Credit: CC0 Public Domain A recent paper published in Frontiers in Neuroscience, outlines a pulse-pressure-induced pathway of cognitive decline that sheds light on why previous treatments for dementia may have failed and proposes promising new directions for the prevention and treatment of dementia. "Over the last couple years, a sea change in dementia and Alzheimer's…
High blood pressure is a common condition that affects more than a quarter of all adults in the UK. But you could lower your risk of developing hypertension by simply dancing at home, it's been claimed. High blood pressure - which is also known as hypertension - puts extra stress on blood vessels and vital…
Acting Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Thsonono Buyeye. The NMB Chamber of Business is worried that, without a permanent mayor, the metro is at risk of not tabling a budget.The metro has been without a mayor since December 5, with Councillor Thsonono Buyeye in an acting capacity since then.Political analyst and lecturer Ongama Mtimka said competing…
Widely used drugs to control high blood pressure may help protect against severe Covid-19, a new study found, allaying concerns that they could make the illness caused by the coronavirus worse.Overall, patients with high blood pressure did have twice the risk of death and were more likely to need mechanical ventilation to help them breathe…
By Saumya Joseph(Reuters) - Widely used drugs to control high blood pressure may help protect against severe COVID-19, a new study found, allaying concerns that they could make the illness caused by the coronavirus worse.Overall, patients with high blood pressure did have twice the risk of death and were more likely to need mechanical ventilation…
4 min read The following story contains spoilers for The Pitt season 2, episode 6, "12:00 P.M." LIKE SO MANY other viewers of The Pitt, I watched the show's first season in a binge. And for a show that's so fast-paced and where each episode truly bleeds directly into the next, that felt right. For
6 min read Kimmie Ng, M.D., a Boston oncologist, started noticing an alarming trend in her work a few years ago. Men in their 20s, 30s, and 40s—runners, CrossFitters, lifelong nonsmokers—were streaming through her door at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. They all appeared lively and strong—yet there they were, battling colorectal cancers, a family of
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