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Can social connection aid heart health in African-American community?

For black adults, connecting with neighbors could do much more than create a sense of community—it also might be good for their heart. A study presented this week at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and Prevention/Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions suggests black adults who interact regularly with their neighbors have better cardiovascular health than […]

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Asthma’s androgen connection

Women are more prone to developing asthma, particularly more severe types of asthma, compared to men. Studies have shown that the sex hormones, estrogen and testosterone, influence the mechanisms driving airway inflammation in animal models of asthma. However, it has remained unclear how estrogen and testosterone affect pathways that increase the number of eosinophils and […]