High blood pressure quietly activates a mechanism in your body that could eventually lead to a heart attack. It does this by gradually increasing the pressure of blood flowing through your arteries. Your arteries respond by becoming narrower and harder….
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Healthy eating behaviors in childhood may reduce the risk of adult obesity and heart disease
How children are fed may be just as important as what they are fed, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association, “Caregiver Influences on Eating Behaviors in Young Children,” published today in the Journal of the…
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Study identifies 275 ways to reduce spread of coronavirus following lockdown
Phased re-opening of schools, businesses and open spaces should be considered alongside a range of practical ways to keep people physically apart, say the authors of a new study on how lockdown can be eased without a resurgence of coronavirus…
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“Only the distance is an expression of welfare”: Social Distancing works
To stay at home, as far as it goes: This is currently the most important tip that you should follow each Individual in the fight against the Coronavirus. The idea is that The less contact people have, the lower the…
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Pneumococcal vaccines are effective—But new strategies needed to reduce meningitis
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) have been highly effective in reducing pneumonia and other invasive infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria. But rates of meningitis have shown little change, as pneumococcal strains not targeted by PCVs emerge as more important causes…
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Genetic variants reduce risk of Alzheimer’s disease
A DNA study of over 10,000 people by UCL scientists has identified a class of gene variants that appear to protect against Alzheimer’s disease. The findings, published in Annals of Human Genetics, suggest these naturally occurring gene variants reduce the…
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