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Using mesoporous materials as nanovehicle for improved drug delivery

In a paper to be published in the forthcoming issue in NANO, a group of researchers from Guiyang, China, have conducted a study based on previous experimental research on DOX as a model drug and introduced a reverse method in which organic groups are grafted after removing the template agent.

3 Sep 2019

New AI technology has potential to detect early signs of heart attack

Technology developed using artificial intelligence could identify people at high risk of a fatal heart attack at least 5 years before it strikes, according to new research funded by the British Heart Foundation.

3 Sep 2019

UA receives $1.4 million grant for a peer-support program to help sleep apnea patients

University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson Professor Sairam Parthasarathy, MD, has been awarded nearly $1.4 million for a peer-support program for sleep apnea patients.

3 Sep 2019

'Junk food' diet can lead to blindness

An extreme case of "fussy" or "picky" eating caused a young patient's blindness, according to a new case report published today [2 Sep 2019] in Annals of Internal Medicine.

3 Sep 2019

Parkinson's disease may originate from the gut of patients

In 2003, a German neuropathologist proposed that Parkinson's disease, which attacks the brain, actually might originate from the gut of the patients.

3 Sep 2019

Prevention and early drug treatment are the keys to fighting frostbite

Frostbite is an injury which usually affects the extremities, such as fingers and toes, and has the potential of causing irreversible tissue loss.

3 Sep 2019

New Xploro app helps reduce procedural anxiety in children

A new study from Edge Hill University has shown that children using the new Xploro app are significantly less anxious before undergoing procedures than those who received traditional hospital information.

3 Sep 2019

Risk factors for cardiovascular disease and deaths around the world could be improved, study finds

More than 70 per cent of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and deaths around the world may be attributed to a small number of common but modifiable risk factors.

3 Sep 2019

Natural 'breakdown' of chemicals may protect against lung disease in 9/11 first responders

The presence of chemicals made as the body breaks down fats, proteins, and carbohydrates can predict whether Sept. 11, 2001 first responders exposed to toxic dust at the World Trade Center site subsequently develop lung disease, a new study finds.

3 Sep 2019

Cancer mortality is twice as frequent as CVD deaths in high-income countries

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the major cause of death among middle-aged adults around the world; however, in high-income countries deaths from cancer have become twice as frequent as those from CVD.

3 Sep 2019

Starving seniors: How America fails to feed its aging

Army veteran Eugene Milligan is 75 years old and blind. He uses a wheelchair since losing half his right leg to diabetes and gets dialysis for kidney failure.

3 Sep 2019

New pathological mediator of ALS found

A research collaboration based in Japan has found a new pathological mediator of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which could have further implications for understanding the molecular breakdown that gives rise to the neurodegenerative disease that affects nearly half a million people around the world.

3 Sep 2019

Study shows long-term benefit of preventative artery repair after serious heart attack

A major international study has shown that opening all clogged arteries with stents after a serious heart attack is much better than opening only the single clogged artery that caused the heart attack.

3 Sep 2019

Presence of XX sex chromosomes increases risk of heart attacks and coronary artery disease

New research at the University of Kentucky has confirmed that the presence of XX sex chromosomes increases the amount of fat circulating in the blood, which leads to narrowing of the arteries and ultimately a higher risk of heart attacks and coronary artery disease.

3 Sep 2019

Overweight adolescents actually eat less when exposed to stressful events

People often react to stress by binging on sweets or fattening comfort foods, cravings fueled by the appetite-stimulating stress hormone cortisol.

3 Sep 2019

Study highlights the need to better understand immunity against mumps virus

Immunity against mumps virus appears insufficient in a fraction of college-aged people who were vaccinated in childhood, research from Emory Vaccine Center and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates.

3 Sep 2019

Ticagrelor reduces heart attacks and strokes for patients with diabetes

In late-breaking clinical trial results presented in a Hot Line Session today at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2019, investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Greater Paris University Hospitals - AP-HP/Université de Paris presented the results from The Effect of Ticagrelor on Health Outcomes in Diabetes Mellitus Patients Intervention Study, a clinical trial sponsored by AstraZeneca that evaluated whether adding ticagrelor to aspirin improves outcomes for patients with stable coronary artery disease and diabetes mellitus but without a history of heart attack or stroke.

3 Sep 2019

Reducing secondary mitral regurgitation in heart failure does not lower death, hospitalization at two years

Percutaneous reduction of secondary mitral regurgitation in patients with heart failure does not lower death and hospitalization at two years compared to standard medical care, according to late breaking results from the MITRA-FR study presented in a Hot Line Session today at ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology and simultaneously published in the European Journal of Heart Failure.

3 Sep 2019

New guidelines for management of a fast heartbeat released

At the ESC Congress 2019 held in Paris last weekend, the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines on supraventricular tachycardia were published. The document titled, “2019 ESC Guidelines for the management of patients with supraventricular tachycardia.

2 Sep 2019

ARNI therapy trial misses target in heart failure, may have selective benefit only

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a common condition, affecting millions of people and resulting in significant illness and death. No effective treatments have been developed for this condition.

2 Sep 2019