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High blood pressure may put women at greater risk for dementia later in life by increasing white matter abnormalities in the brain, report researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health in a study published online in the Journal of Clinical Hypertension. "Hypertension is very common in the U.S...

Consuming carbohydrates with high glycemic index-an indicator of how quickly a food affects blood glucose levels-appears to be associated with the risk of coronary heart disease in women but not men, according to a report in the April 12 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals...

SUNDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) -- Physical activity and adequate levels of vitamin D appear to reduce the risk of cognitive decline and dementia, according to two large, long-term studies scheduled to be presented Sunday at the International ...

Women who take birth control drugs that contain drospirenone, a synthetic progesterone, have a significantly higher risk of developing life-threatening blood clots and sudden caridac arrest. In clinical studies drospirenone has been found to increase the risk of hyperkalemia, an abnormally high concentration of potassium in the bloodstream. Hyperkalemia is characterized by irregular heartbeat, nausea, and a slow, weak pulse. In otherwise healthy women with no history of heart disease, untreated hyperkalemia can lead to sudden cardiac arrest.

Palestinian women frequently give birth many times. This has given researchers in the oPt a unique opportunity to study the effects of numbers of births per woman (parity) on risk of coronary heart disease, since previous studies have lacked high numbers of women giving birth more than six times...

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