Many people in the United States take medications called proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) to treat heartburn and acid reflux.

The DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) Diet, co-developed by researchers at Pennington Biomedical Research Center ...

When people talk about brain diseases like Alzheimer’s or stroke, they usually think about neurons—the brain cells ...

Three new studies presented at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s 22nd Annual Meeting suggest that medications like ...

New research from Denmark shows that people recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes can lower their risk of death and serious ...

A new study of nearly 50,000 women followed over 30 years found that drinking caffeinated coffee in midlife may help women ...

New research has found that air pollution—including car exhaust and smoke from burning wood—raises the risk of developing ...

Photodetectors, the tiny devices that detect and measure light, are essential in technologies ranging from smartphones and ...

Princeton engineers develop a machine-learning system that bends ultrahigh-frequency signals around barriers, paving the way ...

Scientists at Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute have developed a new molecule called JM2 that could change how doctors treat glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive form of ...

One condition that affects metabolism is hypothyroidism. This is when the thyroid gland, located in the neck, doesn’t make enough thyroid hormones. These hormones, mainly T4 (thyroxine) and T3 ...

The first medicine most people take for Type 2 diabetes is called metformin. It helps lower blood sugar levels and is usually very effective in the beginning. But for many people, metformin alone ...