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Category: What do we know about heart disease?

What do we know about heart disease? What are the treatments, causes, prevention, and co-morbidities?
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Body fat can predict mortality risk in young adults

Posted on August 14, 2025July 28, 2025 by Nathan Gock

Researchers showed that body fat percentage can predict long-term mortality in young adults better than body mass index or waist size.

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    Do pregnancy complications increase risk of heart disease?

    Posted on March 13, 2023February 27, 2023 by Ruby Costigan

    Researchers found women who have complications during pregnancy could be at a higher risk of developing heart disease for up to 46 years…

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      10,000 steps a day to prevent dementia

      Posted on October 31, 2022June 25, 2025 by Nathan Gock

      A recent epidemiological study has found that 9826 steps a day may be the optimal step count to lower the risk of dementia.

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        Editing genes before birth as a new therapy

        Posted on August 16, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

        Although the term ‘gene editing’ may sound like science fiction, it isn’t! CRISPR-mediated gene editing is a technology first…

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          The little molecule that repairs your heart after a heart attack

          Posted on June 25, 2020June 17, 2025 by Sciworthy

          Recent experiments are starting to show how circular RNA might be able to help a heart regrow itself after a heart attack.

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            Trying to prevent cancer and heart disease? Skip the Vitamin D.

            Posted on December 4, 2018December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

            Vitamin D does not appear to help prevent cancer and heart disease in a 5 year long study of over 25,000 older Americans.

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              Is coconut oil really healthier than butter?

              Posted on November 13, 2018October 24, 2022 by Gina Misra

              Researchers found in a recent study that coconut oil had no impact on body weight but may have a small postive impact on cholesterol…

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                Effects of HIV and alcoholism or hepatitis C on the brain

                Posted on April 26, 2018December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

                As the medications for HIV have gotten more effective, people are living longer with HIV. However, as people living with HIV get older, they…

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                  Bacteria in your gut produce a chemical that increases fat storage

                  Posted on November 6, 2017June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

                  Since the invention of the microscope and discovery of microbes, their role in everyday life has been, to say the least, contentious. As…

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                    Pollution from traffic can cause DNA damage in children

                    Posted on June 19, 2017June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

                    Cars are everywhere. They are essential for our day to day lives, but these vehicles are a double-edged-sword. Cars emit exhaust gases, and…

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