By European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the commonest cardiac rhythm disorder in Europe, and each of us have a one-in-four lifetime risk of developing it. Statistics show that oral anticoagulant use has increased, but new oral anticoagulant (NOAC) use is still low. A
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By University of California - Irvine
A high-fat diet affects the molecular mechanism controlling the internal body clock that regulates metabolic functions in the liver, scientists have found. Disruption of these circadian rhythms may contribute to metabolic distress ailments, such as diabet
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By Johns Hopkins Medicine
Most people with dementia who live at home have multiple unmet health and welfare needs, any number of which could jeopardize their ability to remain home for as long as they desire, new research suggests.
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By American Heart Association
Sustaining a modest weight loss for 2 years in overweight or obese, middle-aged women may reduce risk factors for heart disease and diabetes. Women who lost 10 percent or more of their body weight reduced almost every measure of cardiometabolic health.
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By Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Oficina de Información Científica
A team of researchers have started the first cancer operation room with a navigator. This image-guided system will allow for increased intraoperative radiotherapy safety.
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By Duke Medicine
A genetic trait known to make some people especially sensitive to stress also appears to be responsible for a 38 percent increased risk of heart attack or death in patients with heart disease, scientists report.
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By American Heart Association
Heart disease and stroke remain two of the top killers of Americans and pose a significant threat to millions of others, according to the American Heart Association's Heart Disease and Stroke Statistical Update 2014.
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By Penn State
Scientists have developed an innovative technology to regenerate functional neurons after brain injury. The technology may be developed into a new therapeutic treatment for traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, stroke, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's
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By University of Minnesota Academic Health Center
Researchers have discovered a first-of-its-kind series of compounds possessing anti-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) activity. The compounds present a new target for potential HIV drug development and future treatment options.
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By Cell Press
Infertility affects up to 15 percent of couples around the world, and in vitro fertilization (IVF) is one way to treat this common condition. A study reveals a safe, accurate, and low-cost method to select genetically normal embryos for the IVF procedure
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By American Friends of Tel Aviv University
A researcher has found that gum-chewing teenagers, and younger children as well, are giving themselves headaches with this habit. These findings could help treat countless cases of migraine and tension headaches in adolescents without the need for additio
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By Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
A new study has found that while three out of four Americans were aware that Angelina Jolie had undergone a preventive double mastectomy, awareness of her story was not associated with an increased understanding of breast cancer risk. The study surveyed m
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By University of California - Los Angeles
Among the most promising advances in the fight against cancer has been the rise of nanomedicine, the application of tiny materials and devices to detect, diagnose and treat disease. Researchers provide one of the most comprehensive assessments to date of
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By European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
Patients with atrial fibrillation – an irregular and often abnormally fast heartbeat – have nearly double the risk of suffering a stroke in the first 30 days after starting to take the anti-clotting drug warfarin compared to non-users,
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By Ruhr-Universitaet-Bochum
Physicians have been investigating if established anti-epilepsy drugs have anti-inflammatory or pro-inflammatory properties – an effect for which these pharmaceutical agents are not usually tested. One of the substances tested caused stronger in
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By University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences
African-American women may need to eat fewer or burn more calories than their Caucasian counterparts in order to lose a comparable amount of weight, according to researchers.
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By Saint Louis University
Researchers have found evidence that some chronic sinus issues may be the result of inflammation.
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By Wiley
Scientists have discovered a bacterium that could reduce the use of fertilizer in sugarcane production and improve yield.
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By Aalto University
Sufficient food is available for increasing numbers of people, but at the same time, the dependence of countries on international trade in foodstuffs has increased considerably in 40 years.  The proportion of the population who get enough food (m
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By University of Utah Health Sciences
Cells with a mutation in the gene called K-Ras —- found in close to 30 percent of all cancers, but mostly those with worst prognosis, such as pancreatic cancer, colon cancer, and lung cancer -— subvert the normal mechanisms of cell dea
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