More than 77% of the 119.9 million Americans with hypertension do not have their blood pressure under control ... leading to heart disease, but it also can cause strokes and kidney disease ...

June 10, 2024 — Scientists have grown 'mini-guts' in the lab to help understand Crohn's disease, showing that 'switches' that modify DNA in gut cells play an ... Major Cause of Inflammatory ...

Morning Coffee May Protect the Heart Better Than All-Day Coffee Drinking Jan. 7, 2025 — People who drink coffee in the morning have a lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease and a lower ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of intestinal disorders that cause prolonged inflammation of the digestive tract. It can include ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn’s disease.

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dubbed it "Disease X." National and international health experts raced to the scene. But because the rainy season made dirt roads hard to pass ...

It's likely the chytrid fungus originated in Asia ... The low-temperature control group remained infected. Next, we wanted to see what would happen if frogs that cured infections with heat ...

If this strain of bird flu makes that switch and can start transmitting between humans, governments must act quickly to control the spread. Centres for disease control around the world have drawn ...

In recent years, several states in the U.S. have legalized the recreational use of marijuana—some (such as New York) have also made it legal to grow the plant. Such legalization has led to a ...

Have you ever come across a National Geographic article that you could hardly believe? I was shocked when I saw the images of a parasite fungus being able to control other insects. Welcome to the ...