Category: Health Newsfeed
May 24, 2017 – Abuse and Health
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Anchor lead: Abuse may complicate healthcare for women, Elizabeth Tracey reports Health consequences of abuse to women, whether that’s something that happened when they were children or adults, impacts on their management of chronic health problems. That’s according to Carmen …
May 23, 2017 – Smoking and Methylation
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Anchor lead: How does smoking lead to harm for fetuses? Elizabeth Tracey reports Everyone knows that pregnant women shouldn’t smoke, with a Johns Hopkins study under the direction of Kristen Voegtline perhaps identifying one way cigarette smoke exposure may harm …
May 22, 2017 – WHO Focus
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Anchor lead: Depression treatment for younger people needs attention, Elizabeth Tracey reports Depression is this year’s focus for the World Health Organization, and Patricia Davidson, dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, says a particular emphasis must be on …
May 19, 2017 – Genetic Promise
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Anchor lead: Asking why some people with Marfan syndrome don’t have its worst consequences has led to new ways to intervene, Elizabeth Tracey reports Even when someone has the genetic make-up to develop Marfan syndrome, a connective tissue disorder that …
May 18, 2017 – Genes and Marfan’s
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Anchor lead: Genes may point the way to effective treatment for Marfan’s syndrome, Elizabeth Tracey reports Marfan syndrome is characterized by defects in the connective tissue in the body, with some people developing life-threatening balloon-like lesions in the body’s largest …
May 17, 2017 – Plaque and Alzheimer’s
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Anchor lead: Can assessments in middle age predict Alzheimer’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports Middle-aged people with more risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease also have more of a substance called amyloid, known to be associated with the disease, in their brains, …