Health
Your home, and where it's located, may affect your health
They say home is where the heart is. But can a person's home also play a role in how healthy that heart is?
Aug 1, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Examining the profound health impacts of violence
Women who experience intimate partner violence (IPV) are also at significant risk of developing poor sexual and reproductive health.
Jun 14, 2023
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Health
Dry January is over. Now what? Binge drinking isn't the answer, but is there a compromise?
Congratulations on making it through dry January without a beer or glass of wine—or at least with fewer alcoholic beverages than you downed in December.
Jan 31, 2023
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Cardiology
Mindfulness shows promise as an effective intervention to lower blood pressure
A customized mindfulness program that taught participants to apply those skills to have healthy relationships with their diet, physical activity, alcohol use, medication adherence and stress, led to notably lower systolic ...
Nov 7, 2022
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Genetics
Protein related to Fragile X syndrome may be a new target for blood pressure medicines
A new study in mice has identified FXR1, a protein in the same family as the one implicated in Fragile X syndrome, as a potential target for creating a new type of blood pressure-lowering medicine, according to preliminary ...
May 12, 2022
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Cardiology
Coronary heart disease patients with no teeth have nearly double risk of death
Coronary heart disease patients with no teeth have nearly double the risk of death as those with all of their teeth, according to research published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. The study in more ...
Dec 16, 2015
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Cardiology
Stroke risk similar among men and women smokers worldwide
Smoking cigarettes may cause similar stroke risks for men and women, but women smokers may be at greater risk for a more deadly and uncommon type of stroke, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal ...
Aug 22, 2013
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Fertility therapy not associated with long-term cardiovascular disease
Women who gave birth following fertility treatment had no long-term increased risk of death or major cardiovascular events compared to women who gave birth without fertility therapy, according to new research by the Institute ...
Jul 31, 2013
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Neuroscience
Traumatic brain injury worsens outcomes for those with nonepileptic seizures
A new study by a Rhode Island Hospital researcher has found that traumatic brain injury (TBI) can significantly increase the odds of having major depression, personality impulsivity and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ...
Apr 8, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Set of criteria for 'hypersexual disorder' proposed as new mental health condition
(Medical Xpress)—The idea that an individual might suffer from a sexual addiction is great fodder for radio talk shows, comedians and late night TV. But a sex addiction is no laughing matter. Relationships are destroyed, ...
Oct 19, 2012
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