Don’t need high cholesterol to benefit from statins
New studies provide additional context to debate about whether there are benefits to initiating statin use in people who don’t already have high cholesterol or cardiovascular disease.
Dec. 6, 2023 • ~5 min
AI may be just what the dentist ordered
Dental practices, dental schools, oral health researchers, and policymakers are rapidly positioning themselves to evolve in step with the dawning AI movement in oral healthcare, say experts.
Nov. 29, 2023 • ~9 min
Headache or sore all over after bad night’s sleep?
Sleep loss heightens pain; pain can cause sleep loss. But why one begets the other has been largely clouded in uncertainty — until now.
Nov. 28, 2023 • ~7 min
After decades of improvement, cardiovascular health rates on worrying path
Researchers, CDC report trend is stagnating — and for middle-aged, even declining.
Nov. 27, 2023 • ~3 min
‘It’s much more harmful than we thought, and its mortality burden has been seriously underestimated’
Researchers found that between 1999 and 2020, 460,000 deaths were attributable to fine particulate air pollutants emitted by coal-fired power plants (coal PM2.5); 10 of these plants each contributed at least 5,000 deaths.
Nov. 23, 2023 • ~6 min
Uncovering the culprit behind the itch
Harvard scientists show for the first time that a common microbe can cause itch by activating nerve cells in the skin. They may also have a solution to the problem.
Nov. 22, 2023 • ~9 min
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