Parents have been reading — and sharing — alarming reports of children who died or nearly died due to “dry
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Loud Noises Aren’t Just Annoying, They’re Bad for Your Health
Prolonged exposure to certain types of sound can have a major impact on your well-being. Screeching car alarms. Shrieking trains.
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Why heart function is reduced at high altitude
For over a century, we have known that high altitude reduces the amount of blood the heart pumps around the
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Another potential mechanism links androgen deprivation therapy to cardiovascular mortality: Study finds that androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer causes prolongation of QTc interval duration which could explain part of the increased risk of cardiovascular mortality and sudden cardiac death in these patients
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the US. As the prostate is a testosterone-responsive gland, androgen
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Early BPA exposure may influence cardiac function, according to new study in neonatal rats: Study explores impact endocrine disruptors have on cardiovascular function, recommends investigating alternative biomaterials for medical device products used in hospital settings
More than 8 million pounds of bisphenol A (BPA) is produced each year and reaches 90 percent of the population
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Osteoporosis drug may benefit heart health
The osteoporosis drug alendronate was linked with a reduced risk of cardiovascular death, heart attack, and stroke in a Journal
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Dementia trend shows later onset with fewer years of the disease
The diagnosis is one that a family never wants to hear: Your father has Alzheimer’s disease. Your mother has stroke-related
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Compound improves stroke outcome by reducing lingering inflammation: An experimental compound appears to improve stroke outcome by reducing the destructive inflammation that can continue months after a stroke, scientists report
An experimental compound appears to improve stroke outcome by reducing the destructive inflammation that can continue months after a stroke,
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Could statins ease deadly heart condition in rare neuromuscular disease? Study shows that cholesterol drug may help Friedreich’s ataxia patients
In preclinical studies using cell models that mimicked liver cells of patients with the rare disease Friedreich’s ataxia (FA), a
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New blood pressure guidelines could put lives at risk: Guidelines would class an extra 31 million Americans as having hypertension
The recent recommendations from American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association are as follows: lowering the threshold for
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