Posts Tagged ‘cancer’
Drink Tea and Live a Longer and Healthier Life
Don’t pass up that cup of tea, it may just lead a longer and healthier life, say Chinese researchers. “Habitual tea consumption is associated with lower risks of cardiovascular disease and all-cause death,” said first author Dr. Xinyan Wang, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China, in a study published today in the European Journal of Preventive…
Read MoreNIH launches First-of-its Kind Study to Search for Neuroprotective Stroke Therapies
On September 3, 2019, the Bethesda, Maryland-based National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it has called on researchers to make the standards and practices for conducting early stage, or preclinical, medical research on animals more like those used for clinical trials. To facilitate these research design changes, the NIH will provide $ 4 million…
Read MoreCDC Study Finds Heart Disease on the Rise While Cancer Deaths Decrease
Specifically, cancer deaths for adults, age 45 to 64, declined by 19 percent from 1999 to 2017, but hearth disease death rates declined by 22 percent from 1999 to 2011 and then increased 4 percent from 2011 to 2017, says Sally C. Curtin, M.A., of the Division of Vital Statistics, in the May 22 issue…
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