Neuroscience
Emergency departments may frequently miss signs of epilepsy in children
A subtle type of seizure goes undetected two thirds of the time in pediatric emergency departments, a new study shows.
May 1, 2024
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Neuroscience
Managing migraine effectively
Migraine is a neurologic disorder. The severe pain of migraine typically is on one side of the head but may be on both sides. Symptoms also may include nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to light and sound, difficulty speaking, ...
May 8, 2024
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Cardiology
Cardiovascular diseases kill 10,000 Europeans a day: WHO
Cardiovascular disease is responsible for 40 percent of deaths in Europe, the WHO said on Wednesday, urging Europeans to cut their salt intake.
May 15, 2024
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Immunology
Iron fuels immune cells—and it could make asthma worse
You've likely heard that you can get iron from eating spinach and steak. You might also know that it's an essential trace element that is a major component of hemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from ...
May 15, 2024
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Health
Recognizing the physical and emotional toll that caring for a loved one with a chronic condition has on the caregiver
Living with a chronic medical condition after surviving a heart attack or stroke may come with additional health and personal care needs. Often survivors must rely on a family member or close friend to help. However, there's ...
May 15, 2024
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Cardiology
Patient 'chronotype' could impact best time to take blood pressure medication
Research conducted by the University's School of Medicine, in collaboration with Helmholtz Munich, and in partnership with an international team of researchers from Italy, UK and the U.S., has revealed that a person's chronotype—the ...
May 16, 2024
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Cardiology
Adverse social determinants of health linked to treatment-resistant hypertension in Black Americans
People were more likely to develop a type of treatment-resistant hypertension when they experienced adverse effects of economic and social conditions that influence individual and group differences in health status, known ...
May 16, 2024
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Cardiology
Heart attacks have declined 50% nationally since 2004, yet underrepresented groups remain at highest risk
New research focusing on heart attacks, specifically ST‐segment–elevation myocardial infarctions (STEMIs), has uncovered that socioeconomic, racial, and gendered disparities are associated with greater risk and that those ...
May 2, 2024
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Cardiology
Health care interpreters important for heart attack rehabilitation, says study
After a heart attack, foreign-born people are less likely to attend a relapse-preventing Heart School than native-born patients. But with access to a professional interpreter, participation increases. This was found in a ...
May 15, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Risk perception influenced less by media than previously thought: Study
For decades, researchers have assumed that people overestimate the risk of dramatic causes of death, such as road traffic accidents. The reason given for this was that such deaths are the subject of far greater media attention ...
May 16, 2024
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