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Left-side breast radiotherapy raised heart risk only in women who already had three risk factors

Radiotherapy to the left breast puts the heart in the field, and modern technique was supposed to have solved it. Across 23,305 women, the residual harm turned out to sit almost entirely in one group.

Sep 6, 2026

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One protein at 12 weeks stood out from 2,904 as a signal of later preeclampsia

Preeclampsia is usually caught late, when the only treatment is delivery. Screening nearly 3,000 proteins in first-trimester blood produced one clear front-runner, and laboratory work suggests it is not just a marker.

Sep 4, 2026

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Squeezing a handgrip for 12 weeks lowered blood pressure in medicated hypertensive women

Isometric handgrip training is already in clinical guidelines, but its effect during physical stress was untested in women. A Journal of Human Hypertension trial found 12 weeks lowered resting pressure and the pressure reached under strain.

Aug 26, 2026