Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
Cognitive impairment is the decline in higher level thought processes of the brain, such as the ability to interpret information, make decisions or memory function. The risk of cognitive decline increases with advanced age. In the early stages of this process, this is only detected with careful testing with ...
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Monday, November 26th, 2007
An elevated heartrate is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular illness and death. This study looked at whether an elevated heartrate in people with normal blood pressure was linked to developing elevated blood pressure in the future.
Subjects were grouped in quartiles(4 groups) based on ranges of heartrates. There ...
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Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
Downing an “energy drink” may boost blood pressure as well as energy. This was the conclusion of researchers who performed a small study on healthy volunteers that was presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2007. In the study, conducted by Wayne State University researchers, blood pressure and heart rate levels increased in healthy ...
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