#61

@DeStrider and others… Check your kid’s blood pressure:

Higher blood pressure (BP) at age 7 years is associated with an increased risk for premature cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality, according to a study published online Sept. 7 in the Journal of the American Medical Association to coincide with the American Heart Association Hypertension 2025 Scientific Sessions, held from Sept. 4 to 7 in Baltimore.

Alexa A. Freedman, Ph.D., from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, and colleagues analyzed data from a prospective cohort of children born to women enrolled in the U.S. Collaborative Perinatal Project between 1959 and 1965 at 12 sites to examine the association between BP at age 7 years and CVD mortality.

https://www.diabetesincontrol.com/elevated-bp-at-age-7-years-linked-to-premature-cvd-mortality/

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#62

Stanford Medicine magazine reports on chronic disease prevention, diagnostics, care

By Patricia Hannon

The new issue of Stanford Medicine magazine explores advances in diagnostics, prevention and therapy that are lifting the burden of chronic conditions. Stanford Medicine magazine reports on chronic disease prevention, diagnostics, care

  • Infection connections: Researchers are discovering that acute infections early in life, like Epstein-Barr virus, can lead to neurodegenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis in later years and are investigating how this happens.

  • A taste of health: A collection of stories about the food-health connection — from research into how our diet affects our physical and mental health to factoring nutrition into medical education and patient care.

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#65

Related to this thread:

“Cumulative social advantage is really about the depth and breadth of your social connections over a lifetime,” Ong said. “We looked at four key areas: the warmth and support you received from your parents growing up, how connected you feel to your community and neighborhood, your involvement in religious or faith-based communities, and the ongoing emotional support from friends and family.”

Full story here: A lifetime of social ties adds up to healthy aging (Cornell)

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#66

This definitely makes sense. But I also reckon a large part of it is how you handle stress. I see this in university students - some will rise to the challenge, and the stress is a motivating force. But other kinda get crushed under any sort of pressure.

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#67

Scientists studying tiny roundworms have uncovered how the secrets of a long life can be passed from parents to their offspring — without changing DNA. The discovery shows that when certain cellular structures called lysosomes change in ways that promote longevity, those benefits can travel from body cells to reproductive cells. This information is carried by histones, special proteins that help organize DNA, allowing the “memory” of those changes to be inherited.

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#68

A new study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis provides some answers. Published Sept. 15 in Nature Mental Health , it mined an enormous set of data collected from pre-teens and teens across the U.S. and found that social conflicts—particularly family fighting and reputational damage or bullying from peers—were the strongest predictors of near- and long-term mental health issues.

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