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Unexplained changes in cholesterol may help identify older adults …
1 day ago · When older adults have significant year-to-year fluctuations in their cholesterol levels without changes in medication, it could indicate an increased risk of developing dementia or cognitive ...
New measures of patient well-being can be applied readily in …
1 day ago · The Well-Being Brief is more in-depth but still efficient. The WBB is a self-administered measure that can be completed in about six minutes and is used to evaluate four areas in which the patient ...
Patients may become unnecessarily depressed by common heart …
1 day ago · Now a sub-study at Uppsala University shows that there is also a risk that these patients will become depressed by the treatment. The findings are published in the European Heart Journal: Acute ...
'Emotional contagion' found to be a factor in seniors' mental health
1 day ago · In a new study co-supervised by Plusquellec and UdeM psychology professor Sébastien Grenier and published in PLOS Mental Health, Richer found that vulnerability to emotional contagion is greater ...
Heart disease more common in past redlined areas linked to …
1 day ago · Heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity were more common and linked to reduced access to healthy foods among people who live in neighborhoods previously subjected to ...
Adequate sleep significantly reduces the risk of hypertension in ...
1 day ago · Credit: CC0 Public Domain. Adolescents who meet the recommended guidelines of 9 to 11 hours of sleep per day were shown to have a significantly lower risk of hypertension in a new study from ...
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While more is better, even moderate amounts of exercise may …
1 day ago · Adding an extra hour every week of physical activity may lower the chance of developing the most common type of irregular heartbeat (arrythmia) by 11%, a new study shows.
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Oct 15, 2024 · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) A pneumonia of unknown cause detected in Wuhan, China was ...