UCLA researchers have developed a promising method to assess how changes in a person's immune response can help predict the effectiveness of a new immunotherapy in people with glioblastoma, the most common and deadly type ...
Apr 8, 2016
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Several factors increase the risk of heart attack, such as high blood sugar (hyperglycemia), obesity, abnormal cholesterol levels, high blood pressure (hypertension), and smoking. A study conducted in Brazil and reported ...
Sep 19, 2022
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(HealthDay)—What if you could live well into your 90s and still be in good health?
Jul 21, 2016
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Americans' life expectancy has been stagnant for over a decade, and much of the blame has been placed on "deaths of despair" among middle-aged adults. But a new study, published Oct. 9 in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...
Oct 10, 2023
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Scientists from the University of Cambridge have identified a potential therapeutic target in the devastating genetic disease Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS), which is characterised by premature ageing.
Apr 27, 2018
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Death rates due to heart failure are now increasing, and this increase is most prominent among younger adults under 65, considered premature death, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.
May 6, 2019
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Progeria is a very rare disease that affects about one in 18 million children and results in premature aging and death in adolescence from complications of cardiovascular disease. In a study on mice and human cells, researchers ...
Nov 18, 2019
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The average life expectancy in the United States is approximately 78 years old. Americans live longer, with better diets and improved health care, than ever before, but only 0.02 percent will hit the century mark.
Mar 29, 2016
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common muscular dystrophy diagnosed in childhood, with approximately 20,000 new cases reported each year. It is a progressive muscle disorder that results in the loss of muscle ...
Sep 29, 2023
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High power electric vehicle chargers are safe for patients with pacemakers and defibrillators, according to a study published today in EP Europace and presented at the EHRA 2023 conference.
Apr 17, 2023
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