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Reducing Stress Lowers Risk of Cardiovascular Problems Stories

Reducing Stress Lowers Risk of Cardiovascular Problems

A Review in The Lancet reveals the importance of healthy lifestyle choices to reduce stressors related to cardiovascular risk factors. Researchers from John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore examined records between 1990 to 2006. They observed how stress affects the sympathetic nervous system, impacts physiology, and the effect it has on the cardiovascular system. Lead author, Daniel Brotman, claims "Acute physical stressors such as sugery, trauma, and intense physical exertion are well known triggers of cardiovascular events. Emotional stressors are increasingly recognized as precipitants of such events." (Read more about Reducing Stress Lowers Risk of Cardiovascular Problems)

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Family History Stories

Family History

How well do you know your family medical history?

We mean, really know –in the sense of knowing what each parent, brother, sister, grandparent, and great-grandparent, aunt, uncle, and cousin has or has had in terms of medical conditions. (Read more about Family History)

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NEW MENINGITIS VACCINE Stories

NEW MENINGITIS VACCINE

The government has now formally recommended that a new meningitis vaccine be given to millions of children and college students. It’s the first time a meningitis vaccine is targeted for those under 18.
But there’s one problem: there’s not enough to go around.
Right now the meningitis vaccine that currently exists is recommended for college students and military recruits. (Read more about NEW MENINGITIS VACCINE)

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