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Pregnancy complication suffered by the likes of Kim Kardashian may raise risk of heart attack by four-fold, study warns… so here’s the tell-tale signs to be aware of Pregnant women with pre-eclampsia four times more likely to have heart attack  A Danish study of a million pregnant women found stroke-risk was also higher Experts are calling for regular blood pressure […]

People with early cardiovascular disease may be more likely to have memory and thinking problems and worse brain health in middle age, according to new research published in Neurology. “Cardiovascular diseases such as heart disease and stroke have been associated with an increased risk for cognitive impairment and dementia in older adults, but less is known about how having these […]

The rate of parental stress is greater among parents who have sleep disorders themselves, or have children with sleep disorders, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Ray Merrill and Kayla Slavik of Brigham Young University, U.S., and colleagues. Sleep and stress disorders are known to have a two-way correlation, with stress […]

For immunocompromised adults, adherence to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention mRNA monovalent COVID-19 booster dose recommendations is low, according to a study published online Jan. 20 in JAMA Network Open. Sara Y. Tartof, Ph.D., M.P.H., from Kaiser Permanente Southern California in Pasadena, and colleagues examined mRNA COVID-19 vaccine uptake and factors associated with uptake among immunocompromised adults from […]

Measuring activity in the human brain remains one of the greatest challenges in science and medicine. Despite recent technological advances in areas such as imaging and nanoscience, researchers still struggle to accurately detect cognition. Currently, functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is used to measure brain activity, but this method requires the patient to lie still in a large, noisy, and […]

Researchers published the study covered in this summary on Research Square as a preprint that has not yet been peer reviewed. Key Takeaways There was an inverse relationship between blood levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and free thyroxine (FT4) in patients with various types of cancer, as seen in healthy patients, but the normal reference ranges for TSH and FT4 […]

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Recreational running offers a lot of physical and mental health benefits—but some people can develop exercise dependence, a form of addiction to physical activity which can cause health issues. Shockingly, signs of exercise dependence are common even in recreational runners. A study published in Frontiers in Psychology investigated whether the concept of escapism can help us understand the relationship between […]

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers performed a retrospective cohort study among immunocompromised patients registered with Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC), an integrated healthcare system in the United States of America (USA) between December 14, 2020, and August 6, 2022. Study: Analysis of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among Immunocompromised Individuals in a Large US Health System. Image Credit: chatuphot/Shutterstock […]