Blood clots are the biggest cause of death in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)—ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease. In a retrospective study recently published in the journal Gastroenterology, Cedars-Sinai investigators found that a combination of rare and common genetic…
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Beware of Blood Pressure Changes at Night
MONDAY, Nov. 2, 2020 — If your blood pressure changes a lot overnight — either rising or falling — you may have an increased risk of heart disease and stroke, a new study from Japan reports. When systolic blood pressure…
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The 84p breakfast juice to protect against deadly high blood pressure symptoms at home
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. High blood pressure is a common condition that affects more than a quarter of all adults in…
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Mosquitoes’ taste for blood traced to four types of neurons
It’s one of the world’s deadliest animals, and it has a taste for human blood: the mosquito. Mosquitoes spread diseases like malaria, dengue, and yellow fever that kill at least a half a million people each year. Now researchers are…
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Woman dismissed as 'hysterical' had a second womb set for period blood explosion
When student Madeleine Janes, now 21, began to experience excruciating stomach pains in August 2015, doctors told her she was just constipated. But her symptoms, which kept her up at night as the pain was so intense she couldn’t sleep,…
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Liver research reveals structure of blood flow architecture, holding promise for transplants
The liver is not only the largest organ in the body but also plays one of the most important roles in human metabolism as it transforms toxic substances in the body. Understanding the way its blood vasculature works is crucial,…
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Kids with white-coat hypertension might be at risk for eventual progression to sustained high blood
Children and adolescents diagnosed with white coat hypertension might be at risk for eventual progression to sustained hypertension and should be monitored regularly, according to new research to be presented Sept. 10-13, 2020, at the virtual American Heart Association’s Hypertension…
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New treatment for rare blood cancer approved for NHS use in England
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has approved the drug brentuximab vedotin to treat some adults with a rare type of fast-growing lymphoma. Clinical trial data suggests that combining the targeted treatment with chemotherapy could give people…
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Your risk of severe COVID-19 may be affected by blood type, new genetic analysis suggests
Genes associated with certain blood types may increase the risk of severe COVID-19 infections, leading to respiratory failure and death, a new study suggests. The study authors found that people with blood type A were 50% more likely than people…
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Scientists developing COVID-19 antibody treatment from cow's blood
Are COWS the key to treating coronavirus? Human trial of an antibody treatment made from bovine blood is set to start next month SAb Biotherapeutics, based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, have genetically engineered cows to give them part-human immune systems…
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