Implementing school-based programs aimed at teaching healthy cardiovascular health habits as early as preschool can achieve lasting lifestyle changes in children, according to a review published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
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- Analysis of 29-years of data from the Global Disease Burden 2019 study found that the incidence of stroke is declining in people ages 75 and older, yet increasing among younger and middle-aged adults (younger than 49) in certain geographic regions, particularly those who live in the South and Midwest regions of the U.S.
- Since 1990, the overall rate of people in the U.S. surviving stroke, living with stroke-related disabilities or dying from a stroke has continued to rise.
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A new study at Tel Aviv University revealed a pathological brain activity that precedes the onset of Alzheimer's first symptoms by many years: increased activity in the hippocampus during anesthesia and sleep, resulting from failure in the mechanism that stabilizes the neural network. The researchers believe that the discovery of this abnormal activity during specific brain states may enable early diagnosis of Alzheimer's, eventually leading to a more effective treatment of a disease that still lacks effective therapies.
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Obesity is associated with an increased risk of developing female reproductive disorders, however, the roles and mechanisms of obesity in the cause(s) of reproductive conditions are unclear. A study published February 1st in PLOS Medicine by Samvida Venkatesh at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, and colleagues suggests an etiological link between obesity and a range of female reproductive conditions, but the extent of this link differs among conditions.
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