October 3, 2024 by Elana Gotkine About 6.7 million Americans older than age 20 years have heart failure, according to an updated report from the Heart Failure Society of America published online Sept. 24 in the Journal of Cardiac Failure. Biykem Bozkurt, M.D., Ph.D., from the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, and colleagues updated...
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Suicide attempts decreased after adding suicide care to primary care, study finds
September 30, 2024 by Kaiser Permanente After suicide care was integrated into routine primary care visits, researchers saw a 25% decrease in the rate of suicide attempts in the following 90 days, a new Kaiser Permanente study finds. The study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, is the first to show that suicide risk...
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Cheek cell–based epigenetic clock allows scientists to estimate mortality risk
October 1, 2024 by Frontiers We don’t all age at the same rate. But while some supercentenarians may age exceptionally slowly due to winning the genetics jackpot, a plethora of behavioral and lifestyle factors are known to speed up aging, including stress, poor sleep, poor nutrition, smoking, and alcohol. Since such environmental effects get imprinted...
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Women with premature ovarian insufficiency found to be at greater risk of severe autoimmune diseases
September 25, 2024 Severe autoimmune conditions such as type I diabetes, Addison’s disease, lupus and inflammatory bowel disease are between two to three times more common in women who have been diagnosed with premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) compared to the general population, according to new findings. The research, published in Human Reproduction, is the largest...
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Now we know why children with Down’s syndrome have higher risk of Leukemia
News Release 25-Sep-2024 Peer-Reviewed PublicationUniversity of Copenhagen – The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences People with Down’s syndrome face a higher risk of developing Leukemia. Now researchers from the University of Copenhagen and Stanford University explain why, by identifying specific changes in blood cells of people with Down’s syndrome. In the world, one out...
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More than half of people who use party drugs take ADHD medicines without a prescription, new research shows
September 22, 2024 by Rachel Sutherland, Amy Peacock, Caroline Salom, Jodie Grigg and Raimondo Bruno, The Conversation Credit: Alex Green from PexelsEach year, the National Drug and Alcohol Research Center at UNSW Sydney surveys hundreds of people who regularly use drugs in Australia to understand trends in substance use around the country. Today, we’ve released...
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More than 39 million deaths from antibiotic-resistant infections estimated between now and 2050, suggests analysis
September 16, 2024 by Lancet Credit: CC0 Public DomainMore than 39 million people around the world could die from antibiotic-resistant infections over the next 25 years, according to a study published in The Lancet. The new study by the Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance (GRAM) Project is the first global analysis of antimicrobial resistance (AMR)...
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Researchers find increased risk of autoimmune disease in stone bench-top industry, call for better screening
September 16, 2024 by Monash University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIn what could be a preview of an even greater disease burden for those workers in the artificial stone benchtop industry, Monash researchers have conducted a large study finding that those workers exposed to silica dust show a higher incidence of blood markers that are the...
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U.S. Overdose Deaths Drop for the First Time in Decades
“What makes it fascinating is the speed at which it’s happening,” said Dr. Daniel Ciccarone, a physician and addiction researcher By Vanessa Etienne Updated on September 18, 2024 03:58PM EDT Stock image of medication. Photo: Getty ImagesDrug overdose deaths in the United States have plummeted for the first time in decades, according to public health...
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Acute myocardial infarction increased in people with epilepsy between 2008 and 2017, finds study
September 18, 2024 by Lori Solomon The prevalence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in people with epilepsy increased from 2008 to 2017, according to a study published online Aug. 4 in Frontiers in Neurology. Zhemin Pan, from Tongji University School of Medicine in Shanghai, and colleagues analyzed temporal trends in prevalence, adverse clinical outcomes, and...