A new treatment has been shown to significantly lower blood pressure in people whose levels stay dangerously high, despite taking several existing medicines, according to the results of a Phase III clinical trial led by a UCL Professor.
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Common heart drug taken by millions found useless, possibly risky
Beta blockers—drugs commonly prescribed for a range of cardiac conditions, including heart attacks—provide no clinical benefit for patients who have had an uncomplicated myocardial infarction with preserved heart function. Beta blockers have…
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Exercise may actually reverse your body’s aging clock
A new research perspective was recently published in Aging, titled “Exercise as a geroprotector: focusing on epigenetic aging.”
In this perspective, led by Takuji Kawamura from Tohoku University, researchers reviewed existing evidence from…
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Beet juice secretly helps older adults lower blood pressure in just two weeks
The blood pressure lowering effect of nitrate-rich beetroot juice in older people may be due to specific changes in their oral microbiome, according to the largest study of its kind.
Researchers at the University of Exeter conducted the study,…
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Physicians Lose Cancer Detection Skills After Using Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence shows great promise in helping physicians improve both their diagnostic accuracy of important patient conditions. In the realm of gastroenterology, AI has been shown to help human physicians better detect small polyps…
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New AI model predicts which genetic mutations truly drive disease
When genetic testing reveals a rare DNA mutation, doctors and patients are frequently left in the dark about what it actually means. Now, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed a powerful new way to determine…
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Cells “vomit” waste in a hidden healing shortcut that could also fuel cancer
When injured, cells have well-regulated responses to promote healing. These include a long-studied self-destruction process that cleans up dead and damaged cells as well as a more recently identified phenomenon that helps older cells revert to…
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Why ultra-processed diets make you gain fat even without extra calories
Over the past 50 years, rates of obesity and type-2 diabetes have soared, while sperm quality has plummeted. Driving these changes could be the increasing popularity of ultra-processed foods, which have been linked to a range of poor health…
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Ancient DNA finally solves the mystery of the world’s first pandemic
For the first time, researchers have uncovered direct genomic evidence of the bacterium behind the Plague of Justinian — the world’s first recorded pandemic — in the Eastern Mediterranean, where the outbreak was first described nearly 1,500…
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Giving Up Smoking Might Make It Easier To Overcome Substance Abuse Disorders: Study
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO – JULY 28, 2018: A man holds a cigarette in his hand in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images)
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Quitting smoking cigarettes could enable a person with a substance abuse disorder to recover…
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