Medications
Low-dose lithium may slow kidney aging
Best known therapeutically as a treatment for bipolar disorder, lithium has long intrigued researchers with its potential age-defying properties.
Apr 11, 2022
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Health
Aerobic exercise may reduce the risk of dementia
Any exercise that gets the heart pumping may reduce the risk of dementia and slow the condition's progression once it starts, reported a Mayo Clinic study published this month in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Researchers examined ...
Sep 7, 2011
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Cardiology
Global trial demonstrates some benefits of flu shots for heart failure patients
People with heart failure who received an annual flu shot had lower rates of pneumonia and hospitalization on a year-round basis and a reduction in major cardiovascular events during peak flu season, in a study presented ...
Apr 4, 2022
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Health
Women find it more difficult to quit smoking
Women are half as likely to quit smoking as men, according to research presented at the 2019 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress (CCC). Affordability of smoking cessation medications was another barrier to success.
Oct 28, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Zombie bacteria in tuberculosis
"Living-dead" bacteria exist in limbo: biologically active but not proliferating. Buried in this zombie state, disease-causing bacteria could come back from the dead to re-infect patients. Researchers at EPFL have produced ...
Jan 26, 2015
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Cardiology
Genetic study ties higher alcohol consumption to increased stroke and PAD risk
Higher alcohol consumption was shown to be associated with an increased risk of having a stroke or developing peripheral artery disease, according to new research published today in Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, ...
May 5, 2020
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Medical research
Sex of blood donor has no effect on recipient survival, finds clinical trial
A large clinical trial of more than 8,700 patients published in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that the sex of a donor has no effect on the survival of recipients of red blood cell transfusions.
Apr 12, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Ivermectin is still not a miracle cure for COVID-19, despite what you may have read
The head lice drug ivermectin has yet again been touted in the media as a possible treatment for COVID-19. But despite the favorable headlines, huge uncertainty remains about whether this treatment can be safely and effectively ...
Aug 18, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hydroxychloroquine does not help patients hospitalized with COVID-19: study
Findings from a national study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) "do not support" the use of hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of adult patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
Nov 13, 2020
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'Mass testing' linked to 25% cut in COVID-19 related hospital admissions
The first ever voluntary "mass testing" pilot for people without COVID symptoms was associated with an overall 25% reduction in COVID-19 related hospital admissions, including an initial 43% reduction with military assistance, ...
Nov 23, 2022
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