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risk factor
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No protective effect of alcohol on human health: yet another warning to fight the alcoholism bane
Alcoholism represents a real scourge for the United States and both scientific research and active prevention make considerable efforts to understand its causes and...
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Why mononucleosis takes root in some individuals and not for everyone? Science brings the answer to the “surface”
Of all the viral infections that affect humans, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is one of the most common. Upon initial infection, the virus causes mononucleosis...
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CD69: the receptor that joins immunity and vessels
Atherosclerosis is a disease characterized by the accumulation of lipid deposits in the artery wall, but the disease is usually not detected until after...
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Migraine: found an association with diabetes. What lies beneath?
According to the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017, headache disorders (consisting mainly of migraine), are the second leading cause of disability worldwide. Diabetes...
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Atrial fibrillation: new biomarkers prove themselves reliable
Atrial fibrillation (AF) remains one of the commonest causes of arrhythmia or disturbance of the heart rhythm. It affects around 1.6 million people in...
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Statins: they are over-prescribed and prevention goes revised
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are still the leading cause of death worldwide: in 2015 they were responsible for 40% of all deaths. In the last...
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cBIN1: the marker that could “set the score” for the heart
A team led by a Cedars-Sinai physician-scientist has discovered a biomarker - a protein found in the blood - for the most common type...
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Cystitis: what is the best prevention? Water, of course.
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are more common among women who have 50 to 60% of all women who receive these infections at least once...
