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Mortality risk after heart bypass surgery four times higher in patients with high body fat mass

New research presented at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Vienna, Austria (1-3 June) shows that mortality in patients who had undergone heart bypass surgery was over 4 times higher in individuals with a high body fat mass, while body mass index (BMI) by itself was not associated with an increase in mortality.

3 Jun 2019

Queen’s researchers develop innovative rapid test to improve maternal health in developing countries

A grant from the McClay Foundation will enable Queen's researchers to work with clinicians to offer fast diagnostic testing to prevent meningitis and sepsis in maternity wards for the first time in Malawi.

31 May 2019

UAB study reveals how enzyme lipoxygenase drives heart failure after heart attacks

Heart failure after a heart attack is a global epidemic leading to chronic heart failure pathology. About 6 million people in the United States and 23 million worldwide suffer from this end-stage disease that involves dysfunction of the heart, a change that clinicians call cardiac remodeling.

31 May 2019

Cancer mortality at an all time low finds report

In a new Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, researchers have found that death rates due to cancer have declined over among all age groups and both sexes in the United States between 1999 and 2016.

30 May 2019

Exposure to airborne metal pollutants linked with greater risk of mortality

Although there is ample evidence that air pollution--specifically airborne particulate matter--is associated with an increased risk of premature death, it is still not known which specific particles are responsible for this effect.

30 May 2019

Study provides evidence that ozone exposure may advance subclinical arterial disease

Long-term exposure to ambient ozone appears to accelerate arterial conditions that progress into cardiovascular disease and stroke, according to a new University at Buffalo study.

30 May 2019

Endovascular aneurysm procedure shown to perform as well as open surgery

A minimally invasive procedure to repair abdominal aneurysms thought to be less effective than traditional open surgery has been shown to perform as well as the open repair and be as long-lasting.

30 May 2019

Avoid ultra-processed food!

Two large studies have found that ultra processed foods are associated with harmful effects on the body including obesity, cancer and heart disease.

30 May 2019

Experimental antiviral drug completely protects monkeys from Nipah virus

The experimental antiviral drug remdesivir completely protected four African green monkeys from a lethal dose of Nipah virus, according to a new study in Science Translational Medicine from National Institutes of Health scientists and colleagues.

29 May 2019

Women in low- and middle-income countries need radiotherapy to treat their cervical cancer

A first of its kind study is reporting that millions of women in low- and middle-income countries will need life-saving radiotherapy to treat their cervical cancer, despite the growth of essential human papilloma virus vaccination prevention programs.

29 May 2019

Mount Sinai receives highest quality rating for adult cardiac valve surgery

The New York State Department of Health awarded The Mount Sinai Hospital its highest quality rating for adult cardiac valve surgery in 2019.

28 May 2019

Weekly pharmacy visits improve drug adherence and quality of life in elderly patients with heart failure

Elderly patients with heart failure who see a pharmacist once a week are more likely to take their tablets and be active in daily life, according to late breaking results from the PHARM-CHF randomized controlled trial presented today at Heart Failure 2019, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology.

26 May 2019

Starving the fungus could help fight drug-resistant fungal infections

How do you fight a fungal infection that is becoming increasingly resistant to medicine? By starving it, found a team of University at Buffalo and Temple University researchers.

26 May 2019

Biomarkers help tailor diuretic treatment for acute heart failure patients

Adrenomedullin activity predicts which acute heart failure patients are at the greatest risk of death without diuretic treatment post-discharge, according to late breaking research presented today at Heart Failure 2019, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology.

26 May 2019

Newly approved gene therapy for SMA is based on delivery vehicle discovered by Penn expert

James Wilson, MD, PhD, recalls being struck by the devastating toll of rare diseases as a young physician in the 1980s. He set out on a path to correct the genes that cause these conditions, including spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), the most common inherited fatal disease in infants.

25 May 2019

Mortality News and Research

Mortality risk after heart bypass surgery four times higher in patients with high body fat mass

Queen’s researchers develop innovative rapid test to improve maternal health in developing countries

UAB study reveals how enzyme lipoxygenase drives heart failure after heart attacks

Cancer mortality at an all time low finds report

Exposure to airborne metal pollutants linked with greater risk of mortality

Study provides evidence that ozone exposure may advance subclinical arterial disease

Endovascular aneurysm procedure shown to perform as well as open surgery

Avoid ultra-processed food!

Experimental antiviral drug completely protects monkeys from Nipah virus

Women in low- and middle-income countries need radiotherapy to treat their cervical cancer

Mount Sinai receives highest quality rating for adult cardiac valve surgery

Weekly pharmacy visits improve drug adherence and quality of life in elderly patients with heart failure

Starving the fungus could help fight drug-resistant fungal infections

Biomarkers help tailor diuretic treatment for acute heart failure patients

Newly approved gene therapy for SMA is based on delivery vehicle discovered by Penn expert

Researchers develop new algorithm to accurately predict patients' chances of survival in ICU

Researchers study optimum conditions to administer human milk to premature babies

Study examines mortality risks among professional athletes

Measles vaccination for all to prevent future disease outbreaks

New UCI-led study shows crowdsourced traffic data could reduce mortality

Industry Focus eBook - Cell & Gene Therapy (1st Edition) eBook

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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