Sensory issues like hearing and vision loss are common among older folks. These problems might play a big role in something called cognitive frailty. This is when a person's brain isn't as sharp as it used to be. It's a serious issue that can greatly affect how well someone can live independently. However, the long-term effects of sensory loss on cognitive frailty h...

The Framingham Heart Study took a deep dive into how smoking affects these key measures: central arterial pressure and other hemodynamic indicators. The study was interested in seeing if smokers had different results on these heart measures. They also wondered if these results would stay the same or change over time. To look at this, they split the st...