Psychology & Psychiatry
Happiness is not determined by childhood biomarkers
Happiness is not determined by childhood biological markers such as height or body fat, according to a team of European researchers involving UCL.
Sep 18, 2017
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Cardiology
Renal denervation lowers blood pressure in hypertensive patients not taking medication
Renal denervation lowers blood pressure in hypertensive patients not taking medication, according to late-breaking results from the SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED study presented today in a Hot Line LBCT Session at ESC Congress and published ...
Aug 28, 2017
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Cardiology
Guidelines for assessing orthostatic hypotension should be changed, new study recommends
A new study led by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests that testing for the presence of orthostatic hypotension, a form of low blood pressure, be performed within one minute of standing after a person has been lying down. ...
Jul 31, 2017
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Cardiology
Orthostatic hypotension is more than feeling dizzy every now and then
Dear Mayo Clinic: What's the difference between feeling dizzy every now and then and orthostatic hypotension? How is it diagnosed, and can it be treated?
Jul 28, 2017
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Cardiology
Higher BMI linked with increased risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, type 2 diabetes
Results of a new study add to the evidence of an association between higher body mass index (BMI) and increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, according to ...
Jul 5, 2017
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Cardiology
Elevated blood pressure not a high mortality risk for elderly with weak grip
A study of nearly 7,500 Americans age 65 or older suggests that elevated blood pressure is not related to high mortality risk among people in that age group with weak grip strength.
Mar 28, 2017
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Health
A little vigorous exercise may help boost kids' cardiometabolic health
As little as 10 minutes a day of high-intensity physical activity could help some children reduce their risk of developing heart problems and metabolic diseases such as diabetes, according to an international study led by ...
Mar 24, 2017
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Cardiology
Lifestyle intervention leads to 10-point drop in systolic blood pressure
In the first randomized, double-blinded trial of an online behavioral intervention for high blood pressure, participants in web-based lifestyle counseling reduced their systolic blood pressure (the higher number in a blood-pressure ...
Mar 20, 2017
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Cardiology
Do you really have high blood pressure?
A study by researchers at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) shows that more than half of family doctors in Canada are still using manual devices to measure blood pressure, a dated technology that ...
Mar 20, 2017
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Diabetes
Similar metabolic response to animal, plant protein diets
(HealthDay)—For patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), isocaloric diets high in animal protein (AP) or plant protein (PP) are associated with similar improvements in metabolism and cardiovascular risk factors, according ...
Feb 13, 2017
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