If you do just one thing to improve your health this year, it could be to gain control over your blood pressure. Cases of high blood pressure, or hypertension—a silent, but dangerous condition—have skyrocketed over the ...
Feb 7, 2023
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Peripheral artery disease, or PAD, in which impaired blood flow to the legs can make walking painful and even lead to amputation, and negative social determinants of health, like poverty and racism, both disproportionately ...
Jan 31, 2023
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The majority of Americans do not know the threshold for normal/healthy blood pressure—yet they are confident that they do, according to a new USC study published this week in the journal Medical Decision Making.
Jan 26, 2023
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Millions of adults spend too much time at a desk or in front of a screen, and experts have long advised them to sit less, move more.
Jan 12, 2023
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It's that time of year again, when people gather up their best intentions for living a healthier life and make New Year's resolutions.
Dec 30, 2022
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Atrial fibrillation, one of the most common types of heart arrhythmias, has long been considered more common in men.
Dec 8, 2022
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Chips, pizza, cookies: Delicious, but a diet full of ultra-processed foods like these may contribute to brain deterioration, researchers report.
Dec 6, 2022
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Emergency visits for stroke are elevated after a heatwave, according to research presented today at ESC Asia, a scientific congress organized by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), the Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology ...
Dec 1, 2022
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New research from the University of California, Irvine, suggests aging is an important component of retinal ganglion cell death in glaucoma, and that novel pathways can be targeted when designing new treatments for glaucoma ...
Nov 21, 2022
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Exposure to indoor household pollution has been linked to poor pregnancy outcomes for women in low- and middle-income countries in a new study.
Nov 9, 2022
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