Blood pressure pill could slow down Alzheimer's 'by boosting circulation to the brain' 

A study by Radboud University in the Netherlands found the hypertension medication Nilvadipine widens arteries, which allows more oxygen-rich blood to reach the brain.

Mail Online: Health 6 hrs ago

Adversity in early childhood sets off snowball effect

New research clarifies how adversity early in life affects the ways children develop, including their executive function skills.Experiences such as poverty, residential instability, or parental divorce or substance abuse...

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Mayo Clinic Minute: Raise your skin cancer IQ

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The best selling unlocked phone on Amazon is the Pixel 3a

What you need to knowGoogle's Pixel 3a device is the best selling unlocked smartphone on Amazon in the U.S.It beat out other smartphones from companies like Samsung, BLU, and Apple.This proves that Google made the right...

TechnoBuffalo: Health 47 mins ago

Eleven U.S. cancer centers get to charge more for care

For several decades, certain cancer centers have been allowed by the U.S. government to charge more for the care they give. A new study finds the care given at these centers isn't very different from that received at...

Reuters: Health News 47 mins ago

Pillsbury flour among recalled brands in multistate E. coli outbreak

Action by owner Hometown Food action involves about 4,620 cases of product tied to Archer Daniels Midland mill in Buffalo, New York

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Israel's Zebra Medical gets FDA ok for brain bleeds product

Zebra Medical Vision, an Israel medical imaging analytics company, said on Monday it received its third clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its alert for intracranial hemorrhage, based on head CT...

Reuters: Health News 1 hrs ago

GSK pharma head flags need for speed in high-pressure drug market

Doing things one at a time in drug development is not a luxury that GlaxoSmithKline can afford any longer, the head of pharmaceuticals at Britain's largest drugmaker told Reuters.

Reuters: Health News 1 hrs ago

Facebook gets more diversity into gene studies

Researchers believe they have found a way to harness the power of Facebook to recruit a large, diverse participant pool they hope will help provide quick, reliable data for genetic studies.“The ability to study very...

Futurity.org: Health & Medicine 2 hrs ago

U.S. measles cases hit 1044 this year

The United States recorded 22 new measles cases last week, a 2.2% increase, taking the total cases for the year to 1,044 in the worst outbreak since 1992, federal health officials said on Monday.

Reuters: Health News 2 hrs ago