Health
Why do people faint?
Maybe it's a bride standing in a hot chapel, or an exhausted runner after a race. It could be someone watching a medical procedure on television or a donor at a blood drive.
Jun 20, 2019
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Medical research
New genetic weapons challenge sickle cell disease
Help for patients with sickle cell disease may soon come from gene editing to fix the mutation that causes the disease and boost the patient's own protective fetal hemoglobin.
Jun 3, 2019
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Neuroscience
Drugs to prevent stroke and dementia show promise in early trial
Treatments that prevent recurrence of types of stroke and dementia caused by damage to small blood vessels in the brain have moved a step closer, following a small study.
Apr 25, 2019
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Could an eye doctor diagnose Alzheimer's before you have symptoms?
A quick eye exam might one day allow eye doctors to check up on both your eyeglasses prescription and your brain health.
Mar 11, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Lung cancer treatment combo given initial NHS 'no' in England
A treatment combination has been provisionally rejected for people with certain types of lung cancer on the NHS in England.
Feb 12, 2019
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Health
Polar vortex brings frostbite danger: Protect yourself
(HealthDay)—Minus 29 Fahrenheit in Fargo, minus 28 in Minneapolis, minus 13 in Des Moines.
Jan 31, 2019
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Cardiology
What can the ability to balance reveal about brain health?
Stand on one leg. Can you stay that way for 20 seconds?
Jan 25, 2019
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Cardiology
New technology gives unprecedented look inside capillaries
More than 40 billion capillaries—tiny, hair-like blood vessels—are tasked with carrying oxygen and nutrients to the far reaches of the human body. But despite their sheer number and monumental importance to basic functions ...
Jan 24, 2019
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Cognitive impairment risk increased in hypertensive patients with progressive cerebral small vessel disease
Patients with high blood pressure and progression of periventricular white matter hyperintensities showed signs of cognitive impairment despite taking medication to lower their blood pressure, according to new research in ...
Jan 4, 2019
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Medical research
Study suggests way to prevent rare pulmonary disease
Research by Vanderbilt scientists suggests that it may be possible to prevent or even reverse pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a rare, progressive disease characterized by narrowing of and high blood pressure in the ...
Nov 16, 2018
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