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More evidence salt substitutes lower risk of CVD and death
The blood pressure–lowering effects of dietary salt substitutes have a clear protective effect on hard clinical outcomes, leading to a reduction...
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Concerns that low LDL-C alters cognitive function challenged in novel analysis
A Mendelian randomization study appears to exonerate very low LDL-C but not therapies from altering cognition.
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Waking up at night could be your brain boosting your memory
“Every time I wake up in the middle of the night now, I think – ah, nice, I probably just had great memory-boosting sleep.”
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Metabolic syndrome raises dementia risk in under-60s
A large follow-up study found a link between dementia risk and the number of components of metabolic syndrome a person has a midlife.
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Body-brain neuroinflammation loop may cause chronic ME/CFS, long COVID symptoms
ME/CSF and long COVID are biologically based and involve ‘much disturbed physiology.’
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Nurses’ cohort study: Endometriosis elevates stroke risk
Cohort study links endometriosis to an increased lifetime stroke risk.
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CDC warns about potentially deadly virus in infants
The CDC is urging doctors to test for parechovirus if infants present with fever, seizures, and sepsis-like symptoms.
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Moderate drinking shows more benefit for older vs. younger adults
Nuanced analysis presents risks of alcohol consumption for individuals of different ages.
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Promising new tool for better migraine management in primary care
The medical record “best-practice alert,” aims at reducing specialist referrals and MRI studies.
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More evidence the flu vaccine may guard against Alzheimer’s
“The influenza vaccine may alter the brain’s immune cells such that they are better at clearing Alzheimer’s pathologies, an effect that has been...