MRI shows effects of high blood pressure on the brain
High blood pressure has a negative effect on the brain's white matter -- and not just in older adults but in younger ones as well, researchers have reported.
A study conducted by a team led by Junyeon Won, PhD, of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas found that diffusion-weighted MRI brain white matter metrics showed a connection between hypertension and white matter abnormalities. Their results were published March 15 in Hypertension.
"[We found that] high blood pressure and high hypertension stage were associated with [diffusion-weighted MRI white matter brain characteristics]," the group wrote.
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Clinical News Subspecialties MRI Neuroradiology Source Type: news
Calcifications on mammo could identify women at risk of CVD
Detecting breast arterial calcifications on routine mammograms could identify women at a higher risk of future cardiovascular disease (CVD), a study published March 13 in Clinical Imaging found.
Researchers led by Shadi Azam, PhD, from Weill Cornell Medicine in New York found links between such calcifications and older age, diabetes, parity, younger age at first birth, and hypertension in women who underwent both screening mammography and cardiac CT angiography (CCTA).
“Additionally, we found that when neither breast arterial calcifications nor coronary arterial calcifications were present, the estimated 10-year risk o...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Womens Imaging Source Type: news
Zambia: Zambian Women Are Obsessed With Using Tobacco for Sex - Despite the Health Risks
[Global Press Journal] Lusaka, Zambia -- They ingest snuff to self-medicate and insert it in their vaginas to increase their partner's sexual pleasure. But smokeless tobacco could compound the already steep health challenges they face. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 15, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Southern Africa Women and Gender Zambia Source Type: news
Altria (NYSE:MO) Plans to Sell $2.2B Worth of BUD Shares - TipRanks.com
Tobacco giant Altria (NYSE:MO) announced plans to sell a significant portion of its shares in beer company Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE:BUD) via a secondary offering. This move will allow Altria to cash in on its investment and boost buybacks. Looking to raise $2.2 billion from the sale, according…#anheuserbuschinbev #bud #bloombergaltria #anheuserbusch #altria #holds (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Exposure Among Middle and High School Students to Warning Labels on E-Cigarette Packages Before and After an FDA Requirement, 2018-2019
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Source: CDC Preventing Chronic Disease - March 14, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
Cancer death rates in middle-age Brits 'have fallen by a third since the early 90s'- but cases could rise with growing obesity levels
Death rates from the disease among 35 to 69-year-olds have plummeted as a result of screening, better treatments and the fall in smoking rates. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
CT-FFR shows how smoking affects heart volume-to-myocardial mass ratio
Both current and former smokers show lower coronary volume-to-myocardial mass ratio (V/M) on CT fractional flow reserve (CT-FFR), researchers have found.
In a study published March 14 in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging, a team led by Kenneth Holmes, MD, of St Paul's Hospital and University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, reported that smoking was associated with lower coronary volume-to-myocardial mass ratio in individuals with coronary artery disease (CAD) -- results that further cement the link between smoking and heart disease.
"[We found that] current and former smoking were independently associated with ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 14, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Clinical News CT Cardiovascular Radiology Source Type: news
Cancer death rates in middle-age Brits 'have fallen by a third since the early 90s'
Death rates from the disease among 35 to 69-year-olds have plummeted as a result of screening, better treatments and the fall in smoking rates. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'Please quit, it's not worth it': 24-year-old who vaped a hole in his LUNG pleads with other young people not to use e-cigarettes
Joseph Lawrence, 25, who now lives in Las Vegas , revealed he had been puffing on the fruity-flavored devices for years. But this March he suffered from a collapsed lung. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dentist reveals devastating effect nicotine replacement gums, pouches and vapes can have in warning to ex-smokers
Today is National No Smoking Day 2024. However, a British dentist has issued a warning to vapers and ex-smokers that cigarette alternatives can also cause harm to their teeth and gums. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Coleen Nolan says terrifying health scare was 'wake up call' to quit smoking
The Loose Women star opened up about the scary experience ahead of No Smoking Day in England on Wednesday. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Coleen Nolan teams up with NHS to spread awareness after health scare
Coleen Nolan opened up about her health journey to raise awareness for No Smoking Day this Wednesday (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why You Suddenly Have Allergies
When Dr. Gailen Marshall was training to become a physician, he was taught that allergies were a kid thing. “Back in the day, the allergist’s office was full of children,” says Marshall, who is the president of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. “If you ever thought about doing allergy testing or allergy shots in someone older than 40, that’s because you were just a money-grubbing doctor.”
A lot has changed since then. In 2021, about a quarter of U.S. adults reported seasonal allergies, compared to 19% of children.
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Source: TIME: Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Foods and vitamins to take in a bid to quit on No Smoking Day 2024
The day aims to raise awareness of the health implications of the bad habit and encourages others to quit smoking. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Jamie Dimon doesn ’t care if Bitcoin hit a record high, but will defend people’s right to buy it like he’ll defend your right to smoke a cigarette
A Bitcoin frenzy has pushed the price of the cryptocurrency above $72,000 to a record high, but even that isn't enough to convince JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon of its value. Over the past month the price of the digital currency has surged more than 40%, prompting bullish backers to hail the end…#bitcoin #jpmorganchase #jamiedimon #dimon #sydney #jeromepowell #australian #financialreview #mtgox #warrenbuffett (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
