Retired? Hardly: At 99, this pioneering heart doctor still leading the way

Health Problems

At 99 years old, most people are not engaging in complex research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Jeremiah Stamler is no ordinary person. The author and co-author of hundreds of peer-reviewed studies and books, Stamler’s cutting-edge research into the cardiovascular health impact of lifestyle factors like diet, smoking, diabetes, cholesterol and blood pressure has been cited […]

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Humans’ ‘inner salamander’ capacity could regrow cartilage

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Humans have the ability to regrow cartilage, a new study has found. In a way similar to how salamanders and other creatures can regrow lost limbs, humans have the capacity to repair and regenerate cartilage in their joints, researchers at Duke Health discovered. “We believe that an understanding of this ‘salamander-like’ regenerative capacity in humans, and the critically missing components […]

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Nothing clinically ‘wrong’ with obsessive gamers, new study finds

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Research by Oxford University, carried out in partnership with Cardiff University, and published today in Clinical Psychological Science, has found little evidence to suggest an unhealthy passion for gaming amongst adolescents, often referred to as “gaming addiction,” requires clinical intervention by medical professionals. Based on data from over 1,000 adolescents and their caregivers, the study suggests those engaged in dysfunctional […]

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Recalling good memories together

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Recalling positive memories can help you feel better about yourself. Charlotte van Schie is aiming to use this fact to help people with a borderline personality disorder become stronger. She has written about her research for Human Brain Mapping, and at the LIBC open day on 11 October she gave a “flash talk” titled “Coloured memories in the brain.” Positive […]

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Stormi Dances to a Remix of Kylie Jenner's Viral 'Rise and Shine' and Travis Scott Leaves a Comment

Family Health

Stormi Webster is a dancing queen! After Kylie Jenner‘s “Rise and Shine” song overtook Twitter this week, the 22-year-old reality star played a remixed version for her 20-month-old daughter, who happily danced along — until she was ready to hear music from her dad, Travis Scott. In the video, Stormi wears a tie-dyed T-shirt over red leggings and white sneakers […]

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Study looks at pediatric firearm-related eye injuries in the U.S.

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(HealthDay)—A quarter of all U.S. ocular firearm injuries occur within the pediatric population, according to a study published online Oct. 10 in JAMA Ophthalmology. Rebecca Weiss, M.D., of the Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, New York, and colleagues used data collected from the National Trauma Data Bank to analyze firearm-related ocular injuries (1,972 injuries) for pediatric patients (younger than 21 […]

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What Is 'Sadfishing' & Is Your Kid Doing It?

Kids Health

You might just have got your head around catfishing — and now there’s another type of online fishing to contend with. But it’s worth being aware of, for your kid’s safety. The exact origins of the term are unclear, but it’s hardly surprising that it relates to one of the members of the most influential social media family of today. […]

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Drug treats inflammation associated with genetic heart disease that can be deadly in young athletes

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When young athletes experiences sudden cardiac death as they run down the playing field, it’s usually due to arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM), an inherited heart disease. Now, Johns Hopkins researchers have shed new light on the role of the immune system in the progression of ACM and, in the process, discovered a new drug that might help prevent ACM disease symptoms […]

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