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Heart health
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Loneliness was tied to a higher risk of heart valve disease
Across 462,917 UK Biobank adults tracked for about 14 years, those who felt lonely had a higher risk of degenerative heart valve disease. Living alone or being socially isolated did not carry the same risk.
Jul 23, 2026
Heart attack patients carried more microplastics in blood
Italian researchers measured plastic particles in the coronary blood of 61 angiography patients. They turned up far more often in heart attack patients, though smoking history predicted their presence better than the heart attack.
Jul 23, 2026
Does sauerkraut fight inflammation? A trial says mostly no
A randomized crossover trial in 87 healthy adults found daily sauerkraut did little for inflammation or the gut barrier over four weeks. The one signal, a small drop in blood pressure, showed up even when the bacteria were dead.
Jul 23, 2026
Why apoB may be a better cholesterol test than LDL
A Northwestern simulation of 250,000 statin-eligible US adults found guiding treatment by apoB, a count of harmful cholesterol particles, prevented more heart attacks and strokes than standard LDL goals. It is a projection, not a trial.
Jul 22, 2026