https://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The forested hills and rolling fields in the state of Odisha are home to some of India's most vulnerable tribal groups, but a new study from researchers of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT shows that when women are empowered, children are less likely to be underweight. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-08-women-empowerment-underweight-children-vulnerable.html Mon, 19 Aug 2024 13:39:01 EDT news643293533 High blood pressure, also called hypertension, has become quite a common health problem among adults worldwide, with over one billion cases reported in 2019. When blood pressure is not properly controlled, the heart undergoes adaptive changes at the macroscopic and microscopic levels, affecting its valves, chambers, and muscles. This condition, known as hypertensive hearth disease (HHD), can cause permanent remodeling of the heart over time, affecting its normal function and ultimately leading to heart failure. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-10-newly-published-hypertensive-heart-disease.html Tue, 31 Oct 2023 16:14:04 EDT news617987641 As early responders in the surveillance of malignant cells, natural killer (NK) cells play a significant role in the control of transformed cells at the tumor initiation stage through direct cytolysis. For this reason, NK cell-based immunotherapy is a potential therapeutic strategy for tumor sufferers. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-05-discovery-natural-ent-kaurane-diterpenoid-nk-based.html Thu, 30 May 2019 10:57:20 EDT news478432632