Mount Sinai is first in New York state to perform new Alzheimer's imaging test in clinical setting
The Mount Sinai Medical Center is the first institution in New York State to use in the clinical setting a newly approved imaging technique to detect Alzheimer's disease (AD) in people who are cognitively impaired. Until ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Jun 20, 2012 |
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Is hypertension in your family?
(Medical Xpress) -- If your parents have a history of high blood pressure, you can significantly reduce your risk of developing the disease through moderate exercise and increased cardiovascular fitness, according to new ...
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May 31, 2012 |
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Family history of Alzheimer's affects functional connectivity
(HealthDay) -- Cognitively normal individuals with a family history of late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) may display lower resting state functional connectivity in the default mode network (DMN) of the brain, ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
May 26, 2012 |
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Physical fitness may reduce hypertension risk in people with family history
If your parents have a history of high blood pressure, you can significantly reduce your risk of developing the disease with moderate exercise and increased cardiovascular fitness, according to new research in the American ...
Cardiology
May 14, 2012 |
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DNA methylation level is marker of breast cancer risk
(HealthDay) -- Women with high levels of white blood cell (WBC) DNA methylation at the ATM loci have a significantly increased risk of breast cancer, regardless of family history or menopausal status, according ...
Cancer
May 11, 2012 |
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Pot belly boosts risk of sudden cardiac death: study
(HealthDay) -- A "spare tire" around the midsection raises the odds of sudden cardiac death in obese people, a new study finds.
Health
May 10, 2012 |
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Costs of screening children for sudden cardiac death outweigh its benefits
An article, published in Circulation by Laurel K. Leslie, MD, MPH from the Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and colleagues from Tufts Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medica ...
Cardiology
May 09, 2012 |
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Palliative care resource helps ease changes
An interactive toolkit created by a team from the University of Alberta helps palliative care patients and their care providers to deal with the physical, emotional and relationship changes that come with terminal and chronic ...
Health
May 08, 2012 |
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'No family history' not a good reason for women 40-49 to stop yearly screening mammograms
More than half the women aged 40-49 diagnosed with breast cancer on screening mammography report no family history, a new study shows.
Cancer
May 03, 2012 |
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Bullied children 3 times more likely to self harm
Children who are bullied in childhood are up to three times more likely to self harm up to the age of 12, a study published today on BMJ suggests.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 26, 2012 |
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Heart study suggests city center pollution doubles risk of calcium build-up in arteries
City centre residents who took part in a study were almost twice as likely to suffer from coronary artery calcification (CAC), which can lead to heart disease, than people who lived in less polluted urban and rural areas, ...
Cardiology
Apr 26, 2012 |
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Family history of liver cancer increases risk of developing the disease
A family history of liver cancer is reported to increase risk of developing hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC), independent of hepatitis according to findings published in the May issue of Hepatology, a journal of the Americ ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 24, 2012 |
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Study supports association of alcohol and diabetes
Subjects in a cohort in Sweden, some of whom had been exposed to a community intervention program to prevent diabetes, were evaluated 8-10 years after baseline for the presence of diabetes mellitus or impaired glucose metabolism ...
Diabetes
Mar 29, 2012 |
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Fewer mitochondria in offspring of parents with diabetes
(HealthDay) -- Normal-weight, insulin-resistant individuals whose parents have type 2 diabetes have fewer mitochondria in their muscles due to lower expression of lipoprotein lipase (LPL), according to a study ...
Diabetes
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Sugar-sweetened drinks linked to increased risk of heart disease in men
Men who drank a 12-ounce sugar-sweetened beverage a day had a 20 percent higher risk of heart disease compared to men who didn't drink any sugar-sweetened drinks, according to research published in Circulation, an Americ ...
Cardiology
Mar 12, 2012 |
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