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Raising HDL not a sure route to countering heart disease

Click Here to Read More … A new paper published online in The Lancet challenges the assumption that raising a person’s HDL — the so-called “good cholesterol” — will necessarily lower the risk of a heart attack.
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Environmental Epigenetics And Ovarian Disease

Click Here to Read More … Washington State University researchers have found that ovarian disease can result from exposures to a wide range of environmental chemicals and be inherited by future generations. WSU reproductive biologist Michael Skinner and his laboratory colleagues looked at how a fungicide, pesticide, plastic, dioxin and hydrocarbon mixtures affected a gestating rat’s progeny for multiple generations…
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FDA Approves New Orphan Drug to Treat a Form of Gaucher Disease

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Women Suffering Mental Stress May At Greater Risk For Heart Disease

Click Here to Read More … Coronary artery disease continues to be a major cause of death in the U.S., killing hundreds of thousands of people per year. However, this disease burden isn’t evenly divided between the sexes; significantly more men than women are diagnosed with coronary artery disease each year. The reasons behind this difference aren’t well defined…
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Meningococcal Disease: Help Prevent It

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Huntington’s Disease Linked to Reduced Cancer Risk in Study

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Findings suggest shared genetic mechanism, researchers say

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Should More Women Take A Daily Aspirin To Prevent Heart Disease?

Click Here to Read More … Heart disease is the leading cause of death among women, and evidence-based national guidelines promote the use of daily aspirin for women at increased risk for cardiovascular disease. However, less than half of the women who could benefit from aspirin are taking it, according to an article in Journal of Women’s Health, a peer-reviewed publication from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc…
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Drug-Eluting Stents Appear Safe for Older Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

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Babesiosis, a Malaria-Like Disease, May Be Rising Among Elderly in U.S.

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Women’s Heart Disease Risk Affected By State Wealth

Click Here to Read More … According to new research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), a state’s level of wealth or poverty is linked with levels of cardiovascular inflammation in women. Cardiovascular inflammation is a key risk factor for heart disease. This research, led by Cheryl R…
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