Many common diseases such as arteriosclerosis and diabetes or neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's are associated with inflammatory processes. A better understanding of these processes is therefore an important ...
Nov 2, 2023
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An international study involving Birmingham researchers identified for the first time how a protein found in the endothelium supports the transfer of specific immune cells, called macrophages, from the blood into the liver, ...
Oct 30, 2023
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The ramp-up to cold and flu season is a bad time for consumers to learn that some of their most trusted go-to products don't actually work.
Oct 26, 2023
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More than 10% of the population in the United States has been diagnosed with diabetes according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 7.5% of these diabetic patients will experience cardiovascular events ...
Oct 26, 2023
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High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a common condition affecting nearly half of U.S. adults. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 48% of Americans have high blood pressure—defined as a ...
Oct 24, 2023
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The risk of having heart disease grows as a woman ages, so women need to be familiar with their heart disease risk factors, the American Heart Association (AHA) says.
Oct 20, 2023
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Unusually high levels of blood congestion in vessels feeding the brain may lead to severe swelling, scientists have found in a discovery that solves a longstanding malaria mystery: how the infection deleteriously impacts ...
Two widely used statins, rosuvastatin and atorvastatin, are equally effective at preventing heart attacks, strokes and death in people with coronary artery disease. But while rosuvastatin treatment is associated with lower ...
Oct 18, 2023
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Does this sound like you? You wake up at the same time each morning, get the kids out the door, and rush to catch the subway to work. But at night, maybe you stay up until midnight doing laundry or 1 a.m. to catch up on the ...
Oct 13, 2023
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A research group at Lund University has studied how a molecular sensor located in the blood vessel wall, controls how the vessel compensates for high blood pressure. As we age, the sensor deteriorates, which can worsen vascular ...
Oct 12, 2023
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