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Bruce Christensen, RPh
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20 Mar
High Blood Pressure Deaths On the Rise in Younger Women
A new study finds deaths from heart disease related to high blood pressure have quadrupled over the past two decades in young women.
19 Mar
Early Morning Workouts May Be Best for Your Heart — Especially Around 7 a.m.
A new study suggests people who exercise in the early morning have lower risks of coronary artery disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity.
18 Mar
Could a Simple Nasal Swab Help Catch Alzheimer’s Disease Sooner?
A new study shows cells collected high in the nose may reveal early biological clues tied to Alzheimer’s disease.
A Nasal Swab for Alzheimer's? Duke Team Has One in Testing
Detecting the first signs of Alzheimer’s disease may one day be as easy as swabbing the inside of your nose.
An experimental swab, patented by Duke Health, picked up early changes in nerve and immune cells even before thinking and memory problems had emerged.
"If we can diagnose people early enough, we might be able to start th...
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Your Bank Account Might Show How Well Your Brain Will Age, Researchers Say
A person’s bank statement might predict how fast their brain will age, a new study says.
Money troubles in middle and old age were consistently associated with worse memory scores and faster brain decline, researchers recently reported in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
The link was strongest among folks 65 and o...
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Rural Residents Have Highest Cancer Death Rates, Researchers Say
Rural residents face an increasingly larger share of cancer deaths in the U.S., with the gap continuing to widen between them and their urban brethren, a new study says.
Rural areas had the highest cancer death rates in 2021 to 2023, while large cities had the lowest rates, researchers reported March 19 in the Journal of the National C...
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Insurance Lapses Play Havoc With Diabetes Management, Study Shows
People with type 2 diabetes struggle to control their disease if their insurance coverage is shaky, a new study says.
Low-income adults who experience insurance “churn” – losing coverage off and on – have poorer blood sugar control and need more diabetes meds than those whose insurance coverage remains steady, resea...
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Psychedelics Aren't Better Than Antidepressants In Treating Depression, Review Concludes
Psychedelic drugs don’t appear to work any better than antidepressants among people with major depression, a new evidence review says.
Despite the hype around using “magic mushrooms” and LSD to treat some mental disorders, psychedelic-assisted therapy did not outperform traditional antidepressants when researchers compare...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- March 23, 2026
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Heat Advisories Might Not Trigger Soon Enough For Some Seniors, Study Finds
Heat waves might endanger some urban-dwelling seniors at temperatures lower than those now used by cities to declare a heat emergency, a new study warns.
The risk of heat stroke and death among some seniors rises dramatically when the heat index reaches 90 degrees or higher for at least two days in a row, researchers reported March 20 in <...
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