Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Video: Can extra salt hurt your kidneys?
Sodium is a mineral that your body needs to function well. When you combine sodium with the mineral, chloride, the two make table salt.
Feb 25, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers identify new choice of therapy for rare autoimmune disease EGPA
An international team has identified a new therapeutic for patients with a rare autoimmune disease called eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA). A biologic drug called benralizumab has been shown to be non-inferior ...
Feb 23, 2024
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Genetics
Genes affect your blood pressure from early childhood, data show
Certain genes associated with hypertension affect blood pressure from early in life, and they increase the risk of cardiovascular disease as you get older. But you can do something about it.
Feb 23, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study shows glucagon is key for kidney health
Glucagon, a hormone best known for promoting blood sugar production in the liver, also appears to play a key role in maintaining kidney health. When UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers removed receptors for this hormone ...
Feb 23, 2024
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Health
Food for a happy heart
It's only about the size of your fist. Yet it pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood throughout your body every day. If you could stretch out the complex network of blood vessels in your body through which your heart pumps oxygen ...
Feb 23, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientists develop a simple blood test to quickly diagnose sarcoidosis
A research project supported by the National Institutes of Health has developed a tool to rapidly and inexpensively diagnose sarcoidosis, a chronic inflammatory disease marked by the growth of tiny lumps called granulomas ...
Feb 22, 2024
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Alzheimer's blood test found to perform as well as FDA-approved spinal fluid tests
A simple blood test to diagnose Alzheimer's disease soon may replace more invasive and expensive screening methods such as spinal taps and brain scans.
Feb 22, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
How chronic stress spreads cancer
Stress is inevitable. But too much of it can be terrible for our health. Chronic stress can increase our risk for heart disease and strokes. It may also help cancer spread. How this works has remained a mystery—a challenge ...
Feb 22, 2024
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Cardiology
Self-administered blood test shows promise for checking heart health
Researchers at Murdoch University's Australian National Phenome Center have delivered a self-administered blood test that could revolutionize the landscape of cardiovascular risk assessment.
Feb 21, 2024
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Cardiology
Study finds raised blood pressure is the leading risk factor for death in Australia
Raised blood pressure has been the leading risk factor for death in Australia for the past three decades, according to a study published February 21, 2024, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE led by Alta Schutte and Xiaoyue ...
Feb 21, 2024
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