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Health

These healthy habits might also lead to a happier life

Is the secret to happiness a warm puppy? A good marriage? A rewarding career? Or something else entirely?

Mar 20, 2023

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Neuroscience

Memories could be lost if two key brain regions fail to sync together, study finds

Learning, remembering something, and recalling memories is supported by multiple separate groups of neurons connected inside and across key regions in the brain. If these neural assemblies fail to sync together at the right ...

Mar 15, 2023

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Health

One in five adults in Australia can't name a heart attack symptom, finds study

New research has found one in five adults in Australia can't name any heart attack symptoms, and only around half report chest pain as a symptom. It has also helped inspire a new partnership working to increase awareness ...

Mar 9, 2023

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Medications

Adding sotatercept to existing therapy shows promise in treating rare heart-lung condition

Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a severe, progressive condition that affects the heart and lungs, who were treated with the novel first-in-class medication sotatercept on top of existing therapy experienced ...

Mar 7, 2023

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Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Dementia screening test adapted for people with hearing problems

University of Queensland researchers have adapted an internationally used test which screens patients for dementia and Alzheimer's disease, to make it suitable for people with hearing loss.

Mar 3, 2023

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Cardiology

When chest pain isn't a heart attack

Aside from injuries, the second most common reason adults in the United States go to the emergency department is chest pain, accounting for more than 6.5 million visits annually. Despite the growing prevalence of cardiovascular ...

Feb 20, 2023

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Obstetrics & gynaecology

Moms' and babies' medical data predicts prematurity complications, study shows

By sifting through electronic health records of moms and babies using a machine-learning algorithm, scientists can predict how at-risk newborns will fare in their first two months of life. The new method allows physicians ...

Feb 16, 2023

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Cardiology

Many stroke survivors have ongoing irregular heart rhythms

About 20% of people who survive what's called an ischemic stroke have irregular heart rhythms, which can lead to another stroke, researchers say.

Feb 9, 2023

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Cardiology

Congenital heart disease and pregnancy

Congenital heart disease is the most commonly diagnosed disorder in newborns worldwide. While babies born with this condition are living longer and healthier lives, some may go undiagnosed until adulthood.

Feb 8, 2023

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