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Blood clots can be dangerous, especially if all or part of them break off and then travel through the bloodstream.

What causes blood clots?

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Yesterday, a small new study out of the Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner Research Institute compared the effects of the artificial sweetener erythritol versus sugar and landed on grim results—specifically, that erythritol increased the risk of blood clots and heart disease. If you’ve ever tried to cut back on your...

A New Study Links a Popular Zero-Calorie Sweetener to Blood Clots and Heart Disease. Here’s What a Cardiologist Wants You to Know

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Wait, Are People Over 60 Supposed To Take Aspirin for Heart Health or Not?

Beta-blockers lower your heart rate and reduce your heart’s workload. If you have heart failure, they may help improve your cardiac function. Possible side effects include unusually slow heart rate and low blood pressure. Beta-blocker medications block the production of two stress hormones called epinephrine and norepinephrine. Doctors may...

Do Beta-Blockers Work for Heart Failure?

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Supplements are often taken to improve health and fill nutritional gaps, but not all are as beneficial as they seem. Some supplements, particularly when taken in excess or without proper guidance, can have unintended negative effects. For example, certain supplements can unknowingly contribute to high blood pressure and increase the risk of cardiovascular events.

4 Worst Supplements That Could Actually Lead To High Blood Pressure And Cardiovascular Events: Licorice Root & More

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A MUM’S “beautiful” newborn baby died in her arms after she was repeatedly told there was “nothing to worry about.” Louise Martin’s son Joshua was diagnosed with group B strep (GBS) three days after he was born and the infection left to severe complications including brain damage. GBS is the most common cause of infection […]

My ‘beautiful’ newborn baby died in my arms after I was repeatedly told there was ‘nothing to worry about’

For decades, sodium restriction has been a cornerstone in the management of heart failure, driven by the belief that reducing salt intake helps control fluid retention and improve outcomes. Heart failure is marked by the activation of the renin-angiotensin and noradrenergic systems, leading to fluid retention. Consequently, limiting sodium intake has been seen as a way to mitigate these effects and reduce edema and other complications associated with heart failure.

Salt restriction in heart failure

Alcohol consumption, especially heavy drinking, can increase your risk of heart attack. Drinking may immediately increase the risk for a heart attack, and over time, alcohol contributes to heart disease in women and men, increasing the risk of a heart attack. Heavy drinking is especially dangerous: One study found that binge drinkers are 72% more likely to have a heart attack than people who don’t binge drink.

Can Alcohol Cause a Heart Attack?

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A Cleveland Clinic study linked the sugar substitute erythritol to increased risk of blood clots. Sugar did not have the same effect.

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A 58-year-old man in the United States is the first person in the world to have had his failing heart replaced with a temporary, titanium blood-pumper.
The metal organ looks like it was made for the Tin Man, but it was actually designed by the medical device company BiVACOR to replace the full function of a flesh-and-blood human heart for as long as possible.



					
			

BiVACOR's Total Artificial Heart (TAH) is not designed to beat like a real one. But even without flexible chambers or pumping diaphragms, BiVACOR claims it is powerful enough to sustain a man during exercise, and small enough to...

World First: Heart Made From Titanium Kept a Man Alive For Days


Humans have an incredible ability to guess a person's name simply based on the appearance of their face.
A new study has found it could be a case of self-fulfilling prophecy.
When a photograph of an adult was shown to participants with four possible name choices, they chose the correct name at a rate well above chance. When child faces were shown, however, the study's participants weren't nearly as good at matching faces to names.



					
			

The findings suggest that we tend to alter our appearance as we mature to better suit our own names, whether it be through hairstyles, makeup, glasses, piercings, or...

Wild Study Finds Your Name Has an Incredible Effect on Your Face


Tiny fragments of microplastics are making their way deep inside our bodies in concerning quantities, significantly through our food and drink.
Scientists have recently found a simple and effective means of removing them from water.



					
			

A team from Guangzhou Medical University and Jinan University in China ran tests on both soft water and hard tap water (which is richer in minerals), adding in nanoplastics and microplastics (NMPs) before boiling the liquid and then filtering out any precipitates.
In some cases, up to 90 percent of the NMPs were removed by the boiling and filtering process, though the effectiveness varied based on the type...

