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Transformative potential of AI to enhance coronary heart disease detection

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. Coronary heart disease (CHD), the most common cause of mortality globally, poses a formidable challenge to modern healthcare systems.

2 Apr 2025

Breakthrough research reveals gut-eye connection in vision loss

Inherited retinal degeneration (IRD) encompasses various disorders characterized by progressive loss of retinal photoreceptor cells, ultimately leading to vision loss and blindness.

2 Apr 2025

Fat cells trigger liver stress through secreted lipids

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the portion of the cell responsible for manufacturing and folding proteins.

2 Apr 2025

New drug shows neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory effects in murine models of Alzheimer's

Alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of dementia, is currently incurable. The current drugs available have very limited efficacy and only in mild stages of the disease.

2 Apr 2025

US FDA approves first treatment for hyperphagia in Prader-Willi syndrome

The United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) has approved VYKAT™ XR, a significant milestone as the first approved treatment for hyperphagia in Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS).

2 Apr 2025

Smartwatches provide a more accurate picture of people's daily drinking habits than current methods

Alcohol harm costs NHS England £3.5 billion annually, with 70 people dying every day from alcohol-related causes in the UK.

2 Apr 2025

Breakthrough study links NSD2 gene to plasma cell identity in myeloma

A new research paper was published in Oncotarget, Volume 16, on March 21, 2025, titled "NSD2-epigenomic reprogramming and maintenance of plasma cell phenotype in t(4;14) myeloma."

2 Apr 2025

New class of antibiotic selectively targets gonorrhea bacterium

Researchers from the universities in Konstanz and Vienna discover a new class of antibiotic that selectively targets Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacterium that causes gonorrhea.

2 Apr 2025

New insights into how disruption of calcium transport leads to autism and intellectual disability

A new study by McGill University researchers yields insights into how the disruption of calcium transport in the brain is linked to autism and intellectual disability.

2 Apr 2025

Understanding the phases and treatment options for Peyronie’s disease

The review article titled"Current insights and future directions in Peyronie's disease management: A narrative review", was published on November 12, 2024 in UroPrecision.

2 Apr 2025

AI predicts bacterial resistance to antibiotics with high accuracy

An AI model trained on large amounts of genetic data can predict whether bacteria will become antibiotic-resistant.

2 Apr 2025

Weekend exercise can offer the same health benefits as daily workouts

Being physically active for one to two days a week, often called a "weekend warrior," may provide comparable health and life-prolonging benefits as smaller doses of daily physical activity if the physical effort is moderate to vigorous and totals 150 minutes a week in line with recommended guidelines for weekly physical activity, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

2 Apr 2025

How much will that surgery cost? 🤷 Hospital prices remain largely unhelpful.

It's a holy grail of health care: forcing the industry to reveal prices negotiated between health plans and hospitals — information that had long been treated as a trade secret.

2 Apr 2025

WHO releases first reports on shortages in fungal disease treatments and diagnostics

The World Health Organization (WHO) today published its first-ever reports addressing the critical lack of medicines and diagnostic tools for invasive fungal diseases, showing the urgent need for innovative research and development (R&D) to close these gaps.

2 Apr 2025

High-fat diet linked to increased breast cancer metastasis risk

Obesity is associated with an increased risk of developing breast cancer, and a greater probability for the cancer to spread to other organs – metastasize –. But the causes of this association are still not well understood.

2 Apr 2025

Debunking weight loss plateaus: Science says you don’t have to lose to win

New research from CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, has busted the myth that weight loss must be a linear downward trend to be successful.

2 Apr 2025

Does listening really change minds? New study challenges common assumptions

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) challenges long-held beliefs about the power of listening to facilitate persuasion.

2 Apr 2025

New AI system enhances nurse-driven patient monitoring and saves lives

An AI tool that analyzes nurses' data and notes detected when patients in the hospital were deteriorating nearly two days earlier than traditional methods and reduced the risk of death by over 35%, found a year-long clinical trial of more than 60,000 patients led by researchers at Columbia University.

2 Apr 2025

Football proven to prevent and treat lifestyle diseases

Danish researchers, in collaboration with the Danish Football Association, have released a White Paper that describes football as an effective recipe in the prevention and treatment of lifestyle-related diseases.

2 Apr 2025

Hit hard by opioid crisis, Black patients further hurt by barriers to care

Purple flags, representing the nearly 300 Mecklenburg County residents who died of opioid overdose in 2023, fluttered in the humid breeze last August in recognition of International Overdose Awareness Day on the city’s predominantly Black west side.

2 Apr 2025