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Food insecurity tied to migraine in young adults
insecurity was significantly associated with migraine prevalence in young adults, according to Jason M. Nagata, MD, of the University of California, San Francisco, and associates.Data were collected from a cross-sectional, nationally representative set of 14,786 young adults in the United States aged ......(full story)
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CVD risk upped in postmenopausal breast cancer survivors
breast cancer survivors are at greater risk for cardiovascular disease than are their peers without breast cancer, according to a new study of nearly 300 women.Previous studies have shown that cardiovascular risk is greater among postmenopausal women treated for breast cancer compared ......(full story)
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Cannabis vaping among teens tied to tobacco use
in 10 high school students has used an e-cigarette device to vaporize (vape) cannabis and that practice is associated with cigars, waterpipe and e-cigarette use, findings from a survey of nearly 3,000 adolescents have shown.[[{\"fid\":\"247914\",\"view_mode\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"fields\":{\"format\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][value]\":\"\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][format]\":\"filtered_html\",\"field_file_image_credit[und][0][value]\":\"6okean/iStock/Getty Images Plus\"},\"type\":\"media\",\"field_deltas\":{\"2\":{\"format\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][value]\":\"\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][format]\":\"filtered_html\",\"field_file_image_credit[und][0][value]\":\"6okean/iStock/Getty Images Plus\"}},\"attributes\":{\"class\":\"media-element file-medstat-image-flush-right\",\"data-delta\":\"2\"}}]]“Although the prevalence ......(full story)
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Genetic analysis links PCSK9 inhibition and CV mortality
genetically low levels of LDL cholesterol, by means of functional variants in the PCSK9 gene, were associated with a reduced risk of CV mortality, but not all-cause mortality, in a large cohort of individuals.[[{\"fid\":\"170927\",\"view_mode\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"fields\":{\"format\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]\":false,\"field_file_image_credit[und][0][value]\":\"ktsimage/Thinkstock\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][value]\":\"\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][format]\":\"filtered_html\"},\"type\":\"media\",\"field_deltas\":{\"1\":{\"format\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]\":false,\"field_file_image_credit[und][0][value]\":\"ktsimage/Thinkstock\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][value]\":\"\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][format]\":\"filtered_html\"}},\"attributes\":{\"class\":\"media-element file-medstat-image-flush-right\",\"data-delta\":\"1\"}}]]“We tested the hypothesis that genetically low LDL ......(full story)
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Cardiovascular events in U.S. RA patients fall to non-RA level
– U.S. patients with rheumatoid arthritis stopped having an excess of cardiovascular disease events during the 2000s.[[{\"fid\":\"247618\",\"view_mode\":\"full\",\"fields\":{\"format\":\"full\"},\"type\":\"media\",\"field_deltas\":{\"1\":{\"format\":\"full\"}},\"attributes\":{\"class\":\"media-element file-full\",\"data-delta\":\"1\"}}]]During both the 1980s and 1990s, patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) residing in a 27-county region in southeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin had cardiovascular disease ......(full story)
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