Psychology & Psychiatry
Examining the profound health impacts of violence
Women who experience intimate partner violence (IPV) are also at significant risk of developing poor sexual and reproductive health.
Jun 14, 2023
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Cardiology
Mindfulness shows promise as an effective intervention to lower blood pressure
A customized mindfulness program that taught participants to apply those skills to have healthy relationships with their diet, physical activity, alcohol use, medication adherence and stress, led to notably lower systolic ...
Nov 7, 2022
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Genetics
Protein related to Fragile X syndrome may be a new target for blood pressure medicines
A new study in mice has identified FXR1, a protein in the same family as the one implicated in Fragile X syndrome, as a potential target for creating a new type of blood pressure-lowering medicine, according to preliminary ...
May 12, 2022
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Cardiology
Coronary heart disease patients with no teeth have nearly double risk of death
Coronary heart disease patients with no teeth have nearly double the risk of death as those with all of their teeth, according to research published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. The study in more ...
Dec 16, 2015
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Cardiology
Stroke risk similar among men and women smokers worldwide
Smoking cigarettes may cause similar stroke risks for men and women, but women smokers may be at greater risk for a more deadly and uncommon type of stroke, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal ...
Aug 22, 2013
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Fertility therapy not associated with long-term cardiovascular disease
Women who gave birth following fertility treatment had no long-term increased risk of death or major cardiovascular events compared to women who gave birth without fertility therapy, according to new research by the Institute ...
Jul 31, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Set of criteria for 'hypersexual disorder' proposed as new mental health condition
(Medical Xpress)—The idea that an individual might suffer from a sexual addiction is great fodder for radio talk shows, comedians and late night TV. But a sex addiction is no laughing matter. Relationships are destroyed, ...
Oct 19, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mechanistic discovery links psoriasis to increased risk of cardiovascular disease
The link between psoriasis and cardiovascular events has been observed for years, however the mechanics were unknown. For the first time, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers have discovered preclinical ...
May 10, 2012
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Medical research
Etanercept - genetically engineered compound for back pain - falls short: study
Despite the great promise that injecting a new type of anti-inflammatory pain medicine into the spine could relieve the severe leg and lower back pain of sciatica, a Johns Hopkins-led study has found that the current standard ...
Apr 16, 2012
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Neuroscience
Alzheimer's drugs may have adverse side effects
Alzheimer's disease drugs now being tested in clinical trials may have potentially adverse side effects, according to new Northwestern Medicine research. A study with mice suggests the drugs could act like a bad electrician, ...
Feb 18, 2012
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