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A study of over 43,000 adults aged 75 and older found that using antihypertensive medications is linked to better cognitive resilience, meaning a lower risk of developing dementia, while having psychiatric conditions, being Black, or being enrolled in Medicaid was linked to a higher risk.
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A large Scottish study of over 317,000 people over 50 found that those with heart failure have a slightly higher risk of developing cancer, and that people with both conditions have a very poor prognosis, with mortality rates similar for both cancer and heart disease.
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New research using brain imaging and computer modeling reveals that Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) involves a “low-cost” energy shortcut in the brain that allows abnormal state transitions to happen too easily, providing a new understanding of why repetitive behaviors occur.
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