug companies gave U.S. doctors millions of dollars to recommend the drugs, counsel, and talk about opioids. Some doctors received […]

A new study suggests that 79-year-old cyclists can keep their bodies as healthy as those of 30-year-olds who do not exercise at all. Researchers found similar immune and muscle functions in the two groups. In the study, scientists tested the immune response and muscles of elderly cyclists and compared the results to the bodies of […]

A new study challenges 60 years’ worth of research suggesting that aging brains churn out new nerve cells. Researchers found that the human brain stops producing neurons in the hippocampus in early teen years. The revelations are significant since the hippocampus is the center of memories, which means that the brain’s regenerative abilities are not […]

Health experts in Britain have recently blasted KFC over selling Milky Bar Krushems containing 15 teaspoons (60 gr) of sugar. KFC Milkshakes Experts think the ‘sugar in a glass’ of KFC milkshakes, which are very popular with kids and adults alike, are a sure-fire way of developing diabetes. The calorie-packed treat, which appears on the […]

A new study suggests that stage III colon cancer survivors can prevent their cancer from making a comeback just by eating nuts. Also, the risk of death from colon cancer was lower in patients who ate nuts than in other patients. The Yale Cancer Center published the findings this week in the Journal of Clinical […]

A new study shows that Mediterranean diet is as healthy for the heart as being vegetarian in the long run. The two diets are also equally effective in helping people shed the extra pounds. Study authors concluded that there are no “significant differences” between the outcomes of the two eating patterns when it comes to […]

A British woman says she and her boyfriend were forced to deplane from an Emirates Airline flight after complaining about period pains. The airline confirmed the couple was removed from the aircraft because the woman looked like she needed medical assistance. Beth Evans had planned with her boyfriend a trip to Dubai in the United […]

A set of Google algorithms were able to assess people’s heart disease risk by just looking at their eye scans. The software can also predict the risk of stroke and if a person is affected by high blood pressure. Google researchers are confident the new technology could be put to good use in the health […]

A new study suggests that some household cleaning products can be as risky as heavy smoking when it comes to women. Researchers found that the health risks of using certain cleaning substances match those of smoking a pack of cigarettes per day. A research team at Norway’s University monitored over 6,000 people who used the […]