Young adults assigned male at birth were nearly three times as likely to be diagnosed with high blood pressure if they'd been exposed to conversion therapy, a discredited practice that attempts to alter a person's sexual ...
May 7, 2025
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A test commonly used to confirm a condition linked to high blood pressure is often inaccurate, causing doctors to skip treatment that might improve patients' heart health, a new study says.
May 6, 2025
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Millions of older adults take five or more prescription drugs every day to manage chronic illnesses. While polypharmacy is often necessary, this practice has also been linked to many negative health outcomes in older adults—including ...
May 6, 2025
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Pre-eclampsia is a danger to pregnant women. It's a complication characterized by high blood pressure and organ damage, arising during the second half of pregnancy, in labor or in the first week after delivery.
May 6, 2025
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Men are much more likely than women to die early from the world's 20 leading health problems, a new global study shows.
May 5, 2025
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Body Mass Index, or BMI, is a number that reflects the relationship between your height and weight. It's widely used in health care and public health to categorize body size and estimate potential risk for weight-related ...
May 5, 2025
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Around the world, people are starting to engage in outdoor activities after a winter spent largely indoors and perhaps with less physical activity than during more temperate seasons. In other climates, people may be starting ...
May 2, 2025
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Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have developed a new way of uncovering the "true age" of a heart using MRI.
May 2, 2025
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A new approach to drug design can deliver medicine directly to the gut in mice at significantly lower doses than current inflammatory bowel disease treatments. The proof-of-concept study, published in Science, introduces ...
May 1, 2025
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The cutting-edge weight-loss drug Ozempic/Wegovy can stop and even reverse fatty liver disease, a new clinical trial has found.
May 1, 2025
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