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Resolving an argument is important for maintaining well-being in daily life

A recent Oregon State University study found that when people feel they have resolved an argument, the emotional response associated with that disagreement is significantly reduced and, in some situations, almost entirely erased.

25 Mar 2021

Lupus Research Alliance announces recipients of the 2020 Distinguished Innovator Award

The Lupus Research Alliance proudly announces two exceptional recipients of the 2020 Dr. William E. Paul Distinguished Innovator Award in Lupus and Autoimmunity: Jacques Banchereau, PhD and Ignacio Sanz, MD.

25 Mar 2021

ColoradoSPH wins NIH grant to study how air pollutants impact kidney health of sugarcane workers

Three groups from the Colorado School of Public Health have been awarded a $3 million 5-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the effects of air pollution and climate on the kidney health of sugarcane workers in Guatemala.

25 Mar 2021

Anabolic-androgenic steroids can have deleterious effects on the brain

Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS), a synthetic version of the male sex hormone testosterone, are sometimes used as a medical treatment for hormone imbalance. But the vast majority of AAS is used to enhance athletic performance or build muscle because when paired with strength training.

25 Mar 2021

Wireless neuromodulation technology could improve the lives of patients with brain disorders

Scientists make pivotal discovery of method for wireless modulation of neurons with X-rays that could improve the lives of patients with brain disorders. The X-ray source only requires a machine like that found in a dentist's office.

25 Mar 2021

Researchers are testing wearable devices to detect early Alzheimer's, other neurodegenerative diseases

The development of a wearable to detect early Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases years before symptoms show has taken a step closer to reality today, as UK charity Alzheimer's Research UK announces a partnership with Boston University that will see the first digital data flowing into its global Early Detection of Neurodegenerative diseases (EDoN) initiative.

25 Mar 2021

Scientists produce high-resolution 3D image of sarcomere using electron cryo-tomography

Scientists have produced the first high-resolution 3D image of the sarcomere, the basic contractile unit of skeletal and heart muscle cells, by using electron cryo-tomography (cryo-ET).

25 Mar 2021

New platform can provide necessary research capacity in non-invasive brain stimulation methods

Together, Brain Canada and the Heart & Stroke Foundation Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery (CPSR) are awarding $1.9 million to this initiative over three and a half years through the Brain Canada Platform Support Grant (PSG) program.

25 Mar 2021

Fluoxetine (Prozac) performs strongly in vitro against SARS-CoV-2 (including mutants)

Researchers from Finland, to expand on these studies, tested some of these drugs against the new SARS-CoV-2 variants. The study is published on the preprint server bioRxiv.

24 Mar 2021

Researchers refute decades of scientific theory on background radiation

Surprisingly, exposure to a high background radiation might actually lead to clear beneficial health effects in humans, according to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Nuclear Research Center Negev scientists.

24 Mar 2021

Repurposed heart and flu drugs that protect platelets improve survival of septic mice

Despite continued improvements in antibiotics and hospital intensive care, staph sepsis - a bloodstream infection caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria - still causes severe illness or death in 20 to 30 percent of patients who contract it.

24 Mar 2021

Persistent loneliness during midlife can increase risk of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease

Being persistently lonely during midlife (ages 45-64) appears to make people more likely to develop dementia and Alzheimer's Disease (AD) later in life. However, people who recover from loneliness, appear to be less likely to suffer from dementia, compared to people who have never felt lonely.

24 Mar 2021

Scientists use ultrasound to map arrhythmic sites more accurately

Abnormal heart rhythms - cardiac arrhythmias - are a major worldwide health problem. Now scientists are using ultrasound for more accurate maps of arrhythmic sites in the heart for the improved success of ablation procedures.

24 Mar 2021

Pandemic fear is killing patients suffering from other serious diseases

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Joseph S. Alpert, MD, Editor-in-Chief of The American Journal of Medicine, published by Elsevier, has observed that although non-COVID inpatients suffered from the usual mix of conditions such as heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations, the Internal Medicine inpatient population was distinctly different from what he had seen over the past decades.

24 Mar 2021

Heart News and Research

Resolving an argument is important for maintaining well-being in daily life

Lupus Research Alliance announces recipients of the 2020 Distinguished Innovator Award

ColoradoSPH wins NIH grant to study how air pollutants impact kidney health of sugarcane workers

Anabolic-androgenic steroids can have deleterious effects on the brain

Wireless neuromodulation technology could improve the lives of patients with brain disorders

Researchers are testing wearable devices to detect early Alzheimer's, other neurodegenerative diseases

Scientists produce high-resolution 3D image of sarcomere using electron cryo-tomography

New platform can provide necessary research capacity in non-invasive brain stimulation methods

Fluoxetine (Prozac) performs strongly in vitro against SARS-CoV-2 (including mutants)

Researchers refute decades of scientific theory on background radiation

Repurposed heart and flu drugs that protect platelets improve survival of septic mice

Persistent loneliness during midlife can increase risk of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease

Scientists use ultrasound to map arrhythmic sites more accurately

Pandemic fear is killing patients suffering from other serious diseases

New campaign launched to ensure safe, healthy streets for vulnerable people

Smoking is highly prevalent among surgery patients, shows study

People who received flu shot last season had fewer complication of COVID-19

Post-COVID-19 blood clots may be caused by lingering immune response in blood vessels

‘Zombie’ cells come to life after the death of the brain

Gene responsible for cholesterol dysregulation in brain cancer cells could be a target for future drugs

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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