Health
Herbal cigarettes: are they really any healthier?
Herbal cigarettes: They carry a certain "coolness factor" and sound like they might be a healthier alternative to tobacco, but are they really safer to smoke?
Jan 6, 2023
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Heart Attack
Cardiology
What is cardiac arrest? A heart expert explains
Cardiac arrest (or sudden cardiac arrest as it is more formally known) is a medical emergency. It happens when an event, usually an electrical disturbance, quickly and unexpectedly causes your heart to stop working. It's ...
Jan 5, 2023
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Addiction
What happens to your body when you quit smoking
Giving up cigarettes can be excruciating, with cravings and withdrawal symptoms lingering for weeks, especially if you aren't strongly motivated.
Jan 3, 2023
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Cardiology
Buffalo Bills' Damar Hamlin hospitalized: What experts know about cardiac arrest
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin threw himself into the path of a Cincinnati Bengals ball carrier, taking a hard hit to the chest that sent both NFL players to the ground.
Jan 3, 2023
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Health
Heart health tip for older adults in 2023: Step it up a bit
The evidence-based health benefits of walking continue to accumulate, according to ongoing research by a University of Massachusetts Amherst physical activity epidemiologist, who leads an international consortium known as ...
Dec 21, 2022
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Health
It's heart attack season. What do you need to know?
Along with parties, travel, and stress, fatal heart attacks are more common in December. We asked Elliott Marshall Antman, a specialist in cardiovascular medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and a professor at Harvard ...
Dec 21, 2022
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Health
Drinking two or more cups of coffee daily may double risk of heart death in people with severe hypertension
Drinking two or more cups of coffee a day may double the risk of death from cardiovascular disease among people with severe high blood pressure (160/100 mm Hg or higher) but not people with high blood pressure not considered ...
Dec 21, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
China reports first COVID deaths since hardline policy eased
China on Monday reported its first deaths from COVID-19 since loosening its hardline containment policy, as hospitals and crematoriums struggle with an outbreak authorities say is impossible to track.
Dec 19, 2022
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Research backs benefits of making exercise a priority
As the ball drops on the new year, exercise often tops the list of people's resolutions. According to Zhen Yan, whose research highlights the benefits of exercise in improving health and preventing disease, science supports ...
Dec 16, 2022
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Cardiology
A change of heart? Cellular reprogramming reverses fibrosis after heart attack
Researchers from Japan reveal that they may just have found a way to repair cardiac damage in patients suffering from chronic heart attack and heart failure.
Dec 16, 2022
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