Health
Six ways to keep your kidneys healthy
More than 35 million adults in the U.S. have chronic kidney disease, and just a fraction of them even know it. And the number of cases is growing.
Apr 24, 2025
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High Blood Pressure
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Metabolic syndrome linked to increased risk of young-onset dementia
Having a larger waistline, high blood pressure and other risk factors that make up metabolic syndrome is associated with an increased risk of young-onset dementia, according to a study published in Neurology.
Apr 23, 2025
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Cardiology
Getting treatment for high blood pressure may reduce chances of developing dementia
Reducing high blood pressure substantially lowers the risk of dementia and cognitive impairment without dementia, according to the results of a phase 3 clinical trial involving almost 34,000 patients, published in Nature ...
Apr 21, 2025
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hypertension is a leading cause of chronic kidney disease
Almost half of adults in America—about 108 million people—have hypertension. Hypertension, which is also known as high blood pressure, can constrict and narrow the blood vessels in important organs such as the heart and ...
Apr 21, 2025
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Medications
Commonly prescribed medications for high blood pressure have unexpected side effects
Cardiovascular diseases are the world's leading cause of death, and high blood pressure, or hypertension, affects more than 1 billion people globally, with most living in low- and middle-income countries.
Apr 17, 2025
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Cardiology
Personalized predictive model improves risk assessment for coronary artery disease
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death in the United States. Although effective preventive treatments exist, these measures are often underutilized, in part because people don't know they're at risk of ...
Apr 17, 2025
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Cardiology
Addressing risk factors during teen years can prevent heart-related issues in adulthood, report suggests
Too often, young people in the U.S. just on the threshold of adulthood face cardiovascular challenges.
Apr 17, 2025
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nontraditional risk factors shed light on unexplained strokes in adults younger than 50
Adults younger than 50 years of age had more than double the risk of having a stroke from migraine or other nontraditional stroke risk factors rather than traditional risks such as high blood pressure, according to research ...
Apr 17, 2025
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Neuroscience
Risky surgery after a stroke due to carotid artery stenosis may no longer be necessary in most patients
European research led by University College London (UCL), together with Amsterdam UMC and the University of Basel, shows that a significant proportion of patients who suffer a stroke due to carotid artery narrowing can be ...
Apr 16, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
Unhealthy metabolic profile sharply increases risk of breast cancer return and subsequent death among survivors: Study
New research presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11–14 May) and published in The Journal of Internal Medicine shows that, in survivors of breast cancer, having an unhealthy metabolic ...
Apr 16, 2025
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