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Spinal Muscular Atrophy patients are at higher risk of developing fatty liver disease

An international study has discovered that people living with the neurodegenerative condition Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) are at higher risk of developing fatty liver disease, suggesting that SMA patients may face additional health problems over time.

17 Jul 2024

An Arm and a Leg: The woman who beat an $8,000 hospital fee

Hospital facility fees. They can feel like a charge just for walking in the door. Hospitals say they go toward overhead on facilities with lots of specialized equipment and staff, like emergency rooms.

17 Jul 2024

Her hearing implant was preapproved. Nonetheless, she got $139,000 bills for months.

Caitlyn Mai woke up one morning in middle school so dizzy she couldn't stand and deaf in one ear, the result of an infection that affected one of her cranial nerves.

17 Jul 2024

Heart of the Matter: Early Diagnosis and Intervention in Heart Failure with Prof. Martin Cowie & Dr. Lisa Anderson

The future of heart failure treatment with AstraZeneca's Prof. Martin Cowie and Heart Failure Specialist and Consultant Cardiologist at St George’s Hospital Dr. Lisa Anderson.

17 Jul 2024

Interrupting sitting with evening exercise boosts sleep by nearly 30 minutes

If evening 3-minute resistance exercise breaks enhance sleep quantity and quality compared to prolonged sitting.

17 Jul 2024

Active commuters less likely to suffer from heart disease and cancer, new research shows

Health benefits of pedestrian and cyclist commuting.

17 Jul 2024

Nighttime resistance exercise 'activity breaks' may boost sleep duration, study finds

Resistance exercise 'activity breaks' at night may improve sleep length, suggest the findings of a small comparative study published in the open access journal BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine.

17 Jul 2024

Early adult weight gain linked to poor heart health in later life, study finds

People who gain excess weight from their 20s onwards have less healthy hearts by the time they are in their 60s, according to research published in the European Heart Journal today (Wednesday).

16 Jul 2024

Daily supplement may help preserve vision in people with late-stage dry AMD

In a new analysis of data, researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that taking a daily supplement containing antioxidant vitamins and minerals slows progression of late-stage dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD), potentially helping people with late-stage disease preserve their central vision.

16 Jul 2024

Study analyzes lack of palliative care referrals for nursing home residents

Palliative care, specialized medical care focusing on providing relief from the symptoms -- including pain -- and the stress of serious illness, is underutilized in nursing homes, despite the large number of nursing home residents living with a serious illness such as cancer, dementia, Parkinson's disease, heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

16 Jul 2024

NYU Langone Health earns No. 1 spot in neurology and neurosurgery for the third straight year

NYU Langone Health has reaffirmed its position as the nation's top hospital for neurology and neurosurgery, securing the No. 1 ranking for the third straight year in U.S. News & World Report's annual assessment of leading hospitals.

16 Jul 2024

What is the association of Mediterranean diet–based interventions with cardiometabolic biomarkers in children and adolescents?

Researchers reviewed and meta-analyzed the randomized clinical trials (RCTs) assessing the effects of Mediterranean diet -based interventions on cardiometabolic biomarkers in children and adolescents.

16 Jul 2024

Harnessing brain proteins for enhanced diabetes and weight-loss drugs

A network of proteins found in the central nervous system could be harnessed to increase the effectiveness and reduce the side effects of popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs, according to new research from the University of Michigan.

15 Jul 2024

Tulane University leads effort in sex-based precision medicine with NIH grant

If a man and a woman each suffer a heart attack, you may assume the symptoms and diagnoses should be the same.

15 Jul 2024

Lowering systolic blood pressure may offer protection against late-life dementia

A new study suggests that reducing systolic blood pressure below the clinically safe threshold of 120 mmHg over time may produce slight health-protective benefits against late-life dementia and help reduce racial and ethnic disparities in both hypertension and hypertension control.

15 Jul 2024

Cannabigerol shows promise in reducing anxiety and enhancing memory without side effects

Researchers at Washington State University found that cannabigerol (CBG) reduces anxiety and improves verbal memory without causing intoxication or impairments in healthy adults.

15 Jul 2024

Mitochondrially-targeted antioxidants could reduce SARS-CoV-2 effects across multiple organs

Building upon groundbreaking research demonstrating how the SARS-CoV-2 virus disrupts mitochondrial function in multiple organs, researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) demonstrated that mitochondrially-targeted antioxidants could reduce the effects of the virus while avoiding viral gene mutation resistance, a strategy that may be useful for treating other viruses.

15 Jul 2024

ARPA-H funding boosts Wyss Institute's RNA therapeutic project

With the award for up to $27 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), a collaborative research project at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University will advance a disease-agnostic novel RNA therapeutic with the potential to treat diverse diseases, and to be effectively and rapidly deployable.

15 Jul 2024

Consumer wearable devices provide clinical information similar to hospital assessment of heart disease

Monitoring of heart rate and physical activity using consumer wearable devices was found to have clinical value for comparing the response to two treatments for atrial fibrillation and heart failure.

15 Jul 2024

Long-term, 30-year CVD risk may help inform therapy for stage 1 hypertension

A comparison of two risk prediction tools used to calculate an individual's risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) suggests that the long-term, 30-year risk should be considered in addition to the short-term, 10-year risk to help inform when to begin medication therapy for stage 1 hypertension, or high blood pressure, according to new research published today in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal.

15 Jul 2024

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Spinal Muscular Atrophy patients are at higher risk of developing fatty liver disease

An Arm and a Leg: The woman who beat an $8,000 hospital fee

Her hearing implant was preapproved. Nonetheless, she got $139,000 bills for months.

Heart of the Matter: Early Diagnosis and Intervention in Heart Failure with Prof. Martin Cowie & Dr. Lisa Anderson

Interrupting sitting with evening exercise boosts sleep by nearly 30 minutes

Active commuters less likely to suffer from heart disease and cancer, new research shows

Nighttime resistance exercise 'activity breaks' may boost sleep duration, study finds

Early adult weight gain linked to poor heart health in later life, study finds

Daily supplement may help preserve vision in people with late-stage dry AMD

Study analyzes lack of palliative care referrals for nursing home residents

NYU Langone Health earns No. 1 spot in neurology and neurosurgery for the third straight year

What is the association of Mediterranean diet–based interventions with cardiometabolic biomarkers in children and adolescents?

Harnessing brain proteins for enhanced diabetes and weight-loss drugs

Tulane University leads effort in sex-based precision medicine with NIH grant

Lowering systolic blood pressure may offer protection against late-life dementia

Cannabigerol shows promise in reducing anxiety and enhancing memory without side effects

Mitochondrially-targeted antioxidants could reduce SARS-CoV-2 effects across multiple organs

ARPA-H funding boosts Wyss Institute's RNA therapeutic project

Consumer wearable devices provide clinical information similar to hospital assessment of heart disease

Long-term, 30-year CVD risk may help inform therapy for stage 1 hypertension

E-Cigarettes and Ethanol: A forensic Perspective on Vaping

Understanding Consumer-Consented Data to Optimize Digital Health Programs

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