As people grow older, changes occur throughout the body. Some cells become damaged by stress, disease, environmental exposures, or simply the aging process itself. Normally, damaged cells either repair themselves or die. But some cells enter a state known as senescence, where they stop dividing but remain alive. Scientists have become increasingly interested in these […]

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Heart disease remains the world’s biggest killer. Every year, nearly 18 million people die from cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks, heart failure, and other conditions affecting the heart and blood vessels. Many of these deaths happen too early and could potentially be prevented if heart problems were found and treated sooner. One of the […]

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Most people have heard the expression “dying of a broken heart.” While it sounds like a figure of speech, doctors know that a real medical condition called broken-heart syndrome does exist. The condition can develop after an extremely stressful event and may cause symptoms that look almost identical to a heart attack. People with broken-heart […]

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