Heart failure represents one of the most significant global health challenges, affecting millions worldwide and requiring subsequent hospitalization for many patients due to complications. For older adults in particular, ...
May 19, 2025
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Anemia affects more than 2 billion people worldwide, including an estimated 83 million Americans at high risk. Now, a new app delivers reliable, accessible screening directly to consumers.
May 16, 2025
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In the 2000s, biotech company Theranos promised to revolutionize blood testing. Founder Elizabeth Holmes claimed Theranos technology could perform hundreds of tests using just a finger-prick drop of blood. If true, their ...
May 16, 2025
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Millions of women may be unknowingly living with risk factors for heart, kidney and metabolic disease—interconnected conditions that together drive the risk of cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death among women, ...
May 12, 2025
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A recent study provides evidence that in people without diabetes, six risk groups for cardiometabolic complications previously identified in middle-aged people can also be identified in older people. In cooperation with Helmholtz ...
May 7, 2025
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Surgical face masks help prevent the spread of airborne pathogens and therefore were ubiquitous during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, a modified mask could also protect a wearer by detecting health conditions, including chronic ...
May 7, 2025
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A rapidly growing heart failure epidemic calls for prioritizing primary prevention, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association published in Circulation in April. The statement reviews the ...
May 5, 2025
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Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i), or gliflozins, are medications used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). They are designed to lower high blood glucose levels typical in T2DM, and work by ...
Apr 30, 2025
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Between 1990 and 2017 the global deaths attributed to high body mass index more than doubled from 2.2 million to 4.7 million people. Obesity levels also track closely with type 2 diabetes, where the figure has been projected ...
Apr 28, 2025
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Heat and humidity contributed to kidney damage and disease in the San Luis Valley in Colorado between 1984 and 1998, according to our recently published work in the peer-reviewed journal Weather, Climate, and Society.
Apr 28, 2025
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