AHA News: After Stroke at 32, Young Mom’s Small Town Pitched in to Help
Latest Heart News THURSDAY, June 9, 2022 (American Heart Association News) Elizabeth Gilberg recently picked up a few new skills. At 50, she’s learned to knit and is relearning how to quilt. She took lessons in cross-country skiing and tried her hand at beekeeping. Bike riding didn’t go so well, but she’s game to keep […]
AHA News: Tiny Sprouts Provide Big Nutrition
Latest Nutrition, Food & Recipes News TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (American Heart Association News) Move over baby carrots and petite peas. Even tinier vegetables are catching on as go-to healthy foods. Microscale vegetables, a growing food category that includes sprouted seeds, are miniature in size yet big in nutrition. Eating sprouts well before they become […]
AHA News: Gender Gap in Some Heart Risk Factors Widens Among Young Adults
Latest Heart News THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (American Heart Association News) Gender gaps in blood pressure, physical activity and smoking have widened among young adults in the United States, new research finds, suggesting that prevention approaches should be carefully tailored to help people achieve ideal lifelong cardiovascular health. Overall heart health stayed about the same […]
AHA News: Her 2-Year-Old Niece Noticed Something Wrong During a Video Chat. It Was a Mini-Stroke.
Latest Heart News THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 (American Heart Association News) Exhausted at the end of a workday, Dawn Turnage plopped into a comfortable chair on her patio to soak up some sun before going to bed early. Her phone buzzed. It was a FaceTime call from her sister, April Washington. Washington was calling because […]
Another Link Between Prostate Cancer Hormone Tx and Impaired Cognition
Hormonal therapy for advanced prostate cancer, particularly enzalutamide (Xtandi), had a significant association with cognitive impairment, an analysis of a large drug-safety database showed. Traditional hormonal therapy increased the odds of cognitive impairment by 47% versus men who did not receive the therapy. The odds more than doubled among men who received novel androgen receptor […]
Drug Abuse & Addiction Definition, Treatment, Causes, Symptoms
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New study reveals that healthy plant-based diets are associated with a lower risk of developing diabetes
New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]) finds that the consumption of healthy plant-based foods, including fruits, vegetables, nuts, coffee, and legumes, is associated with a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D) in generally healthy people and support their role in diabetes prevention. […]
AHA News: With a Heart Attack and Stroke Behind Him, Pilot Plans Transcontinental Adventure
Latest Heart News American Heart Association News THURSDAY, March 24, 2022 (American Heart Association News) Since he was a teenager living in England, Romi Singh devoted his life to airplanes and flying. At 16, he became a glider pilot with the Royal Air Force Cadets. When his family moved to Canada, he joined the Royal […]
Drug Abuse & Addiction Disorder: Treatment, Causes, Symptoms & Effects
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AMA Debates Value of Natural Immunity to COVID
During the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates annual meeting, members debated whether natural immunity or previous infection with SARS-CoV-2 was sufficient for the merit of immunity credentials. Gregory Pinto, MD, a delegate from New York, called for policy recommending “that vaccination credentials be provided on the basis of natural immunity or previous SARS-CoV-2 […]