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A jolt to the jugular! You’re insured but still owe $109k for your heart attack

Drew Calver took out his trash cans and then waved goodbye to his wife, Erin, as she left for the grocery store the morning that upended his picture-perfect life.

27 Aug 2018

Cardiovascular disease patients with internal bleeding more likely to be diagnosed with cancer

Patients with cardiovascular disease who develop major internal bleeding are much more likely to be diagnosed with cancer, a large international clinical trial has found.

27 Aug 2018

VTCRI study may disrupt conventional understanding about how electrical activity travels in the heart

Scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have found evidence that may disrupt conventional understanding about how electrical activity travels in the heart - a discovery that potentially can lead to new insight into medical problems such as heart arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death.

27 Aug 2018

The doctors want in: Democratic docs talk health care on the campaign trail

Dr. Rob Davidson, an emergency physician from western Michigan, had never considered running for Congress. Then came February 2017. The 46-year-old Democrat found himself at a local town-hall meeting going toe-to-toe with Rep. Bill Huizenga, his Republican congressman of the previous six years.

27 Aug 2018

Restricting consumption of high-sucrose diet to active part of day avoids adverse effects in rats

A sedentary lifestyle combined with a diet dominated by processed foods has widely resulted in a range of conditions including diabetes, obesity, and high blood pressure, which are known collectively as metabolic syndrome.

27 Aug 2018

Improving the Health of Older Men Through Exercise

Dr. Barbara Jefferis from UCL discusses the importance of exercise in later life and how her research is challenging current UK physical activity guidelines for men.

27 Aug 2018

Insilico announces presentation of latest research at Global Precision Medicine & Biomarkers Leaders Summit

Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company specializing in the application of next-generation artificial intelligence for drug discovery, biomarker development and aging research, announces the presentation of its CTO, Alex Zhebrak at the 5th Global Precision Medicine & Biomarkers Leaders Summit, September 13-14, 2018, Munich, Germany.

27 Aug 2018

Evotec collaborates with CENTOGENE to develop compounds to treat rare genetic diseases

CENTOGENE today announced that Evotec AG and CENTOGENE AG entered into a global strategic collaboration agreement for joint drug discovery projects, developing compounds to treat rare genetic diseases.

27 Aug 2018

GN Hearing launches Interton Ready hearing aid to help people with hearing loss to stay connected

GN Hearing, one of the world's leading hearing aid manufacturers and the pioneer of 2.4 GHz wireless connectivity, today announced the launch of Interton Ready, a next-generation hearing aid, aiming to help more people with hearing loss to stay connected with the world around them.

27 Aug 2018

Innovative assistive surgical devices dominate in DEBUT challenge

Projects focused on providing simple, low-cost modifications to surgical techniques that could reduce pain or damage from these procedures dominated this year's Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams challenge.

27 Aug 2018

Women may need more nutrient-rich diet to support positive emotional well-being

Women may need a more nutrient-rich diet to support a positive emotional well-being, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University at New York.

27 Aug 2018

Care coordination has huge impact on better health of older adults with multiple chronic diseases

For older adults with multiple chronic diseases, such as diabetes, depression, heart disease and others, care coordination appears to have the biggest impact on better health, according to a study published in CMAJ.

27 Aug 2018

Newly discovered target may prevent progression of liver injury to cancer

Problems like obesity and alcoholism appear to chronically trigger in the liver a receptor known to amplify inflammation in response to invaders like bacteria, scientists report.

27 Aug 2018

Researchers investigate ability of Masimo Ori to show oxygenation trends during moderate hyperoxia

Masimo announced today the findings of a study recently published in Anesthesia & Analgesia in which researchers at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, and Ghent University, Belgium, investigated the ability of Masimo ORi to show trends in oxygenation in the moderate hyperoxic region.

27 Aug 2018

Hypertensive patients rely on medication rather than decreasing salt intake

Patients with high blood pressure are relying solely on medication to reduce their risk of heart attack, stroke and heart failure, rather than decreasing salt intake as instructed by their physicians, according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2018, the annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology.

27 Aug 2018

One-third of US Veterans store firearms loaded with ammunition and unlocked, finds study

One third of United States Armed Forces Veterans store at least one firearm loaded with ammunition and unlocked, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine that reports on the first survey of a nationally representative sample of this group regarding storage practices.

27 Aug 2018

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A jolt to the jugular! You’re insured but still owe $109k for your heart attack

Cardiovascular disease patients with internal bleeding more likely to be diagnosed with cancer

VTCRI study may disrupt conventional understanding about how electrical activity travels in the heart

The doctors want in: Democratic docs talk health care on the campaign trail

Restricting consumption of high-sucrose diet to active part of day avoids adverse effects in rats

Improving the Health of Older Men Through Exercise

Insilico announces presentation of latest research at Global Precision Medicine & Biomarkers Leaders Summit

Evotec collaborates with CENTOGENE to develop compounds to treat rare genetic diseases

GN Hearing launches Interton Ready hearing aid to help people with hearing loss to stay connected

Innovative assistive surgical devices dominate in DEBUT challenge

Women may need more nutrient-rich diet to support positive emotional well-being

Care coordination has huge impact on better health of older adults with multiple chronic diseases

Newly discovered target may prevent progression of liver injury to cancer

Researchers investigate ability of Masimo Ori to show oxygenation trends during moderate hyperoxia

Hypertensive patients rely on medication rather than decreasing salt intake

One-third of US Veterans store firearms loaded with ammunition and unlocked, finds study

Aspirin appears to cause major bleeds and have no effect on cancers

Study: 1 in 12 children taking multiple medications at risk of drug-drug interactions

New improved method to judge effectiveness of experimental therapies for neurodegeneration

Oxygen therapy does not prevent development of heart failure in patients with heart attack

How real-time off-gas analysis improves fermentation process control

Advancing Drug Safety Assessment With AI, Predictive Modeling, and Human-Relevant Data

AI-powered analytics and experimental validation

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