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Feeling Kind of Blue? Blame the Neanderthal In You

Neanderthal genetic variants are strongly linked to a dozen traits

(Newser) - It's long been known that the predecessors of modern humans and Neanderthals lived side by side, but it wasn't until 2010 that it was discovered the two species interbred . In fact, as much as 4% of the DNA of modern humans with European or Asian ancestry comes from...

Why Your Coffee Habit Is a Good Thing
 More Proof Your 
 Coffee Habit Is 
 a Good Thing 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Nov 22, 2015 9:44 AM CST

More Proof Your Coffee Habit Is a Good Thing

3 to 5 cups per day slash your risk of death from several causes

(Newser) - Good news, coffee drinkers: You're less likely to die than those who steer clear of java. A new Harvard study finds regular coffee consumption not only boosts longevity but reduces your risk of diabetes, heart disease, and suicide. The study—based on surveys of more than 200,000 women...

Why We Shouldn't Sleep Late on Weekends

Changes in sleep patterns on days off can lead to health problems, says study

(Newser) - Do you wake up early for work on weekdays? Then we're afraid researchers from the University of Pittsburgh have some bad news for you: You should be waking up early on weekends, too. UPI reports that a study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism found changes...

In Their Hearts, Men, Women Age Differently

Heart disease may need to be treated differently in men and women

(Newser) - Even the hearts of men and women age differently, a finding that could have implications in treating heart disease. So report Johns Hopkins University researchers in the journal Radiology after they combed through the results of a longitudinal study following nearly 3,000 men and women for, on average, nearly...

New Blood Pressure Study Could Save Many Lives

Researchers say our blood pressure needs to be much lower

(Newser) - Today, federal health officials announced the "potentially lifesaving" results of a major study that could reduce the overall mortality rate of the United States, the New York Times reports. The study, which looked at 9,300 people over the age of 50, found that doctors aren't aiming low...

Long Work Hours Massively Raise Stroke Risk
Bad News for Those Who Work 55+ Hours a Week
NEW STUDY
Aug 20, 2015 3:37 AM CDT

Bad News for Those Who Work 55+ Hours a Week

Stroke risk goes up the more you work, researchers say

(Newser) - If you're putting in more than 55 hours a week at work, the chances are good that you're working toward having a stroke, researchers say. A study involving more than 600,000 people found that people who work that many hours have a 33% higher stroke risk and...

5 Lifesaving Things to Know About Heart Attacks

Like why you should always call 911

(Newser) - With heart disease causing one of every seven American deaths, the New York Times today offers a few things to know about heart attacks—that could save your life:
  • Common symptoms: Chest pain, pressure, or squeezing is the most common symptom, but you might also experience abdominal pain, back pain,
...

The Shorter You Are, the Higher Your Heart Disease Risk

Research looks at genetics in 200K people

(Newser) - It's tough enough being on the shorter side, and a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine doesn't make things any easier. Researchers in the UK find that being small of stature increases the risk of coronary heart disease, the Telegraph reports. More specifically, for every...

For Clean Arteries, Drink Coffee
 For Clean Arteries, 
 Drink Coffee 
STUDY SAYS
Mar 3, 2015 11:18 AM CST

For Clean Arteries, Drink Coffee

S. Korean study links moderate consumption, cleaner arteries

(Newser) - Indulging in coffee may lower your risk for melanoma , make for awesome naps , and even help fend off retinal degeneration . Now there's another possible health benefit: According to a study published in the Heart journal, people who drank a moderate amount of coffee (three to five cups a day)...

Could Using a Sauna Help You Live Longer?

Finnish study links sauna use, decreased risk of heart-related death

(Newser) - "Finns say the sauna is a poor man's pharmacy," a 54-year-old Helsinki native told the BBC in 2013. "If a sick person is not cured by tar, spirits, or sauna, then they will die." Looks like the Finns—most of whom have private saunas at...

New Heart Disease Culprit: Ramen?
 New Heart Disease 
 Culprit: Ramen? 
STUDY SAYS
Aug 21, 2014 8:27 AM CDT

New Heart Disease Culprit: Ramen?

