Intensive blood pressure control linked to reduced cognitive decline risk A new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that only 3.5 years of intensive blood pressure control continues to significantly reduce the risk of mild cognitive ... 01/21/2025 - 7:29 am | View Link
Study finds intensive blood pressure control reduces risk of cognitive impairment A new study from researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that only 3½ years of intensive blood pressure control continues to significantly reduce the risk of mild cognitive ... 01/20/2025 - 11:00 am | View Link
Lower blood pressure for diabetic patients can reduce cardiovascular disease People with type 2 diabetes had significantly fewer heart attacks, strokes, heart failures, and deaths from cardiovascular disease when their blood pressure was lower than the current standard goal, a ... 01/20/2025 - 5:06 am | View Link
Keeping blood pressure under control is critical. There’s a new option for tough cases About half of U.S. adults have high blood pressure and too few have it under control. Now some patients who've tried everything — multiple drugs, diet and exercise — without help are checking out a di ... 01/18/2025 - 4:59 am | View Link
Blood pressure trial intervention shows mixed outcomes in chronic kidney disease patients Stanford University School of Medicine–led researchers have found that intensive blood pressure (BP) control produces cardiovascular benefits and increases the risk of adverse events in people with ... 01/9/2025 - 11:10 pm | View Link
Elon Musk's highly-publicized Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), intended to combat government inefficiency, has turned out to be little more than a renamed initiative from the Obama administration. This seems shady. Via International Business Times:
Far from the vision Musk and President Donald Trump had promised, the agency is focused on software updates and federal workforce reductions rather than dismantling bureaucracy.
The executive orders signed on Monday by Trump, one of his first major actions since retaking office, rebranded the United States Digital Service (USDS), a unit established after the 2013 launch of HealthCare.gov, as the "U.
House Dem leaders are bashing Yambo and his allies in the Capitol for supporting blanket clemency for the Capitol attackers. The Democrats say MAGAts are hypocrites for claiming to support law enforcement while also backing Trump’s decision to pardon more than 1,500 people who were prosecuted for the rampage, including the ones who attacked police officers.
Scott Jennings on CNN is like a soggy piece of wonder bread that was left outside at Trump's inauguration. The man couldn’t argue his way out of a parking ticket, yet there he is on CNN day-after-day spewing half-truths and full lies like they’re 30% off at MAGA mart. On a recent segment, Jennings just flailed as reporters, Democrats, the hosts, probably the also cameraman, just took him apart.
Donald signed a flurry of executive orders into place; some were expected, some were mind-blowing, and others were revealing. None of them will help to lower egg prices, though. All of them will, however, hurt the red states, too, probably more than the blue states. For example, Donald rescinded Handsome Old President Biden's EO to lower prescription drug prices.
And then there's this from The New Republic:
Earthbound Misfit - a lesson from Monday;
Hullabaloo - your marching orders;
Just Another Blog (from L. A.) - Big Fairy King dances night away;
No More Mr. Nice Blog - there will be brutality and boastfulness, but
The Mahablog - Trump and the Ocean of Ignorance.
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Rep. Gwen Moore sat down with the hosts of the Milwaukee-based talk show UpFront, during which time she talked about why she wasn't choosing to stay in Milwaukee for MLK Day and what she foresaw for the new session of Congress:
HOST: Congresswoman Gwen Moore, who joins us now. Congresswoman, welcome back to UpFront.
MOORE: Hey, thank you.