There's a Surprisingly Easy Way to Remove Microplastics From Your Drinking Water

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Medically reviewed by Rafle Fernandez, MDMedically reviewed by Rafle Fernandez, MDAn enlarged heart (also known as cardiomegaly) isn't a condition on its own but is often an underlying sign of heart problems. Several conditions like coronary artery disease, high blood pressure, and kidney disease can cause an enlarged heart.Some people with an enlarged heart don't experience symptoms at all, but others may experience symptoms like trouble breathing, a racing heartbeat, and fluid build-up—all of which tend to worsen with physical exertion.  
      What Size Should Your Heart Be?Typically, your heart is about the size...

Signs and Symptoms of an Enlarged Heart (Cardiomegaly)

Younger adults (aged 20 – 40 years) with OSA were 3 times more likely to experience any type of CVD event than those without OSA. Young adults aged 20 – 40 years with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have greater cardiovascular disease (CVD) rates than adults with OSA who are > 40 years old, a new study found.1.

Cardiovascular Disease Rate is Greater in Younger Than Older Adults with OSA

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Mammal mothers give up a lot to care for their young. To nourish their newborns with milk, their bodies pull calcium from their very own bones. 
Scientists have long wondered why mothers' skeletons don't crumple under the pressure, and US researchers led by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) think they have solved the mystery.
The team has discovered a whole new hormone in female mice that promotes the growth of astonishingly strong and dense bones.
Neuroscientists have named it the maternal brain hormone (MBH), though it works to build strong and healthy bones in mice of all ages and sexes.
"One...

Scientists Discover a New Hormone That Makes Super-Strong Bones

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For many, the word 'cholesterol' is synonymous with danger. Yet, a growing body of evidence suggests that high cholesterol might be a ticket to longevity, especially for heart patients. Yes, you read that right. Let me explain.

The Cholesterol Debate: Why Higher Levels Could Be Better For Health and Longevity


We have a problem with sucralose. Found in many zero-calorie foods and drinks, the artificial sweetener doesn't get broken down by the body, and as a new study shows that means it's potentially damaging the microorganisms at the very bottom of aquatic food webs.



					
			

"We can't break down sucralose, and a lot of microorganisms can't break it down, either, because it's a really tough molecule that doesn't degrade easily," says marine bioscientist Tracey Schafer, from the University of Florida.
"So there are a lot of questions about how it is affecting the environment and whether it's something that could impact our microbial...

Artificial Sweetener May Be Wreaking Havoc on Microorganisms

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach


At the mere flick of a magnetic field, mice engineered with nanoparticle-activated 'switches' inside their brains were driven to feed, socialize, and act like clucky new mothers in an experiment designed to test an innovative research tool.



					
			

While 'mind control' animal experiments are far from new, they have generally relied on cumbersome electrodes tethering the subject to an external system, which not only requires invasive surgery but also sets limits on how freely the test subject can move about.
In what is claimed to be a breakthrough in neurology, researchers from the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in Korea have developed a...

Scientists 'Mind Controlled' Mice Remotely in Extraordinary World First


Given how profound an influence opioids have on the world – for better or worse – scientists know surprisingly little about how these drugs actually work.
A recent study led by researchers from University of California Davis describes a new method by which researchers can watch in real-time as the nervous system responds to the activation of its opioid receptors.



					
			

By incorporating fluorescing receptors in neurons of mice, the team showed it was possible to visualize the activity of opioids as they operated inside a living brain.
For many people, the word 'opioid' brings to mind drugs like heroin and fentanyl. However, the...

Opioids Watched in Real Time as They Work Deep Inside The Brain

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Severe Tooth Loss Linked to Risk of Fatal Heart Disease, Study Finds


Losing a mouthful of teeth, as can happen in older age, has been linked to a greater risk of dying from heart disease, stroke, and other...

Severe Tooth Loss Linked to Risk of Fatal Heart Disease, Study Finds

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