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Drug cocktail can effectively activate and expand muscle stem cells

Skeletal muscle – the type of muscle that attaches to bones and enables movement – is the most abundant tissue in the human body.

27 Apr 2021

Stroke-related deaths increased during the first lockdown

Deaths of people who suffered strokes increased during the first lockdown compared to the three previous years, new data analysis has found. Despite the pandemic, health care quality was maintained at a high level.

26 Apr 2021

Football Fitness improves balance, muscle strength and bone density in women treated for breast cancer

The University of Southern Denmark, Rigshospitalet and the University of Copenhagen have come together to study the effects of Football Fitness on various health parameters and self-rated health following treatment for breast cancer.

26 Apr 2021

UT Southwestern reports first cases of Brazilian variant of COVID-19 infection in North Texas

UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have identified the first cases of the Brazilian variant of COVID-19 infection in North Texas using next-generation sequencing technologies along with PCR testing.

26 Apr 2021

Hormonal therapies for breast and prostate cancers increase the risk of heart attack, stroke

The hormonal therapies used to treat many breast and prostate cancers raise the risk of a heart attack and stroke, and patients should be monitored regularly and receive treatment to reduce risk and detect problems as they occur.

26 Apr 2021

Experts develop quality indicators for management and outcomes of adults with atrial fibrillation

Management and outcomes of adults with atrial fibrillation are presented today at EHRA 2021, an online scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology. The document is published in EP Europace, a journal of the ESC.

26 Apr 2021

Study: ICD patients should be regularly screened for anxiety and depression

Patients receiving an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) should be regularly screened for anxiety and depression, according to research presented at EHRA 2021, an online scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

26 Apr 2021

Foot assessments can help detect atrial fibrillation in patients with diabetes

Atrial fibrillation can be detected during annual foot assessments in patients with diabetes, according to research presented today at EHRA 2021, an online scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

26 Apr 2021

Regulatory protein in skeletal muscle fiber may play a key role in the body's fight or flight response

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati say a regulatory protein found in skeletal muscle fiber may play an important role in the body's fight or flight response when encountering stressful situations.

23 Apr 2021

People with a higher Omega-3 Index lived longer than others, study shows

A new research paper examining the relationship between the Omega-3 Index and risk for death from any and all causes has been published in Nature Communications.

23 Apr 2021

Heart brain interactions provide a new diagnostic avenue for patients with disorders of consciousness

A new study conducted jointly by the University of Liege (Belgium) and the Ecole normale superieure - PSL (France) shows that heart brain interactions, measured using electroencephalography (EEG), provide a novel diagnostic avenue for patients with disorders of consciousness.

23 Apr 2021

Virtual care spreads in Missouri health system, home to ‘hospital without beds’

When Tom Becker was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat in March 2020, the 60-year-old EMS helicopter pilot from Washington, Missouri, worried he would never fly again.

23 Apr 2021

World Malaria Day 2021: An interview with Sir Brian Greenwood

News-Medical interviews Sir Brian Greenwood about raising awareness for malaria during the COVID-19 pandemic and achieving elimination of the disease.

23 Apr 2021

New study demonstrates the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine in specific sub-populations

Several weeks following the publication of the large real-world Covid-19 vaccine effectiveness study by the Clalit Research Institute in Collaboration with Harvard University in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), additional results focusing on vaccine effectiveness in specific sub-populations have now been published.

23 Apr 2021

Researchers identify natural molecule that blocks the binding of human antibodies to SARS-CoV-2

Researchers have found that a natural molecule can effectively block the binding of a subset of human antibodies to SARS-CoV-2. The discovery may help explain why some COVID-19 patients can become severely ill despite having high levels of antibodies against the virus.

23 Apr 2021

COVID-19 survivors have increased risk of death for at least six months

As the COVID-19 pandemic has progressed, it has become clear that many survivors - even those who had mild cases - continue to manage a variety of health problems long after the initial infection should have resolved.

23 Apr 2021

Robotic platform offers safe and precise steering of surgical catheters

Traditionally, the success of a minimally-invasive surgical (MIS) procedure is dependent on the clinician's capabilities.

23 Apr 2021

Respiratory symptoms more likely to develop when people use both e-cigarettes and tobacco cigarettes

Exclusively using (or "vaping") e-cigarettes can help people quit smoking, but many people using e-cigarettes to quit smoking continue to smoke cigarettes.

22 Apr 2021

New Phase 3 trial of therapeutics begins enrolling severely ill hospitalized COVID-19 patients

A new Phase 3 trial to test the safety and efficacy of therapeutics for COVID-19 has begun enrolling patients hospitalized with life-threatening cases of COVID-19, including those with acute respiratory failure.

22 Apr 2021

Drugs can help prevent progression of cardiac hypertrophy in hemodialysis patients

Patients with chronic kidney dysfunction frequently develop thickening of the heart muscle, so-called left ventricular hypertrophy. This is particularly pronounced in patients who are in the late stage of renal dysfunction, that is to say those requiring renal replacement therapy such as hemodialysis.

22 Apr 2021

Heart News and Research

Drug cocktail can effectively activate and expand muscle stem cells

Stroke-related deaths increased during the first lockdown

Football Fitness improves balance, muscle strength and bone density in women treated for breast cancer

UT Southwestern reports first cases of Brazilian variant of COVID-19 infection in North Texas

Hormonal therapies for breast and prostate cancers increase the risk of heart attack, stroke

Experts develop quality indicators for management and outcomes of adults with atrial fibrillation

Study: ICD patients should be regularly screened for anxiety and depression

Foot assessments can help detect atrial fibrillation in patients with diabetes

Regulatory protein in skeletal muscle fiber may play a key role in the body's fight or flight response

People with a higher Omega-3 Index lived longer than others, study shows

Heart brain interactions provide a new diagnostic avenue for patients with disorders of consciousness

Virtual care spreads in Missouri health system, home to ‘hospital without beds’

World Malaria Day 2021: An interview with Sir Brian Greenwood

New study demonstrates the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine in specific sub-populations

Researchers identify natural molecule that blocks the binding of human antibodies to SARS-CoV-2

COVID-19 survivors have increased risk of death for at least six months

Robotic platform offers safe and precise steering of surgical catheters

Respiratory symptoms more likely to develop when people use both e-cigarettes and tobacco cigarettes

New Phase 3 trial of therapeutics begins enrolling severely ill hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Drugs can help prevent progression of cardiac hypertrophy in hemodialysis patients

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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