Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is known to have a direct impact on heart attack and stroke risk — but a new study has revealed its surprising link to brain health. In a large, randomized ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. High blood pressure earned its reputation as the silent killer by causing heart ...

Several blood tests have been shown to accurately diagnose Alzheimer’s disease — as previously reported by Fox News Digital — but now a new test has emerged that can gauge how far it has ...

Reconstructions of the ‘evolutionary’ relationships among blood-cell clones from individuals with the blood cancer chronic myeloid leukaemia reveal that the cancer clone grows exceptionally ...

A new blood test that uses AI to detect signs of a dozen cancers long before symptoms develop is to be tested on NHS patients. The trial on 8,000 patients will analyse blood samples for tiny ...

Carbs have the greatest effect on blood sugar levels, but other nutrients also play a role. Saturated fat and sodium may affect blood sugar by worsening insulin resistance or elevating blood pressure.

With advances in genome sequencing, it has become apparent that tens of clones persist in the blood in parallel, and that age itself imparts a considerable advantage on the variant clones ...

Now, thanks to advances in medicine, doctors have the option of looking for these proteins using blood tests and, even more definitively, through the use of PET scans. Scientists have also ...

My blood, specifically. In early March I milked a few drops out of my fingertips and sent the sample to be tested for microplastics. I was in the London office of Clarify Clinics—a firm that ...

Calf raises while sitting can significantly reduce post-meal blood sugar spikes by 52%, helping to manage glucose control in diabetics and those at risk. This low-intensity exercise improves ...

Normal blood sugar levels are about 70-100 mg/dL. Your blood sugar will naturally fluctuate a bit throughout the day in response to food and other factors. However, it ideally stays within a set ...

He has started prescribing a new kind of screening — the Shield blood test — for his patients who are hesitant to get a colonoscopy. For a decade, we've had stool collection kits like Cologuard.