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Innovative device could help treat babies with blood disorders

With severe blood disorders, such as leukemia, doctors often rely on leukapheresis, a procedure in which large machines extract whole blood from patients to separate white blood cells from the rest of the blood, which is then returned back to the patient.

8 May 2020

Reopening in the COVID era: How to adapt to a new normal

As many states begin to reopen — most without meeting the thresholds recommended by the White House — a new level of COVID-19 risk analysis begins for Americans.

8 May 2020

Scientists discover new metabolism regulation system for the brown adipose tissue

Scientific team found a new metabolism regulation system for the brown adipose tissue using the kallikrein-kinin hormonal system, so far related to the physiology of the renal and cardiovascular system and inflammation and pain processes.

8 May 2020

Repurposing existing drugs is a more rapid alternative than developing COVID-19 vaccine

Repurposing existing medicines focused on known drug targets is likely to offer a more rapid hope of tackling COVID-19 than developing and manufacturing a vaccine, argue an international team of scientists in the British Journal of Pharmacology today.

8 May 2020

Eerie emptiness of ERs worries doctors as heart attack and stroke patients delay care

The patient described it as the worst headache of her life. She didn’t go to the hospital, though. Instead, the Washington state resident waited almost a week.

8 May 2020

Moderate physical activity reduces frequent hospital admissions in middle and older age

Men and women aged 40-79 are at significantly lower (25-27%) risk of long or frequent hospital admissions if they do some form of physical activity, a new study suggests.

7 May 2020

Vitamin D could improve outcomes in COVID-19

A new study published on the preprint server medRxiv* in May 2020 shows that vitamin D could have a beneficial effect on the course of illness for COVID-19 patients.

7 May 2020

Researchers to develop new imaging device for infants with brain disorders

Using night-vision goggle technology, near-infrared light, and high-resolution detectors, a wearable imaging device for awake infants with brain disorders was developed by a team of scientists and a pediatric neurosurgeon at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).

7 May 2020

Study: Skin-to-skin contact shows significant benefits for pre-term babies

A world-first study led by Monash University has demonstrated significant benefits to a premature baby's heart and brain function when held by the parent in skin-to-skin contact.

7 May 2020

Study finds tumor markers can also be indicators of heart failure

Heart failure and cancer are conditions with a number of shared characteristics. A new study published in the Journal of Internal Medicine found that in patients with heart failure, several known tumor markers can also be indicators of heart failure severity and progression.

7 May 2020

Study provides indications and techniques of lower extremity revascularization

Lower extremity artery disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, affecting hundreds of millions of people.

7 May 2020

Researchers identify changes in the aging brain related to blood circulation

Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan have identified changes in the aging brain related to blood circulation.

7 May 2020

Economic blow of the coronavirus hits America’s already stressed farmers

Richard Oswald, still mourning the loss of his family's homestead to flooding along the Missouri River, is planting corn and soybeans into ground that last year was feet deep underwater.

7 May 2020

Cholesterol lowering drugs can improve composition of gut bacteria in obese individuals

The human gut microbiota consists of trillions of bacteria, fungi and virus constituting an inner chemical factory producing a multitude of microbial compounds affecting immunity, neurobiology and metabolism of the human host.

7 May 2020

Treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients with anticoagulants may improve their survival chances

Treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients with anticoagulants - blood thinners that slow down clotting - may improve their chances of survival, researchers from the Mount Sinai COVID Informatics Center report.

7 May 2020

Study finds race-specific lupus nephritis biomarkers for early diagnosis, treatment

University of Houston Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Endowed Professor of biomedical engineering, Chandra Mohan, and his team have discovered a difference in urinary biomarker proteins of lupus nephritis in patients according to race.

6 May 2020

Study investigates potential use of metal catalysts to create drug discovery platform

The use of metals in drug delivery could offer major benefits, including allowing for lower dosages of a medication to achieve therapeutic effects.

6 May 2020

Obesity, type 2 diabetes, or high blood pressure in teenagers may lead to prematurely aged arteries

Teenagers who have obesity, type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure may be more likely to have signs of premature blood vessel aging compared to teens without those health conditions, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access journal of the American Heart Association.

6 May 2020

The Role of Microphysiological Systems for Oncology and Stem Cell Research

In this interview, Dr. Nancy Allbritton from The Allbritton Lab talks to News-Medical and Life Sciences about the revolutionary technology and techniques for the application of new technologies for oncology and stem cell research.

From Pittcon 6 May 2020

Study examines the link between flavenoid-rich foods and risk of Alzheimer’s disease

Older adults who consumed small amounts of flavonoid-rich foods, such as berries, apples and tea, were two to four times more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease and related dementias over 20 years compared with people whose intake was higher, according to a new study led by scientists at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HNRCA) at Tufts University.

6 May 2020

Cardiology News and Research

Latest Cardiology News and Research

Innovative device could help treat babies with blood disorders

Reopening in the COVID era: How to adapt to a new normal

Scientists discover new metabolism regulation system for the brown adipose tissue

Repurposing existing drugs is a more rapid alternative than developing COVID-19 vaccine

Eerie emptiness of ERs worries doctors as heart attack and stroke patients delay care

Moderate physical activity reduces frequent hospital admissions in middle and older age

Vitamin D could improve outcomes in COVID-19

Researchers to develop new imaging device for infants with brain disorders

Study: Skin-to-skin contact shows significant benefits for pre-term babies

Study finds tumor markers can also be indicators of heart failure

Study provides indications and techniques of lower extremity revascularization

Researchers identify changes in the aging brain related to blood circulation

Economic blow of the coronavirus hits America’s already stressed farmers

Cholesterol lowering drugs can improve composition of gut bacteria in obese individuals

Treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients with anticoagulants may improve their survival chances

Study finds race-specific lupus nephritis biomarkers for early diagnosis, treatment

Study investigates potential use of metal catalysts to create drug discovery platform

Obesity, type 2 diabetes, or high blood pressure in teenagers may lead to prematurely aged arteries

The Role of Microphysiological Systems for Oncology and Stem Cell Research

Study examines the link between flavenoid-rich foods and risk of Alzheimer’s disease

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