Baby showers bring to mind warm fuzzy blankets, pacifiers, and newborn clothes, but should a HEPA-filter be higher up on the list? A new report from the National Toxicology Program (NTP) may have you reconsidering the impact of air pollution … Read More
Running A Marathon May Affect Your Blood Vessels
Our friends at NHS.com recently published an article describing how training for a marathon may reverse the aging of blood vessels. Check out the full article here: https://www.nhs.uk/news/lifestyle-and-exercise/could-running-marathon-make-your-blood-vessels-younger/
Reversing the aging process may not be as complicated as we previously … Read More
Women’s blood vessels may age faster than men’s
Our friends at Healthline.com recently published an article about the aging of women’s blood vessels. Check out the full article here: https://www.healthline.com/health-news/women-blood-
pressure-rises-more-quickly-than-men
In a recent study, results have shown that women’s blood vessels may age faster than men’s. This … Read More
Actress Jane Krakowski on Being a Caregiver During Her Father’s Struggle With Vascular Dementia
Actress Jane Krakowski discusses the impact of her father’s early-onset dementia in this interview with AARP. Although her father was a brilliant, well-educated man with many hobbies, he began experiencing symptoms at the age of 61. Four years later
PAD leads to reduced blood circulation to an organ or region of the body. Common symptoms are pain, tightness, cramping, weakness or discomfort while walking. However, new research suggests cocoa may ease pain.
Read more at: https://vascularcures.org/2020/02/20/cocoa-may-ease-walking-pain-from-peripheral-artery-disease-pad/
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Federal research suggests women living near high-traffic areas are at higher risk for hypertension during pregnancy. The NIH cited "high traffic density regions" expose women to more pollution, effectively elevating their risk of hypertension. Read more: https://vascularcures.org/2020/02/10/air-pollution-from-traffic-may-be-causing-pregnancy-complications/
Vascular Cures has awarded Collaborative Patient-Centered Research (CPCR) grants to two teams at four leading academic medical centers: UCSF, University of Florida, UPMC, and Vanderbilt. Read more at: https://vascularcures.org/2020/02/07/two-new-collaborative-patient-centered-research-grants-awarded-to-study-aortic-aneurysms-pad/
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