Imperial Valley News Center
Recent asthma may be linked with abdominal aneurysm rupture
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- Written by American Heart Association
Dallas, Texas - Patients aged 50 and older with recent asthma activity were significantly more likely than non-asthmatics to experience abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture and sudden death, according to new research published in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, an American Heart Association journal.
Learning About Struggles of Famous Scientists May Help Students Succeed in Science
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- Written by APA
Washington, DC - High school students may improve their science grades by learning about the personal struggles and failed experiments of great scientists such as Albert Einstein and Marie Curie, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.
Criminal justice alcohol program linked to decreased mortality
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- Written by IVN
Washington, DC - A criminal justice program that requires offenders convicted of alcohol-related offenses to stop drinking and submit to frequent alcohol testing with swift, certain, and modest sanctions for a violation was linked to a significant reduction in county-level mortality rates in South Dakota.
Public Health Researchers Map World’s ‘Chemical Landscape’
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- Written by Stephanie Desmon
Baltimore, Maryland - Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have created a map of the world’s chemical landscape, a catalogue of 10,000 chemicals for which there is available safety data that they say can predict the toxicity of many of the 90,000 or more other substances in consumer products for which there is no such information.
How Your Brain Might be Secretly Thwarting Your New Year’s Resolutions
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- Written by Jill Rosen
Baltimore, Maryland - The human brain is wired to pay attention to previously pleasing things - a finding that could help explain why it’s hard to break bad habits or stick to New Year’s resolutions.
Tips to Avoid Heart Disease
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- Written by Deb Balzer
Imperial, California - Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women in the United States. According to the American Heart Association, more than 1 in 3 female adults has some form of cardiovascular disease. Risk factors can be hereditary, but other factors are related to your habits and lifestyle - things you can control and change to minimize your risk of developing heart disease.
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