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2 COVID Vaccine Tech Scientists Win Nobel Prize for Medicine
Hungarian scientist Katalin Kariko and U.S. colleague Drew Weissman, who met in line for a photocopier before making mRNA molecule discoveries together that paved the way for COVID-19 vaccines, won the 2023 Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday.
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Add 3,000 Steps Daily to Lower High Blood Pressure
Adding 3,000 extra steps a day can help older adults with hypertension significantly lower their blood pressure. About 80% of older adults in the United States have high blood pressure. Keeping it down can help protect against heart failure, heart attacks and strokes. "We'll...
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Fast-Acting Nasal Spray May Ease Rapid Heartbeat
Up to 2 million people in the U.S. experience rapid-fire heartbeats from time to time, and many end up in the hospital for treatment. But an investigational nasal spray may help folks with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) safely and quickly slow their heart...
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Yoga Improves Heart Failure Patients' Symptoms
Heart failure can make everyday activities and exercise tough to carry out, but yoga might be a beneficial add-on to standard care. A new study from India finds this ancient practice improves quality of life and cardio functioning. "Our patients observed improvement in...
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Wrist Temperature Could Predict Disease Risk
One day, it may be possible to monitor people for risk of disease through continuously measuring skin temperature. Researchers have found in a new study that wrist temperature is associated with future risk of disease. "These findings indicate the potential to marry emerging...
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Surgeons Transplant Second Pig Heart to Save Man
Surgeons have transplanted a pig's heart into a dying man in a bid to prolong his life - only the second patient to ever undergo such an experimental feat. Two days later, the man was cracking jokes and able to sit in a chair, Maryland doctors said Friday. The 58-year-old...
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Consuming Aspartame Could Harm Memory of Offspring
Researchers from Florida State University found that those who regularly consume the artificial sweetener aspartame could experience learning and memory problems - and their children could be affected as well. According to the study, published in Scientific Reports, the...
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Wildfire Smoke Pollution a Growing Health Threat
More people around the world are exposed to wildfire smoke that has the potential to harm human health, and their numbers are growing, new research finds. More than 2 billion people are exposed to at least one day of potentially health-impacting wildfire smoke each year, a...
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Millions Unknowingly Exposed to Secondhand Smoke
A lot of people who think they don't have secondhand smoke exposure actually do, according to a new study that compared survey answers with blood tests. According to the results of sensitive blood tests, more than half of American adults in the study had recently been...
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Cardiac Rehab Lowers Risk for Second Heart Attack
Cardiac rehabilitation is a key part of recovery from a heart attack, helping to prevent another, perhaps more severe one. About 800,000 people in the United States have a heart attack every year, about one-quarter of whom have already had a heart attack, according to the...
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Job Strain Doubles the Risk for Heart Disease in Men
A job that's demanding but less than rewarding may take a big toll on a man's heart health, a large new study suggests. The study, of nearly 6,500 white-collar workers, found that men who habitually felt stressed on the job had up to double the risk of developing heart...
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Heavy Drinking Tied to Dangerous Heart, Liver Fat
Before pouring another drink, consider this sobering new research: Heavy drinkers can develop fat around the heart, leading to heart failure and other cardiac problems. This so-called pericardial fat is associated with increased risk of heart disease. Researchers also linked...
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Women Less Likely to Get CPR in Public Spaces
CPR could save your life if you suffer cardiac arrest in a public place, but you're less likely to receive it if you're a woman, a new study finds. The findings were presented Monday at the European Emergency Medicine Congress, in Barcelona. "In an emergency when someone is...
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Best Foods to Fight Disease-Causing Inflammation
Inflammation is linked to some of the most common conditions affecting Americans today, including heart disease, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes and cancer. While short-term inflammation is key in defending the body against infection, when it becomes chronic the immune system...
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Even a Mild Head Injury Raises Your Stroke Risk
Any head injury - even a mild one - raises a person's risk of later having an ischemic stroke. Having multiple injuries increases that risk, even more so than the severity of a single traumatic brain injury (TBI), researchers report. "Our study found that those who experience...
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Lead Poisoning Causes More Deaths Than Thought
Lead poisoning has a far greater impact on global health than previously thought, potentially contributing to over five million deaths a year and posing a similar threat to air pollution, modelling research suggested Tuesday. The study, described as "a wake-up call", also...
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Sleep Apnea Patients Who Use CPAP Live Longer
Millions of people who suffer from sleep apnea go to bed at night with a motorized device called a CPAP machine. Now, two new studies confirm the treatment has significant benefits not just on quality of sleep, but also for keeping people's hearts healthy. Together, the...
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Most Blood Pressure Readings Taken in Wrong Position
The results of a 30-year study by researchers working with the American Heart Association (AHA) found that doctors should be taking two blood pressure readings: one, when the patient is sitting up and the second when the patient is lying down. Sometimes people with apparent...
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Birth Control, Painkiller Combo May Raise Clot Risk
It's well known that certain forms of birth control carry a small risk of blood clots. Now a large new study suggests that some common painkillers can magnify that risk. The study, of 2 million Danish women, found what numerous others have before: Women who used birth...
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Food Additive Linked to Increased Cardiovascular Risk
A large French study found a link between food additives called emulsifiers and an increased risk for cardiovascular disease. Emulsifiers are used to keep oils and water together to prolong the shelf life of processed foods, says MedPage Today. Emulsifiers are used in...
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VA Hospitals See Steep Rise in Heat-Related Illnesses
Heat domes and extreme heat waves have been battering the United States for years now, and a new study shows that increasing temperatures are doing real harm to humans. A significant increase in heat-related illnesses like heat stroke and heat exhaustion has occurred during...
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US Heart Deaths Linked to Obesity Have Tripled
Obesity taxes many parts of the body, but new research suggests the heart might take the hardest hit of all. Between 1999 and 2020, deaths from heart disease linked to obesity tripled in the United States, and some groups were more vulnerable than others. Specifically, Black...
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Why You Should Eat Some Avocados This Weekend
With Labor Day weekend here, chances are you'll be eating avocados in some form, such as a delicious guacamole dip, sliced on sandwiches or burgers, or in a salad. Not only will your taste buds benefit from eating creamy avocados, so will your heart and other organs....
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Statins Reduce Stroke Risk After a 'Bleeding' Stroke
Taking cholesterol-lowering statin medication after a bleeding stroke, or intracerebral hemorrhage, may lower the risk of a subsequent stroke caused by a blood clot, according to new research. "Previous research has had mixed results on the risk of stroke in people who are...
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Infertility Treatment Increases Women's Stroke Risk
Scientists have spotted an elevated risk of stroke in women who became pregnant after fertility treatments. Although the absolute number of strokes reported in the new study were low, women seeking fertility treatment should be made aware of the increased risk, said senior...