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Antioxidants may ease PAD blood pressure increase

Antioxidants may ease PAD blood pressure increase

on 2012/11/09 in Articles, Biology & Chemistry, Psychology & Health

Thursday, November 8, 2012   HERSHEY, Pa. — Low antioxidant levels contribute to increased blood pressure during exercise for people with peripheral arterial disease, according to researchers at Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute. Peripheral arterial disease, or PAD, affects an estimated 10 million Americans and increases the chance of death from a cardiovascular [...]

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Pain really is in the mind, but not in the way you think

Pain really is in the mind, but not in the way you think

on 2012/08/13 in Articles, Biology & Chemistry, Psychology & Health

Everybody hurts, but not everybody keeps hurting. The unlucky few who do end up on a downward spiral of economic, social and physical disadvantage. While we don’t know why some people don’t recover from an acute episode of pain, we do know that it’s not because their injury was worse in the first place. We [...]

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