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Researchers in Italy announced Wednesday that they have identified 10 cases of young children with COVID-19 symptoms that resemble Kawasaki disease, a rare inflammatory disorder, echoing reports from doctors in New York....Read More

Measuring glucose levels in the brain by magnetic resonance imaging could lead to earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances....Read More

Women who drink one or sugary beverages a day are more than 20 percent more likely to be diagnosed with heart disease, a study published Wednesday by the Journal of the American Heart Association found....Read More

Specially designed shoes can help reduce the pain of knee osteoarthritis, a study published Tuesday by JAMA has found....Read More

More and more residents of rural areas in the United States are dying from heart disease, a contrast from improving heart health seen in urban areas of the country, an analysis published Tuesday finds....Read More

Enabling children to make their own decisions about food and educating them about healthy choices can lead to improved nutrition and healthier lifelong eating habits, according medical experts....Read More

People who smoke and or have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, might be at increased risk for severe complications and death from COVID-19 infection, an analysis published the journal PLOS ONE said....Read More

Pediatric vaccination against measles has declined by as much as 60 percent nationally since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, according to new data released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....Read More

Combination therapy with interferon beta-1b plus lopinavir-ritonavir and ribavirin appears to improve symptoms and shorten hospital stays for people with mild to moderate COVID-19....Read More

Johns Hopkins University will start two clinical trials of convalescent blood plasma for treatment of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus....Read More