Psychology & Psychiatry
Poor mental health can lead to physical ailments
When she was 14 years old, Diana Chao began having migraines. She often felt dizzy as she walked. Sunlight seemed to pierce her skull.
Jan 25, 2019
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Immunology
Asthma undiagnosed in one in five urban adolescents
(HealthDay)—The prevalence of undiagnosed asthma is 20.2 percent among urban adolescents, according to a study published online Jan. 15 in the Journal of Urban Health.
Jan 17, 2019
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Cardiology
New cholesterol guidelines put ethnicity in the spotlight
As in most things, family matters. Specifically, your family's ethnicity could make a difference, at least when it comes to cholesterol and your risk of having a heart attack or stroke.
Jan 11, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Study identifies novel genetic factors for colorectal cancer risk
A large-scale study conducted among East Asians and led by Vanderbilt researchers has identified multiple, previously unknown genetic risk factors for colorectal cancer.
Jan 11, 2019
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Cardiology
Calcium specks may help detect heart disease in South Asians
Specks of calcium in the heart's artery walls could be an important prognostic marker of early cardiovascular disease in South Asians and may help guide treatment in this population, according to a study by researchers at ...
Jan 11, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
15 dead in Malaysia from suspected alcohol poisoning
Fifteen men, most believed to be foreign workers, have died in Malaysia and 33 more are in hospital with suspected poisoning after consuming alcoholic drinks, police said Tuesday.
Sep 18, 2018
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Diabetes
High prevalence of diabetes in those with severe mental illness
(HealthDay)—Antipsychotic-treated patients with severe mental illnesses (SMI) have a high prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes, according to a research letter published recently in Diabetes Care.
Aug 23, 2018
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Health
Concern over low vitamin D intakes among UK South Asians
Public health strategies are urgently required to tackle low intakes of vitamin D in the UK South-Asian population, finds a new study in the journal Public Health Nutrition.
Jun 25, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Why your summer might be full of mosquitoes, according to a scientist
As you pack your bags for the cottage or campground this weekend, don't forget to bring light clothes with long sleeves—and a truckload or two of insect repellent.
Jun 22, 2018
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Cardiology
South Asian Americans are at high risk for heart disease and stroke
South Asians are more likely to die of heart disease, such as heart attacks and strokes caused by atherosclerosis—the disease process that narrows arteries—than East Asians and non-Hispanic whites living in the United ...
May 24, 2018
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