Health
Vegan diet may decrease heart disease, stroke risk in African Americans
Following a vegan diet for five weeks may decrease risk factors for heart disease, new research shows.
Dec 3, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Depression linked to heart disease and type 2 diabetes
A lower frequency of depressive episodes is associated with a 34 percent decreased risk of coronary artery disease and a 33 percent decreased risk of type 2 diabetes, irrespective of lifestyle risk factors and genetic susceptibility. ...
Feb 16, 2022
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Cardiology
Study shows heart failure, not stroke is the most common complication of atrial fibrillation
The lifetime risk of atrial fibrillation (a heart condition that causes an irregular and often abnormally fast heart rate) has increased from one in four to one in three over the past two decades, finds a study from Denmark ...
Apr 17, 2024
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Health
Periodontists and family doctors must collaborate to treat their patients' overall health, says new study
Close collaboration between family doctors and periodontists and other oral health professionals is necessary for an effective prevention, early detection and management of widespread systemic health conditions, affecting ...
Mar 28, 2023
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Medical research
Global evaluation of lifestyle risk factors in teens: 1 in 3 at risk
The largest global investigation of the major lifestyle risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in adolescents has been undertaken in a study led by University of Queensland researchers.
Dec 24, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New clues to early development of schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a severe neuropsychiatric disease that remains poorly understood and treated. Schizophrenia onset is typically in adolescence or early adulthood, but its underlying causes are thought to involve neurodevelopmental ...
Oct 24, 2023
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Genetics
Gene variations at birth reveal origins of inflammation and immune disease
A study published in the journal Nature Communications has pinpointed a number of areas of the human genome that may help explain the neonatal origins of chronic immune and inflammatory diseases of later life, including type ...
Jul 28, 2020
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
People with increased risk of Alzheimer's have deficits in navigating
Animals and humans have the ability to follow their own position in space through self-motion cues, even in the absence of any other sensory information. "If you get up at night and want to find your way to the bathroom in ...
Aug 31, 2020
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Diabetes
Origins of diabetes may be different in men and women, according to new research
Over the past four decades, global cases of Type 2 diabetes mellitus have skyrocketed. According to the World Health Organization, the number of people estimated to have the disease jumped from 108 million in 1980 to 422 ...
Mar 23, 2022
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Cardiology
Google Street View reveals how built environment correlates with risk of cardiovascular disease
Researchers have used Google Street View to study hundreds of elements of the built environment, including buildings, green spaces, pavements and roads, and how these elements relate to each other and influence coronary artery ...
Mar 27, 2024
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