High blood sugar in adolescence tripled the risk of premature heart damage affecting females worse than males

Persistently high blood sugar and insulin resistance significantly increased the risk of worsening functional and structural heart damage during growth from adolescence to young adulthood, a new study shows.

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TDP-43 dysfunction in brain blood vessels may drive Alzheimer’s and ALS progression

Reduced levels of a critical protein are linked to devastating brain diseases like Alzheimer's, frontotemporal dementia, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Surprisingly, the protein shortage primarily affects the brain's blood…

Continue ReadingTDP-43 dysfunction in brain blood vessels may drive Alzheimer’s and ALS progression