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CDC, FDA, States Continue to Investigate Severe Pulmonary Disease Among People Who Use E-cigarettes
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 26 August 2019 26 August 2019
Washington, DC - 193 potential cases of severe lung illness associated with e-cigarette product use had been reported by 22 states (CA, CT, IL, IN, IA, MN, MI, NC, NJ, NM, NY, PA, TX, UT, WI, and additional states pending verification). These were reported between June 28th and August 20th of this year.
Insomnia tied to higher risk of heart disease and stroke
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- Written by Karen Astle Karen Astle
- Published: 25 August 2019 25 August 2019
Dallas, Texas - People suffering from insomnia may have an increased risk of coronary artery disease, heart failure and stroke, according to new research in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation.
Intensive blood pressure control may slow age-related brain damage
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- Written by Hillary Viers Hillary Viers
- Published: 17 August 2019 17 August 2019
Washington, DC - In a nationwide study, researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to scan the brains of hundreds of participants in the National Institutes of Health’s Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) and found that intensively controlling a person’s blood pressure was more effective at slowing the accumulation of white matter lesions than standard treatment of high blood pressure.
Leaders of NIH’s All of Us Research Program recap progress and next steps
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 17 August 2019 17 August 2019
Washington, DC - The All of Us Research Program at the National Institutes of Health has made strong progress in its efforts to advance precision medicine, according to program leadership in a forthcoming paper in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Enterovirus antibodies detected in acute flaccid myelitis patients
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- Written by Anne A. Oplinger Anne A. Oplinger
- Published: 17 August 2019 17 August 2019
Washington, DC - A new study analyzing samples from patients with and without acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) provides additional evidence for an association between the rare but often serious condition that causes muscle weakness and paralysis, and infection with non-polio enteroviruses.