Study examines South Korea's intake—the highest in the world

(Newser) - Think of this the next time you slurp a cheap cup of hot ramen noodles: It could be linked to heart disease, especially if you're a woman, the AP reports. A new American study of South Korea's ramen consumption examined the diets of 10,700 people aged 19...

Gene Injection Gives Pigs 'Biological Pacemakers'

Heart cells were reprogrammed to beat normally

(Newser) - A promising experiment on pigs could help save the bacon of people with heart trouble who are having problems with electronic pacemakers. Researchers at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute injected genes into the hearts of pigs with irregular heartbeats, reprogramming regular heart cells into pacemaker cells that temporarily restored a normal...

Here's How Stress Causes Heart Attacks

It turns out your body thinks you're sick or wounded

(Newser) - It's common knowledge that stress can lead to a heart attack, but scientists have never actually known how—until now. It turns out that when you're stressed, your body starts overproducing white blood cells, or leukocytes, as if you had a wound or infection, researchers from the Harvard...

Endurance Training May Lead to Pacemaker Later
Endurance Training May Lead to Pacemaker Later
study says
May 14, 2014 7:00 PM CDT

Endurance Training May Lead to Pacemaker Later

Intense exercise messes up a heart-regulating protein, says study

(Newser) - Could exercise be—gasp!—bad for you? Well, not exactly, but there is a downside to too much of it, a new study from the British Heart Foundation has found. In mice, endurance-based exercises were linked with a drop in production for a key heart-regulating protein, resulting in lowered...

Argue More, Die Sooner
 Argue More, Die Sooner 
STUDY SAYS
May 9, 2014 3:21 AM CDT

Argue More, Die Sooner

Study links fighting too much to early death

(Newser) - If you find yourself in frequent conflict with friends, family members, or neighbors, you might be arguing yourself into an early grave, a new study finds. Researchers say middle-aged people who have frequent arguments are two to three times more likely to die prematurely, with those who often squabble with...

Alzheimer&#39;s Deaths May Rival Cancer
 Alzheimer's Deaths 
 May Rival Cancer 
study says
Mar 5, 2014 7:25 PM CST

Alzheimer's Deaths May Rival Cancer

Study says it's under-reported, is actually No. 3 cause of death

(Newser) - The official stats on Alzheimer's have it as the sixth-leading cause of death in America, with about 83,000 fatalities a year. But new research suggests that undershoots the mark six-fold, reports CNN . The study in Neurology estimates that Alzheimer's kills 503,000 people a year, a number...

Why Cancer Just Won&#39;t Die
 Why Cancer Just 
 Won't Die 
Jan 5, 2014 5:30 PM CST

Why Cancer Just Won't Die

It's partly statistics, partly the nature of the disease: George Johnson

(Newser) - When someone is dying these days, it often seems to be cancer—but that doesn't mean we've lost the war against this dreadful disease, writes George Johnson at the New York Times . Cancer's resilience is partly statistical: Heart disease has plummeted 68% since 1958 while cancer has...

The New Guides on Statins Are Insane
 The New Guides 
 on Statins Are Insane 
OPINION
Nov 14, 2013 1:15 PM CST

The New Guides on Statins Are Insane

Giving cholesterol drugs to healthy Americans is not the answer, 2 experts argue

(Newser) - The American Heart Association and the College of Cardiology want millions more healthy Americans to take cholesterol-lowering statins , which might sound like a good idea "if statins actually offered meaningful protection from heart disease; if they helped people live longer or better; and if they had minimal adverse side...

Human Cost of Iraq War: 461K Lives
 Human Cost of 
 Iraq War: 461K Lives 
new study
Oct 16, 2013 12:34 PM CDT

Human Cost of Iraq War: 461K Lives

New research finds many Iraqis died because of health-care issues

(Newser) - How many Iraqis died in the Iraq war? It's tough to say—the usual methods of calculating such things (like census counts) aren't available in the country, reports the Los Angeles Times . But one new study, published yesterday in PLOS Medicine , puts the figure at 461,000. Researchers...

For Heart Patients, Exercise as Good as Drugs

But don't chuck the pills just yet, researchers say

(Newser) - A lot of heart patients would be just as well off—and some potential stroke victims even better off—if their doctors prescribed physical activity instead of drugs, according to a new study. Researchers say they crunched the numbers from hundreds of studies involving 340,000 patients to pit medication...

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