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Reducing Salt and Increasing Potassium Will Have Major Global Health Benefits
April 5, 2013 Cutting down on salt and, at the same time, increasing levels of potassium in our diet will have major health and cost benefits across the world, according to new ... > full story -
Shift of Language Function to Right Hemisphere Impedes Post-Stroke Aphasia Recovery
April 4, 2013 In a study designed to differentiate why some stroke patients recover from aphasia and others do not, investigators have found that a compensatory reorganization of language function to right ... > full story -
Course of Cardiovascular Events More Predictable: A Protein Enables Risk Assessment
April 4, 2013 Medical researchers have managed to predict the probability of a cardiovascular patient suffering a heart attack, stroke or arterial occlusion within three months. In the long-term, this knowledge ... > full story -
Baldness Linked to Increased Risk of Coronary Heart Disease
April 3, 2013 Male pattern baldness is linked to an increased risk of coronary heart disease, but only if it's on the top/crown of the head, rather than at the front, a new analysis ... > full story -
Brain-Imaging Tool and Stroke Risk Test Help Identify Cognitive Decline Early
April 3, 2013 Medical researchers have used a brain-imaging tool and stroke risk assessment to identify signs of cognitive decline early on in individuals who don't yet show symptoms of ... > full story -
Mortality Rates Have Increased at Hospitals in Rural Communities for Certain Conditions
April 2, 2013 In an analysis that included data on more than 10 million Medicare beneficiaries admitted to acute care hospitals with a heart attack, congestive heart failure, or pneumonia between 2002 and 2010, ... > full story -
Switching to a Power Stroke Enables a Tiny but Important Marine Crustacean to Survive
April 2, 2013 To escape from the jaws and claws of predators in cold, viscous water, marine copepods switch from a wave-like swimming stroke to big power strokes, a behavior that has now been revealed thanks to ... > full story -
Cholesterol Buildup Links Atherosclerosis and Macular Degeneration
April 2, 2013 A new study raises the intriguing possibility that drugs prescribed to lower cholesterol may be effective against macular degeneration, a blinding eye ... > full story -
Tests to Predict Heart Problems and Stroke May Be More Useful Predictor of Memory Loss Than Dementia Tests
April 1, 2013 Risk prediction tools that estimate future risk of heart disease and stroke may be more useful predictors of future decline in cognitive abilities, or memory and thinking, than a dementia risk ... > full story -
Eating More Fiber May Lower Risk of First-Time Stroke
March 28, 2013 Eating more fiber may decrease your risk of first-time stroke, according to new ... > full story
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