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Middle-aged adults with cluster of unhealthy traits have heart attacks and strokes two years earlier

Middle-aged adults with three or more unhealthy traits including slightly high waist circumference, blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose have heart attacks and strokes two years earlier than their peers, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2023.

25 Aug 2023

Newly published ESC Guidelines provide comprehensive overview of acute coronary syndromes

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines on acute coronary syndromes are published online today in European Heart Journal.

25 Aug 2023

Novavax's protein-based COVID vaccine induces broad functional immune response against XBB subvariants, data shows

Novavax, Inc., a global company advancing protein-based vaccines with its novel Matrix-M™ adjuvant, today announced that its updated protein-based XBB COVID vaccine candidate induced neutralizing antibody responses to the EG.5.1 and XBB.1.16.6 subvariants in small animal and non-human primate studies.

25 Aug 2023

Speech Accessibility Project needs more participants with Parkinson's

The Speech Accessibility Project is almost halfway through its first phase of gathering voice recordings from people with Parkinson's.

24 Aug 2023

Certain gut conditions associated with higher risk of Parkinson's disease diagnosis

Certain gut problems, such as constipation, difficulty swallowing, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), may be early warning signs of the neurological condition Parkinson's disease, suggests research published online in the journal Gut.

24 Aug 2023

Pioneering drug for rare kidney disease improves outcome for patients

A pioneering drug for a rare kidney disease prevents organ failure and significantly improves the outcome for patients, new research has confirmed.

24 Aug 2023

The role of orexin in the modulation of sleep and wakefulness

The current evidence of the intricate relationship between orexin, rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, and appetite.

24 Aug 2023

Ketogenic diets, gut microbiota, and health effects

The evidence on ketogenic diets (KDs) from the past three decades.

24 Aug 2023

Small molecule inhibitor of the NLRP3 inflammasome for treating autoinflammatory diseases

Researchers described the preclinical profile of JT002, a novel and orally bioavailable small molecule inhibitor of the NLRP3 inflammasome.

24 Aug 2023

Differences in immune responses to IL-6 inhibition therapy between male and female COVID-19 patients

Researchers investigated whether anti‑interleukin 6 monoclonal antibodies were related to heterogenous treatment effects between male and female COVID-19 patients.

24 Aug 2023

Griffith on the brink of technological breakthrough in vaccine development

Griffith University researchers are on the brink of a technological breakthrough in vaccine development with a possible new vaccine modality.

23 Aug 2023

41% of people with post-viral syndrome had evidence of SARS-CoV-2 exposure

Millions of Americans were exposed to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, early in the pandemic but could not get diagnosed due to testing limitations.

23 Aug 2023

Long-read sequencing reveals new details of Bartter syndrome type 3

Bartter syndrome type 3 is the result of several structural variants in the genome. By using long-read sequencing, Janine Altmüller and her team from the Max Delbrück Center, the BIH and University Hospital Cologne mapped out the rare disease in unprecedented detail.

23 Aug 2023

Many US young adults have poor lifestyle factors and cardiometabolic diseases, study reveals

Research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association reveals that many US young adults have poor lifestyle factors and cardiometabolic diseases - such as obesity, diabetes, and hypertension - with varying rates based on race and ethnicity.

23 Aug 2023