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Breastfeeding may offer long-term heart health benefits for women

Mothers who breastfeed their babies have a lower risk of developing or dying from heart disease than those who don't breastfeed, finds new research from the University of Sydney, Australia.

19 Mar 2019

Current HBV genome sequences help deduce ancient human population movements into Australia

Australian researchers have used current hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome sequences to deduce ancient human population movements into Australia, adding weight to the theory that the mainland Aboriginal population separated from other early humans at least 59 thousand years ago and possibly entered the country near the Tiwi Islands.

19 Mar 2019

Study: Radial or femoral approaches for PCI are equal in terms of survival in heart attack patients

Doctors can use either an artery in the arm (the radial approach) or in the groin (the femoral approach) to safely perform percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on patients presenting with a heart attack, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 68thAnnual Scientific Session. The research, which was stopped early, suggests the radial and femoral approach are equivalent in terms of the risk of death at 30 days.

19 Mar 2019

Radial and femoral approach for PCI achieve similar results in terms of survival

Doctors can use either an artery in the arm or in the groin to safely perform percutaneous coronary intervention on patients presenting with a heart attack, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 68th Annual Scientific Session.

19 Mar 2019

Less invasive valve replacement can be safe and effective alternative for healthier patients

A new study by a team of cardiologists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center led by senior and corresponding author Jeffrey Popma, MD, suggests that a minimally invasive procedure currently reserved for patients too frail to undergo surgery may in fact be a safe and effective alternative for healthier patients.

19 Mar 2019

Frequent intake of sugary drinks tied to greater risk of premature death

The more sugar-sweetened beverages people consumed, the greater their risk of premature death--particularly death from cardiovascular disease, and to a lesser extent from cancer, according to a large long-term study of U.S. men and women. The risk of early death linked with drinking SSBs was more pronounced among women.

18 Mar 2019

Cardiovascular benefits of diabetes drug extend across a wide spectrum of patients, shows study

The cardiovascular benefits of the diabetes drug dapagliflozin extend across a wide spectrum of patients and are especially pronounced in those with reduced ejection fraction, a measure of the heart's pumping ability indicative of poor heart functioning, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 68thAnnual Scientific Session.

18 Mar 2019

Sugar-sweetened beverages may be linked with increased risk of cardiovascular mortality

Frequently drinking sugar-sweetened drinks, such as sodas and sports drinks, was associated with an increased risk of death from cardiovascular diseases and, to a lesser extent, cancers, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation.

18 Mar 2019

Preventative cardioverter defibrillator implantation is of little benefit to kidney dialysis patients

Placing an implantable cardioverter defibrillator in kidney dialysis patients as a preventative measure is of little benefit.

18 Mar 2019

Research paves way for new standard of care to improve heart's pump function

Late-breaking results from the ElectroCRT trial presented today at EHRA 2019 a European Society of Cardiology congress, pave the way for a new standard of care to improve the heart's pump function in selected patients with heart failure.

18 Mar 2019

Remote monitoring of implanted defibrillators in heart failure patients prevents hospitalizations

Remote monitoring keeps heart failure patients out of hospital, according to late-breaking findings from the RESULT trial presented today at EHRA 2019, a European Society of Cardiology congress. The set-up is so effective that it has won reimbursement from the national health system.

18 Mar 2019

Researchers discover new biomarker for postoperative liver dysfunction

Postoperative liver dysfunction (failure) is the most serious complication that can occur following liver resection (full or partial hepatectomy) to remove liver tumors.

18 Mar 2019

Study highlights the need for psychiatric care to be integrated into cancer treatment

Patients with prostate, bladder or kidney cancers are at greater risk of dying if they have had psychiatric care prior to the cancer treatment. In addition, patients with these cancers show greater suicide risk than the general population, even once the data is corrected for previous psychiatric care.

18 Mar 2019

Testosterone treatment lowers recurrence rates in low-risk prostate cancer patients

In the largest such study so far undertaken, US researchers have shown that testosterone replacement slows the recurrence of prostate cancer in low-risk patients.

18 Mar 2019

Study finds TAVR to be as good as open-heart surgery for patients at low surgical risk

A new trial comparing self-expanding transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) to standard open-heart surgery for valve replacement—this time in patients with severe aortic stenosis who are considered low surgical risk—found no difference in the combined rate of disabling stroke or death from any cause at two years.

18 Mar 2019

Few heart care recommendations are based on rigorous study

Less than 10 percent of the treatment recommendations U.S. doctors rely on to manage care for heart patients are based on evidence gained from multiple large, randomized clinical trials -- the gold standard for obtaining scientific data.

15 Mar 2019

Catheter ablation better than drug therapy for reducing AFib episodes, but not for reducing death

Atrial fibrillation is a common arrhythmia that affects an estimated 30 million people worldwide. New research shows that catheter ablation, a common cardiovascular procedure, appears no more effective than drug therapy to prevent strokes, deaths and other complications in patients with atrial fibrillation.

15 Mar 2019

A call for more comprehensive research models to study different aspects of puberty

Puberty is much more than just a time of biological overdrive, propelled by sexual maturation. Progress in developmental science has greatly broadened the perspective of this critical maturational milestone.

15 Mar 2019

Study reveals slow pace of under-5 mortality reduction in most sub-Saharan African countries

The relatively slow pace of neonatal and under-5 mortality reduction could prevent most countries in sub-Saharan Africa from achieving targets set in Sustainable Development Goal 3 by 2030, according to a study published March 12 in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by Iván Mejía-Guevara of Stanford University, USA and colleagues.

15 Mar 2019

Preclinical data shows combination immunotherapy could suppress tumor growth in the liver

Even as overall cancer incidence and mortality decrease in the United States, the number of people diagnosed with liver cancer is on the rise.

14 Mar 2019

Mortality News and Research

Breastfeeding may offer long-term heart health benefits for women

Current HBV genome sequences help deduce ancient human population movements into Australia

Study: Radial or femoral approaches for PCI are equal in terms of survival in heart attack patients

Radial and femoral approach for PCI achieve similar results in terms of survival

Less invasive valve replacement can be safe and effective alternative for healthier patients

Frequent intake of sugary drinks tied to greater risk of premature death

Cardiovascular benefits of diabetes drug extend across a wide spectrum of patients, shows study

Sugar-sweetened beverages may be linked with increased risk of cardiovascular mortality

Preventative cardioverter defibrillator implantation is of little benefit to kidney dialysis patients

Research paves way for new standard of care to improve heart's pump function

Remote monitoring of implanted defibrillators in heart failure patients prevents hospitalizations

Researchers discover new biomarker for postoperative liver dysfunction

Study highlights the need for psychiatric care to be integrated into cancer treatment

Testosterone treatment lowers recurrence rates in low-risk prostate cancer patients

Study finds TAVR to be as good as open-heart surgery for patients at low surgical risk

Few heart care recommendations are based on rigorous study

Catheter ablation better than drug therapy for reducing AFib episodes, but not for reducing death

A call for more comprehensive research models to study different aspects of puberty

Study reveals slow pace of under-5 mortality reduction in most sub-Saharan African countries

Preclinical data shows combination immunotherapy could suppress tumor growth in the liver

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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