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03 Sep 2016

Driving BP too low may damage heart in hypertension patients

Driving diastolic blood pressure - the lower number in a blood pressure reading - too low, while treating hypertension, may put patients at risk of heart tissue damage, a new US study has found.

12 Jan 2016

Three new glaucoma-related genes found

Glaucoma is a group of conditions that damage the optic nerve, the bundle of nerve fibers connecting the eye to the brain.

11 Jan 2016

Smartphones to turn into pancreas, treat Type 1 diabetes

The system works with a readily available pen drive-sized blood-glucose sensor that can be worn in a variety of places on the body, such as an arm, leg, or the abdomen.

US National Institutes of Health

26 Sep 2015

Large study on how substance use affects young brains launched

The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Friday awarded 13 grants to research institutions around the country as part of a landmark study about the effects of adolescent substance use on the developing brain.

15 Sep 2015

Air pollution linked to increased deaths from heart disease

Even minuscule increases in the amount of tiny chemical particles -- by 10 micrograms per cubic metre of air, for example -- lead to roughly a 10 percent increase in risk of death due to heart disease.

31 Jan 2015

Obama seeks $215 million for unique medical plan

US President Barack Obama has sought $215 million for an effort that will match patients` genetic and physiological data to treat their health conditions more precisely.

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