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In Elderly, Metabolic Syndrome May Lead to Memory Decline

By Mark Schweizer

11 days ago

Metabolic syndrome, which is a cluster of medical issues that includes high blood pressure, a large waist and low HDL (good) cholesterol levels, may bring on mental decline ...

Diet That Lowers Blood Pressure May Prevent Kidney Stones

By Mark Schweizer

11 days ago

A diet designed to prevent high blood pressure might also help ward off kidney stones, a new study suggests. Participants who followed the DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to ...

Cutting Back on Salt Doesn’t Reduce Risk of Dying

By Mark Schweizer

11 days ago

Cutting back on salt may lower your blood pressure, but it might not help you live any longer, a new study finds. A moderate reduction in salt intake ...

U.S. Obesity Rates May Be Leveling Off

By Mark Schweizer

11 days ago

The steady increase in U.S. obesity rates over the past 20 years seems to be leveling off, according to a new study from researchers at the Centers for ...

Obese Men at Greater Risk for Infertility

By Mark Schweizer

11 days ago

Men who are overweight or obese are at a greater risk for infertility, a new analysis says. Compared with men of normal weight, overweight and obese men were ...

Bedbug Bites: What You Need to Know

By Mark Schweizer

11 days ago

Bedbugs have recently reared their insatiable little heads in the Empire State Building, movie theaters, airplanes, apartments, clothing stores, hotel rooms and even Google’s Manhattan office. Businesses are ...

Your Brain on Nicotine: Smoking May Thin Its Outer Layer

By Mark Schweizer

11 days ago

Smoking may thin the outer layer of the brain — the cerebral cortex — according to a new study. The researchers scanned the brains of 22 smokers and ...

105 Million Americans Have Diabetes or Prediabetes, CDC Now Says

By Mark Schweizer

11 days ago

Close to 26 million Americans have diabetes, and 79 million have prediabetes, or abnormally high blood sugar levels, according to new estimates by the Centers for Disease Control ...

Polluted Freeway Air Causes Brain Damage in Mice

By Mark Schweizer

11 days ago

The air around highways — full of tiny particles of burned-up fossil fuel, car parts and pavement — causes damage and inflammation in the brains of mice, a ...

Q & A: Why do Scientists Perform Experiments on Monkeys?

By Mark Schweizer

11 days ago

The way that the spinal cord sprouts new nerve fibers after a spinal cord injury was further illuminated today by new research conducted in Rhesus monkeys. We spoke ...

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In Elderly, Metabolic Syndrome May Lead to Memory Decline

Diet That Lowers Blood Pressure May Prevent Kidney Stones

Cutting Back on Salt Doesn’t Reduce Risk of Dying

U.S. Obesity Rates May Be Leveling Off

Obese Men at Greater Risk for Infertility

Bedbug Bites: What You Need to Know

Your Brain on Nicotine: Smoking May Thin Its Outer Layer

105 Million Americans Have Diabetes or Prediabetes, CDC Now Says

Polluted Freeway Air Causes Brain Damage in Mice

Q & A: Why do Scientists Perform Experiments on Monkeys?

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