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Shingles Vax Lowers Risk for Heart Disease, Dementia
The shingles vaccine does more than just protect middle-aged folks and seniors against maddening rashes, a new study says. The vaccine also lowers their risk of heart disease, dementia and death, researchers reported in Atlanta Sunday at IDWeek, the joint annual meeting of...
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FDA Approves At-Home Lasix for Heart Failure
A new at-home version of a common heart failure drug could make treatment easier for millions of Americans. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Lasix ONYU (furosemide injection), a new drug-device combination developed by SQ Innovation, Inc., for...
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Habits In 20s, 30s Affect Later Heart Attack Risk
The healthy habits people adopt and stick with in their 20s and 30s have a massive and direct impact on their risk of a heart attack or stroke decades later, a landmark study says. Young adults who fail to keep heart-healthy practices can see their risk of future heart...
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Amgen to Sell Cholesterol Drug at 60% Discount
Amgen on Monday launched direct-to-consumer U.S. sales of its cholesterol medication Repatha at a discounted cash price, becoming the latest pharmaceutical company responding to U.S. political pressure to lower drug prices. The injected drug, with sales of $2.2 billion last...
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Kids' Long COVID Risk Doubles With Reinfection
Children and teens have a doubled risk of long COVID following their second COVID-19 infection, researchers report. What's more, long COVID dramatically increases kids' risk of myocarditis, blood clots, damaged kidneys, abnormal heart beats and other health problems,...
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Radiation Safely Treats Heart Rate Disorder
Targeted radiation therapy might be a safer way to treat a potentially dangerous heart rate problem, a new study says. Radiation therapy treated ventricular tachycardia as well as a standard but complicated procedure called catheter ablation, researchers reported Sept. 29 in...
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Air Pollution Worsens Sleep Apnea
Air pollution could be making matters worse for people with sleep apnea, according to a new study. Sleep apnea patients have more episodes of reduced or stopped breathing during their slumber in areas with heavier air pollution, researchers reported Tuesday at an European...
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Study: Heart Attack, Stroke Typically Foreshadowed
Nearly everyone who suffers a heart attack, stroke or heart failure had at least one warning sign that cropped up years before, a new study says. More than 99% of patients had one or more risk factors prior to their heart emergency, including high blood pressure, elevated...
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Cause of Most Heart Attacks in Younger Women
More than 60 million women - about 44% of the U.S. female population - are living with some form of heart disease. Despite these numbers, many people don't realize that heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in America, affecting women of all ages.A new study...
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The Health Benefits of Pumpkin Spice
As fall arrives, pumpkin spice is everywhere - in lattes, pastries, pasta, yogurt, ice cream, even popcorn. Love it or not, the aroma of cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and allspice instantly signals autumn. Beyond flavor, these spices also offer powerful health...
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Heart Disease Remains Top Cause of Death Globally
Heart disease remains the world's top killer, causing 1 in every 3 deaths around the globe, a new study says. Worldwide, the number of heart-related deaths has risen sharply, climbing to 19.2 million in 2023 from 13.1 million in 1990, researchers reported in the Journal of...
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Dr. Crandall: The Best Medicine Is Your Grocery List
Some of the most powerful medicine doesn't come in a prescription bottle , it comes from your grocery list.
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Wildfire Smoke Now Kills 41,000 Americans a Year
Every summer, hazy skies and the smell of burning wood remind Americans that wildfires affect far more than just the communities where they ignite. Their smoke drifts for hundreds, even thousands of miles, darkening the air in cities across the nation. But the health impact...
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Study: Weight-Loss Surgery Outperforms GLP-1 Drugs
Cutting-edge drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound are all the rage for dropping excess pounds, but weight-loss surgery might have a better impact on people's health, a new study says. People who had weight-loss surgery lost more weight, lived longer and faced fewer serious health...
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Reduce the Chronic Inflammation That Hastens Aging
Scientists have coined a new term to describe how inflammation drives the aging process. A recent study found that "inflammaging" is worsened by lifestyle habits. While inflammation is an essential defense against infection and injury, chronic low-grade inflammation is a...
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GLP-1s Provide Health Benefits to Psoriasis Patients
People with psoriasis might receive unexpected benefits from cutting-edge weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound, a new study says. Psoriasis patients taking GLP-1 drugs had a 78% lower risk of premature death and a 44% lower risk of heart attack, stroke or other...
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Mammograms Can Also Assess Women's Heart Health
Regular mammograms might offer a "two-for-one" opportunity to protect women's health, a new study says. Mammograms can be used to successfully predict heart disease risk in women, on top of their ability to detect early breast cancers, researchers reported Sept. 16 in the...
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Statins May Undermine GLP-1 Drugs
Statins are among the most prescribed - and profitable - drugs in medical history. But new research reveals that while they lower cholesterol, they may also quietly undermine metabolism by promoting insulin resistance, raising diabetes risk, and slashing GLP-1 levels by...
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Permanent Standard Time Could Cut Strokes, Obesity
Most Americans would be healthier if the nation dropped daylight saving time, a major new study says. Switching to permanent standard time would prevent about 300,000 cases of stroke per year and result in 2.6 million fewer people with obesity, researchers estimate in the...
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Report: FDA Backs Apple Watch BP Feature
Apple will roll out a hypertension detection feature on its smartwatch next week after receiving U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance on Thursday, Bloomberg News reported. Apple and the FDA did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment.The company...
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Common Arthritis Drug Also Lowers Blood Pressure
A common rheumatoid arthritis drug appears to also lower blood pressure, potentially reducing patients' risk of heart disease, a new study says. Methotrexate significantly lowered blood pressure compared to another arthritis drug called sulfasalazine, researchers reported...
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Smoking Appears to Be Back in Vogue - Or Is It?
On city streets and outside bars, cigarettes and e-cigs are back in hand. On screen, Timothée Chalamet and Bradley Cooper light up, while "cigfluencers" glamorize smoking online.
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Online Pics of Blood Pressure Testing Misleading
Folks figuring out how to take their blood pressure at home might be tempted to use online stock photos to see how it's done - but they really shouldn't, a new study warns. Only about 1 in 7 stock photos found online correctly depict the right way to measure blood pressure,...
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High BP in Childhood Raises Early Heart Death Risk
A heart health journey may start much earlier than once thought, as new research shows that kids with higher blood pressure at age 7 had a sharply increased risk of dying of heart disease by their mid-50s. The preliminary findings were presented Sunday at an American Heart...
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New Pill Lowers Stubborn BP In Kidney Patients
A novel pill that blocks the hormone aldosterone shows promise for lowering blood pressure and potentially delaying the progression of kidney disease in people with both conditions. The preliminary findings were presented Saturday at an American Heart Association (AHA)...