Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Research links diseases to 'corroding' effect caused by high-salt diets
When hungry thoughts arise, think twice before reaching for a salty snack.
Apr 4, 2023
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Diabetes
Explaining cardiovascular risk disparities among young people with type 1 diabetes
Black and Hispanic children with Type 1 diabetes are more likely than their white peers to develop stiffened arteries—a precursor to heart disease and stroke—during the first decade of their diabetes diagnosis, new research ...
Mar 30, 2023
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Health
Vaping increasing among young Aussies, as risks confirmed
E-cigarette use among young Australians has increased "alarmingly" in recent years, as a major study led by The Australian National University (ANU) confirms the risks to health vaping poses.
Mar 21, 2023
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Health
Opinion: Heavy periods should be treated as a global health priority
Anemia, caused by heavy periods, can lead to severe bleeding after childbirth, writes Ian Roberts of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
Mar 17, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Examining the cause of leukemia in trisomy 21
Leukemia (blood cancer) is a group of malignant and aggressive diseases of the blood-forming cells in the bone marrow. Very intensive chemotherapy and in some cases a bone marrow transplant are the only cure. Like all cancers, ...
Mar 10, 2023
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Medications
New pain medications are still widely inaccessible to individuals living with sickle cell disease
Sickle cell disease (SCD), a rare chronic, progressive, life-threatening, inherited blood disorder, often affects individuals with chronic pain that can be debilitating to their quality of life. Yet less than 4% of people ...
Mar 8, 2023
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Health
Make efforts to protect your hearing
About 48 million Americans have some degree of hearing loss, but there are ways to preserve this important sense.
Mar 3, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A two-pronged approach to target critical malaria protein
A protein that plays a critical role in helping malaria parasites infect red blood cells—known as apical membrane protein 1 (AMA1)—has been found to bind to more than one receptor on the surface of the cells.
Mar 3, 2023
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Cardiology
Study: Being overweight in childhood is a risk factor for blood clots as an adult
Being overweight in childhood and in early adulthood are discrete risk factors for blood clots later in life, a University of Gothenburg study shows. The study is based on the early BMI history of more than 37,000 men and ...
Mar 2, 2023
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Genetics
Stress gene dysregulation found in kids after injury from abuse differs from that found after accidents
Epigenetic changes in the regulation of a key gene in the body's stress response system were detected in babies and young children with abusive injuries, as opposed to accidental, according to a pilot study published in the ...
Mar 1, 2023
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