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Getty Images Histamine intolerance means you have high histamine levels in your body. It can happen if your body cannot break down histamine. It can affect multiple systems in your body, but gastrointestinal symptoms are most common. Histamine intolerance is not a sensitivity to histamine but an indication that you’ve developed too much of it.…
Brian Jackson/Getty Images The price of asthma medication has soared in the U.S. over the past decade and a half. The jump – in some cases from around a little over US$10 to almost $100 for an inhaler – has meant that patients in need of asthma-related products often struggle to buy them. Others simply can’t afford them. To make matters worse, asthma disproportionately…
(Image credit: Getty Images) Looking after the multitudes of bacteria, fungi and other microorganisms living in our guts could help us think better and even offer new ways of treating mental health…
Before you head home for Christmas, it’s worth working out whether that chesty cough is just a cold or a symptom of flu, Strep A or Covid. Health bosses are warning Brits not to travel to see elder…
Woman self-administering insulin with a hypodermic syringe. Photograph: Ian Hooton/Getty Images/Science Photo Library RF A potential medical breakthrough that could put an end to the daily insulin …
Only a couple dozen doctors specialize in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Now their knowledge could be crucial to treating millions more patients. Kira Stoops lives in Bozeman, Montana—a beautif…
Brad Pitt fears he has created a false image of himself: one that is aloof, remote, inaccessible, and self-absorbed, he recently told GQ. But the reality is, he believes he struggles with undiagnos…
The abortion drug mifepristone was approved by the FDA more than 20 years ago. The FDA recently relaxed some of the rules for dispensing the drug. Now, some legislatures are trying to restrict acce…
A large genetic study tracking 150,000 subjects for over a decade has affirmed the direct causal link between drinking alcohol and developing cancer. The findings particularly link oesophageal cancers and head and neck cancers with alcohol consumption.
Dr. Seema Doshi was shocked and terrified when she found a lump in her breast that was eventually confirmed to be cancerous. “That rocked my world,” said Dr. Doshi, a dermatologist in private pract…
A growing body of evidence suggests that when older people’s brains have to work harder to see, declines in language, memory, attention and more could follow. Medical practice tends to divide its c…
hen Covid-19 cases began to soar around Ann Arbor in April, the University of Michigan Hospital reached 100% capacity. Like most hospitals, University of Michigan Hospital was not ready for the pan…
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Adobe Stock, Gorodenkoff Productions OU Each of us will face the end of life, yet few of us are truly prepared for it. However, recognizing when to say goodbye to a loved one is crucial. Experts highlight that our bodies send clear signals indicating when death is imminent. It's critical to pay attention to these…
A study found that regular use of medications such as sildenafil (e.g., Viagra), vardenafil (e.g., … [+]…getty Can regularly taking erectile dysfunction (ED) medications like Viagra and…
Illustration by Klawe Rzeczy. The deaths of at least 190 people, including 30 children, from the invasive bacterial infection group A streptococcus, or strep A, are the most extreme consequences of…
A chill is in the air, and you all know what that means — it’s time for cold and flu season, when it seems everyone you know is suddenly sneezing, sniffling or worse. It’s almost as if those pesky …
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Getty We’re all going to die eventually—but what if you knew when you’d be at risk for dropping dead, based solely on the way you walk? A new study shows tha…
The overdose crisis continues to worsen in the U.S., and overdose deaths reached an all-time high in 2021. Experts say that a simple drug — naloxone — is a key tool in preventing more deaths. But n…
As pharmaceutical companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, other researchers are focusing on a more elemental question. How can you tell whe…
New data from a large placebo-controlled clinical trial investigating the effects of daily vitamin D and omega-3 use indicates the supplements may reduce the risk of developing autoimmune disease. At the five-year follow-up, the trial found those taking vitamin D alone, or in conjunction with omega-3, showed lower rates of autoimmune disease compared to those taking placebo.
The first data from clinical trials of Moderna’s mRNA-based seasonal flu vaccine, released by the company Friday morning, were underwhelming — a finding that shows gene-based vaccines might not be a fix for all the problems with vaccine development.
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Part of Dennis Plenker’s daily job is growing cancer. And a variety of different ones, too. Depending on the day and the project, different tumors may burgeon in the petri dishes stocked in the Col…
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