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Digital twins and ECGI enhance accuracy in arrhythmia treatment

Millions of people around the world live with cardiac arrhythmias. Only in Spain, it is estimated that more than one million citizens suffer from them.

1 Apr 2025

Research identifies pressure-sensing protein behind gut motility

After every meal, the intestines perform an action called peristalsis - moving food through their hollow interiors with coordinated contractions and relaxations of the smooth muscle.

25 Mar 2025

New video-based method enhances detection of infantile spasms syndrome

Shenyang Institute of Computing Technology, CAS and Chinese PLA General Hospital Joint Team conduct series of investigations on Infantile Spasms Syndrome (IESS), also known as West syndrome, discovering a video-based epileptic seizure detection method that effectively enhances the accuracy of infantile spasm identification.

21 Mar 2025

Clinical trial tests herpes virus-based therapy for neurogenic bladder in people with spinal cord injury

A modified herpes virus that targets spinal cord nerve cells to treat neurogenic bladder in people with spinal cord injury is underway in a first-in-human clinical trial by UTHealth Houston at TIRR Memorial Hermann.

12 Mar 2025

CBD boosts endurance in mice by reshaping gut bacteria and enhancing muscle performance

Study shows that cannabidiol (CBD) enhances endurance exercise in mice by reshaping gut microbiota, boosting mitochondrial function, and altering muscle fiber composition for improved performance.

20 Feb 2025

New gut-on-chip model could revolutionize immunotherapy for melanoma

A team of researchers from the European Institute of Oncology and the Politecnico di Milano, coordinated by Luigi Nezi, Team Leader of the Department of Experimental Oncology, European Institute of Oncology, and Marco Rasponi, Full Professor of the Department of Electronics, Informatics and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, have developed a "gut-on-chip" (a miniature model of the human intestine on a chip-sized device) capable of reproducing the main features of intestinal inflammation and of predicting the response of melanoma patients to immunotherapy treatment.

14 Feb 2025

Dartmouth study links missing birth support to higher stress levels

Most animals, including other primates, give birth alone, but humans require assistance during childbirth due to the physiological complexities of the process.

3 Feb 2025

Midwives blame California rules for hampering birth centers amid maternity care crisis

Jessie Mazar squeezed the grab handle in her husband's pickup and groaned as contractions struck her during the 90-minute drive from her home in rural northeastern California to the closest hospital with a maternity unit.

15 Jan 2025

High-frequency spinal stimulation shows promise in reducing muscle spasticity

Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord is a promising strategy for reestablishing walking after spinal cord injury, recent studies show.

8 Jan 2025

Age-related decline in cardiac conduction system regeneration increases arrhythmia risk after heart attack

Study uncovers the impact of myocardial infarction on the cardiac conduction system, revealing insights into arrhythmogenesis and potential therapeutic targets.

8 Jan 2025

Innovative method to study ALS could lead to personalized treatments

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fast-progressing neurodegenerative disease with an average survival time of three years.

19 Dec 2024

Antipsychotics linked to increased behavioral problems in nursing homes

A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Waterloo analyzed data from nearly 500,000 Canadian patients who lived in nursing homes across Canada between 2000 and 2022.

6 Dec 2024

Immune cells play a key role in movement control and metabolic balance

Immune cells have a surprising and critical role in controlling movement and bridging neural activity with metabolic demands, concludes a groundbreaking study published in Nature by researchers at the University of Copenhagen and Imperial College London.

4 Dec 2024

Natural polyphenol boosts mitochondrial function and muscle performance during aging

Oleuropein enhances mitochondrial calcium uptake, reversing age-related declines in muscle function and energy metabolism, with promising clinical potential.

2 Dec 2024

How neural and hormonal gut-brain communication shapes metabolism and health

Interoception research reveals how gut-brain communication via neural, hormonal, and microbial pathways regulates metabolism, hunger, and overall health, offering insights for therapeutic innovations.

25 Nov 2024

Ablation may offer better outcomes than medication for ventricular tachycardia

Ablation, a procedure to treat abnormal electrical short circuits caused by a heart attack and is usually reserved for patients who do not improve with medication, may be a better first-line treatment for heart attack survivors experiencing dangerous rapid heartbeat episodes, according to late-breaking science presented today at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2024.

18 Nov 2024

New oral painkiller developed for chronic abdominal pain

University of Queensland researchers have developed a new class of oral painkillers to suppress chronic abdominal pain that is based on the peptide hormone oxytocin that drives childbirth contractions.

18 Nov 2024

Vanderbilt receives $3.3 million grant to develop medications for preventing preterm birth

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is receiving $3.3 million over two years through the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health's (ARPA-H) Sprint for Women's Health for its early-stage research efforts to develop medications designed to suppress premature uterine contractions during pregnancy.

15 Nov 2024

Research unveils method for defibrillation using less energy

In a paper published this week in Chaos, by AIP Publishing, researchers from Sergio Arboleda University in Bogotá, Colombia, and the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta used an electrophysiological computer model of the heart's electrical circuits to examine the effect of the applied voltage field in multiple fibrillation-defibrillation scenarios.

5 Nov 2024

New device enables real-time monitoring of stem cell growth

Unlike most cells in the human body, stem cells have the unique ability to divide indefinitely. This unique property makes them especially appealing to scientists exploring ways to extend human lifespans or develop new methods for repairing damaged tissues.

30 Oct 2024