Health
Researchers find low magnesium levels make vitamin D ineffective
February 27, 2018—There is a caveat to the push for increased Vitamin D: Don't forget magnesium.
Feb 26, 2018
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News tagged with vascular calcification
Medical research
Scientists find evidence of blood vessels turning into bone-like particles
A researcher at The University of Texas at Arlington has found that blood vessels within bone marrow may progressively convert into bone with advancing age.
Aug 19, 2019
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Medications
New substance prevents vascular calcification
Researchers at ETH Zurich and ETH spin-off Inositec have developed a new substance to prevent vascular calcification, which affects many patients suffering from chronic kidney disease. As their metabolism is impaired, calcium ...
Feb 5, 2020
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Medical research
New cause of high blood pressure and heart disease discovered
Why phosphate rich foods can increase blood pressure and promote vascular calcifications has been discovered by scientists at the Vetmeduni Vienna. The key is the hormone, FGF23—Fibroblast Growth Factor 23. When the level ...
May 5, 2014
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Health
A need for bananas? Dietary potassium regulates calcification of arteries
Bananas and avocados—foods that are rich in potassium—may help protect against pathogenic vascular calcification, also known as hardening of the arteries.
Oct 5, 2017
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Neuroscience
Vascular risk factors for brain calcification in seniors identified
(HealthDay)—Diabetes and smoking are vascular risk factors associated with hippocampal calcification in older patients with memory issues, according to a study published in the September issue of Radiology.
Aug 31, 2018
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Health
Increase in use of high-dose vitamin D supplements
From 1999 through 2014 the number of U.S. adults taking daily vitamin D supplements above the recommended levels increased, and 3 percent of the population exceeded the daily upper limit considered to possibly pose a risk ...
Jun 20, 2017
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Cardiology
Research links heart disease with testosterone
Testosterone might be involved in explaining why men have a greater risk of heart attacks than women of similar age, according to a study funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences ...
Apr 22, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Blood vessel calcification may put kidney stone formers at increased risk of heart disease
Blood vessel calcification may put people who develop recurrent kidney stones at increased risk of heart disease, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology ...
Jan 29, 2015
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Cardiology
Osteomodulin is a novel biomarker of vascular calcification
In a new study conducted by researchers at the group Vascular Surgery, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, osteomodulin was identified as a novel biomarker for vascular calcification. The results of the study were ...
Feb 24, 2022
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