Height loss linked to higher hip fracture risk in older men

Simulating feeling in amputated feet

Kidney transplant patients have lower risk of death when receiving VA care

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Smoking, drinking, drugs may bring on early heart disease, report suggests (The Washington Post) (02/20/2021)

Smoking, drinking and drug use have long been linked to heart disease in older adults. A new study suggests that recreational substance use can bring on heart attacks, strokes and other cardiac events in earlier life, too...

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• $1m grant funds research on potential new RX for prostate cancer (03/03/2021...Louisiana State University Health Science Center )


• Study links kidney stones with bone problems (03/03/2021... Wiley )


• Novel drug prevents amyloid plaques, a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (03/02/2021...University of California - San Diego)


• Swapping alpha cells for beta cells to treat diabetes (03/01/2021... UT Southwestern Medical Center )


• Adverse childhood and combat experiences may drive veterans' suicidal thoughts (03/01/2021...Penn State )

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