Health

Calcium and vitamin D help hormones help bones

Should women take calcium and vitamin D supplements after menopause for bone health? Recommendations conflict, and opinions are strong. But now, an analysis from the major Women's Health Initiative (WHI) trial throws weight ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Melatonin and exercise work against Alzheimer's in mice

The combination of two neuroprotective therapies, voluntary physical exercise, and the daily intake of melatonin has been shown to have a synergistic effect against brain deterioration in rodents with three different mutations ...

Surgery

Microneedling plus cupping may aid skin rejuvenation

A combination of emerging and alternative techniques—microneedling to induce collagen and cupping to increase tissue perfusion—may have a synergistic effect in producing skin rejuvenation, according to an experimental ...

Cardiology

High cholesterol riskier for middle-aged men than women

High cholesterol levels are much more risky for middle-aged men than middle-aged women when it comes to having a first heart attack, a new study of more than 40,000 Norwegian men and women has shown.

Addiction

It takes a village to keep teens substance free

During high school the parents of teenagers' friends can have as much effect on the teens' substance use as their own parents, according to prevention researchers.

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