Diabetes and heart attack is a particularly risky combination
After a heart attack, patients with diabetes are at greater risk of heart failure and subsequent death than those without
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Microbes may play a role in heart attack onset
Microorganisms in the body may contribute to destabilisation of coronary plaques and subsequent heart attack, according to late breaking research
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Highest-resolution human brain ‘parts list’ to date lays road map to better treatments: Crucial differences discovered in human and mouse brain cells could explain why many drugs that work in the lab don’t work in us
A new study from the Allen Institute for Brain Science has written the most detailed “parts list” of the human
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Autonomic nervous system appears to function well regardless of mode of childbirth
Late in pregnancy, the human body carefully prepares fetuses for the rigors of life outside the protection of the womb.
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Brain anatomy links cognitive and perceptual symptoms in autism
Neuroscientists at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) and University College London have found an anatomical link between cognitive
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Train your brain, change your brain
Less than one hour of brain training with neurofeedback leads to a strengthening of neural connections and communication among brain
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Diabetes drug effective against heart failure in wide spectrum of patients: Those with reduced ejection fraction see greatest decrease in death and hospitalizations
The cardiovascular benefits of the diabetes drug dapagliflozin extend across a wide spectrum of patients and are especially pronounced in
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Increasing frailty may lead to death
A new study published in Age and Ageing indicates that frail patients in any age group are more likely to
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Brain clock ticks differently in autism
The neural ‘time windows’ in certain small brain areas contribute to the complex cognitive symptoms of autism, new research suggests.
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