Health
Pollutants in soil can harm your heart
While it's more widely known that polluted air can harm human health, another danger may be lurking at your feet.
Jul 4, 2022
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Study finds low vitamin D levels in young people of color
Results from a University of Houston College of Nursing study indicate that 61% of otherwise healthy Black and Hispanic adolescents have low vitamin D levels, that drop even lower with age. The research fills a knowledge ...
Jun 28, 2022
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Vitamins, supplements are a 'waste of money' for most Americans
Drawn to the allure of multivitamins and dietary supplements filling nutritional gaps in their diet, people in the U.S. in 2021 spent close to $50 billion on vitamins and dietary supplements.
Jun 21, 2022
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The promise of meditation for the heart and mind
Meditation, as a religious practice or mystic experience, may be as old as humanity. Evidence of its use dates back as far as 7,000 years, and some scholars speculate it might have begun among people sitting in caves, gazing ...
Jun 17, 2022
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Social stress can speed up immune system aging
As people age, their immune systems naturally begin to decline. This aging of the immune system, called immunosenescence, may be an important part of such age-related health problems as cancer and cardiovascular disease, ...
Jun 16, 2022
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Immunology
Stress accelerates immune aging, study finds
Stress—in the form of traumatic events, job strain, everyday stressors and discrimination—accelerates aging of the immune system, potentially increasing a person's risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease and illness from ...
Jun 13, 2022
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Cardiology
The unmet potential of clinical decision support tools in cardiology
Clinical decision support (CDS) tools are electronic systems that take information in patients' electronic health records and make suggestions to clinicians about how to care for patients. These tools can, for example, see ...
Jun 9, 2022
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COVID-19's toll on global cardiac services
A major study has revealed the "global collateral damage" caused by the disruption to cardiac services from the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 31, 2022
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Cardiology
Preexisting cardiovascular conditions tied to severe COVID-19 in children
Some previous or preexisting cardiovascular conditions are associated with increased severity of COVID-19 among children, according to a study published online May 17 in JAMA Network Open.
May 19, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Risk factors for dementia may vary with age, finds study
Which vascular risk factors are associated with the risk of developing dementia may vary with age. A new study shows that among people around age 55, the risk of developing dementia over the next 10 years was increased in ...
May 18, 2022
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