Health
Menopause bring new risks for women's heart health
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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Metabolic Syndrome
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
More screening vigilance needed to fight chronic liver disease: Study
A new study by QIMR Berghofer published in the Medical Journal of Australia has highlighted the critical need for doctors to be more vigilant with early detection and monitoring of liver complications in patients with diabetes ...
Oct 17, 2023
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Medical research
Compound derived from hops reduces abundance of gut microbe associated with metabolic syndrome
Researchers have shown in a mouse model and lab cultures that a compound derived from hops reduces the abundance of a gut bacterium associated with metabolic syndrome.
Sep 21, 2023
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Health
Q&A: The importance of sleep regularity
Americans have become increasingly aware of the fact that they just don't get enough sleep. However it turns out that's not the whole story. Duration is important but so is regularity.
Sep 20, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
New discovery for treatment of primary liver cancer shows promise in mice
A preclinical study led by Monash University has discovered a drug combination with the potential to treat one of the most fatal and globally widespread cancers, a type of primary liver cancer called hepatocellular carcinoma ...
Sep 14, 2023
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Inflammatory disorders
Is it eczema or psoriasis? An expert offers advice
Eczema and psoriasis are skin conditions that can each affect a person's quality of life.
Sep 8, 2023
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Poor metabolic health could increase risk of developing dementia later in life
Researchers at Oxford Population Health have found that having poor metabolic health was related to an increased risk of developing dementia in a study of more than 176,000 individuals. The study is published in the journal ...
Sep 7, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Assessing the mechanisms for liver fibrosis
Chronic liver injury results in the development of liver fibrosis in approximately 25% of individuals in response to diverse insults, and several aspects of the development of liver injury appear to be common to a variety ...
Aug 31, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Irish Travellers suffer a disproportionate burden of physical health conditions, review finds
In a review published in the open access journal BMJ Open Trinity researchers, led by Dr. Julie Broderick, head of discipline of physiotherapy, school of medicine, have presented findings showing that Irish Travellers suffer ...
Aug 29, 2023
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Cardiology
Cluster of slightly unhealthy traits linked with earlier heart attack and stroke
Middle-aged adults with three or more unhealthy traits, including slightly high waist circumference, blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose have heart attacks and strokes two years earlier than their peers, according to ...
Aug 25, 2023
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