U.S. South Asians—a predominately immigrant population with heritage from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and/or Sri Lanka—have a higher risk for developing and dying from heart problems than East ...
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High blood pressure disrupts natural day-and-night blood pressure dipping patterns in males and females, according to a new study from Tulane University School of Medicine. The findings are published in the American Journal ...
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Excess abdominal fat is associated with widespread chronic pain, particularly in women, finds the first study of its kind, published in the open access journal Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine.
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ChatGPT has already led to many changes across society. People seek help from artificial intelligence for various tasks, including exercise. But can you use it as your personal trainer? An international team of researchers ...
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Night owls have a higher BMI, larger waists, more hidden body fat and are almost 50% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes (T2D) than those who go to bed earlier, shows new research to be presented at the Annual Meeting ...
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Older women struggling with urinary incontinence can benefit from regular, low-impact exercise, with yoga as well as stretching and strengthening showing benefits in a new study published Aug. 27 in Annals of Internal Medicine.
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Cardiovascular disease, including heart failure, is the most common cause of death in Germany. Older people with pre-existing conditions are particularly affected by heart failure. The heart is no longer able to pump enough ...
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For decades, one of the most fundamental and vexing questions in neuroscience has been: What is the physical basis of consciousness in the brain? Most researchers favor classical models, based on classical physics, while ...
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I cringed recently while driving to the clinic where I specialize in geriatric medicine when I heard a young radio announcer refer to old people as "wiggy," a pejorative for wacky.
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