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Light-to-moderate coffee drinking linked to lower risk of stroke and fatal heart disease

Up to three cups of coffee per day is associated with a lower risk of stroke and fatal heart disease, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2021.

27 Aug 2021

Smoking cessation more likely to improve mood in heart attack survivors

Smokers with depression at the time of a heart attack who quit smoking are more likely to improve their mood than those who continue the habit. That's the finding of research presented at ESC Congress 2021.

27 Aug 2021

Sugar reduction in packaged foods could generate significant health and economic gains

Cutting 20% of sugar from packaged foods and 40% from beverages could prevent 2.48 million cardiovascular disease events (such as strokes, heart attacks, cardiac arrests), 490,000 cardiovascular deaths, and 750,000 diabetes cases in the U.S. over the lifetime of the adult population, reports a study published in Circulation.

27 Aug 2021

ACTG announces positive data for monoclonal antibody combination therapy from the ACTIV-2 study

The AIDS Clinical Trials Group, the largest global HIV research network, which has expanded its focus to include evaluating outpatient treatment for COVID-19, today announced positive data for the monoclonal antibody combination therapy BRII-196/BRII-198 from the ACTIV-2 study of Outpatient Monoclonal Antibodies and Other Therapies.

27 Aug 2021

New ESC guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of heart failure published

The European Society of Cardiology Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure are published online today in European Heart Journal.

27 Aug 2021

Adding berzosertib to standard treatment for metastatic urothelial cancer does not extend patient survival

A Phase 2 trial led by City of Hope, a world-renowned research and treatment center for cancer and diabetes, suggests that adding the novel ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3-related (ATR) inhibitor drug berzosertib to standard-of-care chemotherapy for patients with metastatic urothelial cancer does not extend progression-free survival.

27 Aug 2021

Fine particle pollution doubles the risk of Alzheimer's disease in Black women

Fine particle pollution may be one reason why Black women have double the risk of developing Alzheimer's than white women, suggests new research from the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

27 Aug 2021

Researchers convert human stem cells into beta cells using small molecules

The human body can be genetically inclined to attack its own cells, destroying the beta cells in the pancreas that make insulin, which helps convert sugar into energy.

27 Aug 2021

Study: Smell regulates our eating habits

Walking past a corner bakery, you may find yourself drawn in by the fresh smell of sweets wafting from the front door. You're not alone: The knowledge that humans make decisions based on their noses has led major brands like Cinnabon and Panera Bread to pump the scents of baked goods into their restaurants, leading to big spikes in sales.

27 Aug 2021

Study describes factors associated with cancer-specific death for patients diagnosed with NETs

Among all patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), the risk of dying of cancer was higher than that of dying of other causes, but mortality varies by primary tumor site, according to a new study published in the August 2021 issue of JNCCN - Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

26 Aug 2021

Improving lifestyle and medication use could add healthy years of life after a heart attack

Adherence to lifestyle advice and medications could add seven healthy years of life after a heart attack, according to a study presented at ESC Congress 2021.

26 Aug 2021

Migraine-inducing peptides may protect against diabetes by influencing insulin production

People who get migraines are less likely to develop type 2 diabetes, while some people who develop diabetes become less prone to migraines.

26 Aug 2021

Old habit-controlling neurons may also play a critical role in new action learning

Imagine working on your computer and typing the same long password you have used for years to access your email.

26 Aug 2021

Migraines may hold the key to new treatment for diabetes

The mechanistic association between migraines and type 2 diabetes reveals a new approach to treat diabetes.

26 Aug 2021

Periods before and between pregnancies are key times to address preeclampsia risk, study finds

Preeclampsia — a complication that occurs in about 1 in every 25 pregnancies in the United States — is characterized by high blood pressure and signs of damage to an organ system, most often the liver or kidneys.

26 Aug 2021

Asian donor and black recipient kidney grafts associated with inferior long-term outcomes

Black transplant recipients and patients who received kidneys from Asian donors had a significantly higher risk of kidney graft failure within seven years, according to a new study presented at the European Society for Organ Transplantation Congress 2021.

26 Aug 2021

Genetic background linked to elevated risk of omega-3 deficiency in Hispanic Americans

Hispanic people with a high percentage of American Indigenous ancestry are at increased risk of a nutritional deficiency that could affect their heart health and contribute to harmful inflammation, new research suggests.

26 Aug 2021

Number of adults with hypertension has doubled in the last thirty years

The number of adults aged 30–79 years with hypertension has increased from 650 million to 1.28 billion in the last thirty years, according to the first comprehensive global analysis of trends in hypertension prevalence, detection, treatment and control, led by Imperial College London and WHO, and published today in The Lancet.

25 Aug 2021

Microbiome startups promise to improve your gut health, but is the science solid?

After Russell Jordan sent a stool sample through the mail to the microbiome company Viome, his idea of what he should eat shifted. The gym owner in Sacramento, California, had always consumed large quantities of leafy greens.

25 Aug 2021

Hot spots where covid vaccination lags push experimental antibody treatment

For months, Joelle Ruppert was among the millions of Americans who are covid vaccine holdouts. Her reluctance, she said, was not so much that she opposed the new vaccines but that she never felt "compelled" by the evidence supporting their experimental use.

25 Aug 2021

Diabetes News and Research

Latest Diabetes News and Research

Light-to-moderate coffee drinking linked to lower risk of stroke and fatal heart disease

Smoking cessation more likely to improve mood in heart attack survivors

Sugar reduction in packaged foods could generate significant health and economic gains

ACTG announces positive data for monoclonal antibody combination therapy from the ACTIV-2 study

New ESC guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of heart failure published

Adding berzosertib to standard treatment for metastatic urothelial cancer does not extend patient survival

Fine particle pollution doubles the risk of Alzheimer's disease in Black women

Researchers convert human stem cells into beta cells using small molecules

Study: Smell regulates our eating habits

Study describes factors associated with cancer-specific death for patients diagnosed with NETs

Improving lifestyle and medication use could add healthy years of life after a heart attack

Migraine-inducing peptides may protect against diabetes by influencing insulin production

Old habit-controlling neurons may also play a critical role in new action learning

Migraines may hold the key to new treatment for diabetes

Periods before and between pregnancies are key times to address preeclampsia risk, study finds

Asian donor and black recipient kidney grafts associated with inferior long-term outcomes

Genetic background linked to elevated risk of omega-3 deficiency in Hispanic Americans

Number of adults with hypertension has doubled in the last thirty years

Microbiome startups promise to improve your gut health, but is the science solid?

Hot spots where covid vaccination lags push experimental antibody treatment

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