Author: Ben Pfeifer

What Causes a Stroke?

What Causes a Stroke?

A stroke happens when blood flow to part of the brain is blocked or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts. Without oxygen-rich blood, brain cells begin to die within minutes.

The Inflammation Lung Cancer Connection

The Inflammation Lung Cancer Connection

In the lungs, inflammation can be triggered by cigarette smoke, air pollution, environmental toxins, and chronic lung disease. When this inflammation becomes long-term, immune cells release powerful signaling molecules.

Why Hot Flashes Happen.

Why Hot Flashes Happen.

This study looks at why hot flashes happen and how newer nonhormonal treatments may help. What if hot flashes are your brain misreading your body?

Preventing Lyme Disease: What Really Works?

Preventing Lyme Disease: What Really Works?

A 2025 review in BMC Infectious Diseases pulled together over 100 studies to uncover which strategies really work to prevent Lyme disease, the most common tick born illness in North America which is transferred by a tickbite.

What Could Affect Whether Young Women Use HPV Self-Sampling for Cervical Cancer Screening?

What Could Affect Whether Young Women Use HPV Self-Sampling for Cervical Cancer Screening?

Cervical cancer screening can detect changes before cancer develops or identify cancer at an earlier stage, when treatment can be more effective. Yet screening rates in the United States still remain below national goals. Researchers are studying whether HPV self-sampling could give women another option for participating in cervical cancer screening.  A new study...