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Exercise and eat your veggies: Privileged prescriptions like these don’t always reduce risk of heart disease

A leading cardiovascular disease researcher from Simon Fraser University is ringing the alarm on universal recommendations intended to improve heart…

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PREVENT equation accurately estimated 10-year CVD risk and those with calcium buildup

The PREVENTTM risk calculator helped to identify people with plaque buildup in the arteries of the heart, in addition to…

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Increased risk of psychopathology found in offspring of people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder

A new study confirms that children of people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder have a higher risk of developing psychopathology…

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Male bodybuilders face high risk of sudden cardiac death, especially those who compete professionally

Sudden cardiac death is responsible for an unusually high proportion of deaths in male bodybuilders worldwide with the highest risk…

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GOP, Trump Tax Cut Plan Puts SNAP Food Benefits at Risk

The nation’s largest anti-hunger program could soon face its most significant funding rollback in history to offset President Donald Trump’s…

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Controlling these 8 risk factors may eliminate early death risk for those with high blood pressure

A new study led by researchers at Tulane University suggests that people with high blood pressure can significantly reduce —…

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After cardiac event, people who regularly sit for too long had higher risk of another event

People who sit or remain sedentary for more than 14 hours a day, on average, may have a higher risk…

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Early puberty increases risk of overweight later in life for girls

Girls who enter puberty early have a higher risk of developing overweight later in life — even if they were…

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Changes in the aging heart may lessen the risk of irregular heartbeats

Virginia Tech researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have discovered that microscopic structural changes in the aging…

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Machine learning model helps identify patients at risk of postpartum depression

Postpartum depression (PPD) affects up to 15 percent of individuals after childbirth. Early identification of patients at risk of PPD…

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