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Obesity is a massive global crisis, with around 650 million adults and 124 million children and adolescents impacted. It’s also estimated that up to 70% of body size is directly linked to genetic factors.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: … Continue reading Genes linked to sex and age pave the way for tailored weight-loss drugs
The debate over which physical activity is better has been in full swing since even before fitness became a global industry worth nearly US$100 million each year. But one type of workout is often overlooked in research that largely focuses on weight or… Continue reading Want to lower your blood pressure? Try a plank
Researchers have used machine learning to assess bone density scans for calcification in the aorta, the body’s main artery. They say their method could be used to predict future cardiovascular and other disease, even before symptoms appear.Continue Rea… Continue reading AI analysis will predict future disease from bone density scans
A 31-year-old woman desperately needed a heart transplant to save her life, but doctors knew her body would reject the organ. So they took an unusual approach: they also replaced her healthy liver. The procedure was a groundbreaking success.Continue Re… Continue reading Pioneering procedure swaps healthy liver to shield transplanted heart
For the first time, scientists have discovered how a gene mutation can cause heart disease in adults despite normal cholesterol levels and no other risk factors.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: University of Texas, Heart Disease, Heart a… Continue reading Gene mutation that can lead to heart disease identified
You’d find few arguments in the science world that a diet rich in fruit and vegetables doesn’t have wide-ranging health benefits. Now, a new study suggests that prescribing patients with type 2 diabetes could prevent 296,000 cases of cardiovascular dis… Continue reading Study makes the case for prescribing fruit and veg to treat diabetes
More than 30 years after it was identified as a key ‘longevity gene,’ the protein klotho has been used to boost the cognitive function of aging rhesus macaques, paving the way for human trials.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: anti-aging,… Continue reading Anti-aging therapy is one step closer after successful primate trial
According to a decade-long study, loneliness was a bigger risk factor for diabetics developing cardiovascular disease than smoking, diet, and physical activity. The researchers say the findings should inform patient evaluations going forward.Continue R… Continue reading Lonely diabetics have higher cardiovascular disease risk, says study
A genetic ‘bad’ cholesterol protein has been flagged as a hidden problem in coronary heart disease (CHD), with current medication that treats low-density lipoproteins (LDL) having little effect on this particular variant.Continue ReadingCategory: Medic… Continue reading ‘Silent’ killer in cholesterol more firmly linked to heart disease
Recovery from a heart attack is most often focused on lifestyle changes to support and protect cardiovascular health. But researchers out of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have sounded another alarm, finding that people who had suffere… Continue reading Brain function found to decline rapidly in years after a heart attack