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Being obese may lead to fat accumulation in the lungs

Obesity is a growing health concern among children and adults across the globe. In the 2016 figures from the World Health Organization (WHO), 1.9 billion adults are overweight worldwide, and of these, over 650 million were obese.

17 Oct 2019

New research center will encompass a myriad of muscle science and disease investigations

With collaborating labs across the University of Washington campus and at other Seattle-area institutions and beyond, the Center for Translational Muscle Research will encompass a myriad of muscle science and disease investigations.

17 Oct 2019

Frequent drinking strongest risk factor for atrial fibrillation

A new study published on October 17, 2019, in the journal EP Europace, shows that people who drink alcohol almost every day, even in small amounts, are more at risk to develop an irregular heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation (AF), which is linked to a five-fold higher risk of stroke.

17 Oct 2019

Signaling defects could cause congenital heart condition

A congenital heart condition known as left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) - which occurs when muscly projections in the embryonic heart fail to transform into compact heart muscle - could be caused by signaling defects, according to new preclinical research led by Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore.

17 Oct 2019

New drug treats inflammation related to inherited heart disease in young athletes

When young athletes experiences sudden cardiac death as they run down the playing field, it's usually due to arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, an inherited heart disease.

From Johns Hopkins Medicine 17 Oct 2019

Study could change clinical treatment for patients with unmanaged heartburn

A study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine found that in patients seen for heartburn unresponsive to treatment with Proton Pump Inhibitors, an extensive, systematic workup revealed truly PPI-refractory and reflux-related heartburn in only a minority of cases.

17 Oct 2019

Study reveals reason for increased cardiovascular risk among football players in the U.S.

Research has shown that while elite athletes overall are at decreased risk of death from cardiovascular problems, a certain group of athletes -- football linemen in the United States -- actually have higher risk than the general population than other elite athletes.

16 Oct 2019

Type of activity may have effect on brain's response to aging

Running and lifting weights might be a crucial step in helping your body delay the effects of aging, but those exercises may be only part of the story.

16 Oct 2019

Brain's neural activity plays a role in human aging, life span

The brain's neural activity - long implicated in disorders ranging from dementia to epilepsy - also plays a role in human aging and life span, according to research led by scientists in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School.

16 Oct 2019

ALS patients with commonly inherited genetic variation may experience more severe symptoms

A discovery made several years ago in a lab researching asthma at Wake Forest School of Medicine may now have implications for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a disease with no known cure and only two FDA-approved drugs to treat its progression and severity.

16 Oct 2019

Subtle changes in mitochondrial DNA can have profound consequences for patient's health

Subtle changes in the DNA of mitochondria, the tiny power plants within cells, can have profound consequences for a patient's health.

16 Oct 2019

Study: Natural loss of foot muscles in rodents shares similarities with skeletal muscle atrophy

New insight on how the natural loss of foot muscles occurred in rodents and other species during their evolution has been published today in the open-access journal eLife.

16 Oct 2019

Steroid injections for osteoarthritis more may damage joints

Osteoarthritis (OA), also called degenerative joint disease, is the most common chronic condition of the joints. Since the disease is degenerative, it is the single most common cause of disability among older adults, with about 10 to 15 percent of all adults who are more than 60 years old have some degree of osteoarthritis, with more women affected than men.

15 Oct 2019

Retinal macular damage linked to sleep apnea in diabetes

A new Taiwanese study presented on October 14, 2019, at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, reports that macular edema in diabetes occurs more often in those who have severe sleep apnea.

15 Oct 2019

Heavier babies more likely to develop childhood allergies

A new study shows that babies who weigh more at any gestational age have a higher risk of later developing food allergies or eczema in childhood. However, there was no increase in the risk of hay fever. The paper published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology found that the risk of food allergy went up by 44% and of eczema by 17% for each kilogram of added weight. On the other hand, restricted growth in the womb appears to be protective.

15 Oct 2019

Study explains why some people who take heart medication develop sore, aching muscles

A study from McMaster University has found a potential mechanism explaining why some people who take drugs to lower their cholesterol develop sore, aching muscles.

15 Oct 2019

Women receive poorer heart attack treatment than men

Women receive poorer heart attack treatment than men, even when rates of diagnosis are the same, according to new research funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

15 Oct 2019

More patients may opt for minimally invasive heart valve procedure

Since August, when the Food and Drug Administration approved a minimally invasive heart valve procedure for an expanded group of patients with aortic stenosis, Raj Makkar, MD, vice president of Cardiovascular Innovation and Intervention at Cedars-Sinai, says many more patients are opting for the procedure known as transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

15 Oct 2019

Get vaccinated to protect yourself from flu, say Johns Hopkins experts

Cases of the flu are already on the rise around the nation as flu season begins. Johns Hopkins Medicine experts say now is the time to fight against the flu as the number of people getting sick from the potentially life-threatening virus will increase in the coming months.

14 Oct 2019

Advancements in the use of AI in Oncology explored at Cleveland

Artificial Intelligence, machine learning and smart computing are all rapidly transforming the global health and medical landscape, including at Case Western Reserve University and among its health-care partners in Northeast Ohio and beyond.

14 Oct 2019