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Adopting stricter state gun laws is linked to a safer school experience for students, a new study has found. Strengthening gun laws at state level was associated with teens being less likely to report being threatened or injured with a weapon at school, miss at least one day of school due to feeling unsafe, or […]
Continue Reading →Taking a high dose of icosapent ethyl — a pure and stable prescription form of the omega-3 fatty acid known as EPA — significantly reduces the occurrence of first, subsequent and total ischemic events, including heart attacks, strokes and related deaths, among people at high cardiovascular risk despite already being on statin therapy, according to […]
Continue Reading →As states around the country move to stiffen punishments for animal cruelty, researchers have found a correlation between the types of animal abuse committed and the perpetrator’s relationship to an animal and its owner. Source: Who should Fido fear? Depends on relationship
Continue Reading →New results pave the way for a new standard of care to improve the heart’s pump function in selected patients with heart failure. Source: New practice corrects pump function in heart failure
Continue Reading →For the first time, scientists have identified compounds found in coffee which may inhibit the growth of prostate cancer. This is a pilot study, carried out on drug-resistant cancer cells in cell culture and in a mouse model; it has not yet been tested in humans. Source: Scientists identify compounds in coffee which may inhibit […]
Continue Reading →A new study finds that taking statins for heart disease cuts risk of second serious event in half, yet only 6 percent of patients are following as directed. Source: Taking statins for heart disease cuts risk in half, yet only 6 percent of patients taking as directed
Continue Reading →Only one group of teenagers used marijuana more often after retail sales were legalized in Washington than they did before — high school seniors who work 11 or more hours per week, according to new research led by a WSU College of Nursing professor. Source: Most teens report using marijuana less often after legalization
Continue Reading →A team of scientists spent six months co-designing robots with informal caregivers for people with dementia, such as family members. They found that caregivers wanted the robots to fulfill two major roles: support positive moments shared by caregivers and their loved ones; and lessen caregivers’ emotional stress by taking on difficult tasks, such as answering […]
Continue Reading →Researchers have identified eight new gene mutations that may cause or contribute to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, a form of heart disease not caused by known external influences, such as high blood pressure, obesity, smoking, or diseased coronary arteries. Source: Eight new unique gene mutations in patients with hereditable heart muscle disease
Continue Reading →The more sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) people consumed, the greater their risk of premature death–particularly death from cardiovascular disease, and to a lesser extent from cancer, according to a large long-term study of US men and women. The risk of early death linked with drinking SSBs was more pronounced among women. Source: Higher consumption of sugary […]
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