A Nasal Swab for Alzheimer's? Duke Team Has One in Testing

Detecting the first signs of Alzheimer’s disease may one day be as easy as swabbing the inside of your nose.

An experimental swab, patented by Duke Health, picked up early changes in nerve and immune cells even before thinking and memory problems had emerged.

"If we can diagnose people early enough, we might be able to start th...

Insurance Lapses Play Havoc With Diabetes Management, Study Shows

People with type 2 diabetes struggle to control their disease if their insurance coverage is shaky, a new study says.

Low-income adults who experience insurance “churn” – losing coverage off and on – have poorer blood sugar control and need more diabetes meds than those whose insurance coverage remains steady, resea...

Don't Forget This: Study Shows Cannabis Exacts a Toll on Your Memory

Got something important you don’t dare forget — like taking your heart medication, turning off the stove or a big date? 

Here’s some friendly advice from Carrie Cuttler, a researcher at Washington State University in Pullman.

"You probably don’t want to be high at the time you need to remember to do it," ...

Want To Stress Less? Start With These Everyday Habits

SATURDAY, March 21, 2026 (HealthDay News) — You probably know someone who never loses their cool — even in a situation that would send most folks into a panic.

How come they don’t freak out under pressure?

Chalk it up to something called "psychological flexibility."

"They’re able to change the way t...

Up to 155,000 COVID Deaths May Not Have Been Counted, Study Finds

A new study suggests the true number of COVID-19 deaths in the early days of the pandemic may be much higher than official counts show.

Researchers estimate that as many as 155,000 additional deaths linked to COVID may have gone unrecognized in the United States during 2020 and 2021. 

During that same period, about 840,000 COVID...

FDA Drops Plan To Ban Tanning Beds for Minors Nationwide

A long-debated plan to block teens from using tanning beds nationwide will not move forward.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said earlier this week it is withdrawing a proposed rule that would have banned anyone under age 18 from using tanning beds.

The rule, first proposed in 2015, would have also required adults to sign...