by Noah Fromson, University of Michigan Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainOver the last year, prescriptions for medications that can accelerate weight loss in people with diabetes or without it have skyrocketed. Known by brand names like Ozempic and Wegovy, the drugs have gotten a lot of attention for their cost, their potential impact on weight, and their...
UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN – THE FACULTY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCES At the European Football Championship last summer, time suddenly stood still. The buzzing tension that filled the air disappeared in a matter of seconds when footballer Christian Eriksen suddenly collapsed, died and was resuscitated on live television. And in no time, millions of people...
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI New University of Cincinnati research discovered a unique class of medications that act as blood thinners by inhibiting an enzyme in the genes of tick saliva. The research focused on novel direct thrombin inhibitors (DTI) from tick salivary transcriptomes, or messenger RNA molecules expressed by an organism. The result is the development...
by European Society of Cardiology Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Nearly 30% of patients with coronary artery disease have diabetes, according to a large study published on World Health Day in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). That compares to a diabetes prevalence of around 9% in the general...
by Adam Pope, University of Alabama at Birmingham Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In a recent study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers, findings indicate that among patients with heart failure, obesity is associated with a higher risk of heart failure hospitalization or death due to cardiac causes. However,...
fibrillation manage their symptoms, according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2020.1 Atrial fibrillation is the most common heart rhythm disorder. One in four middle-aged adults in Europe and the US will develop the condition, which causes 20-30% of all strokes and increases the risk of death by 1.5-fold in men and 2-fold in...
Using this 3D image of the patient’s heart the system can replicate how the organ contracts during each individual beat Scientists in the UK have developed an artificial intelligence system that can analyze the medical test results of patients with a heart disorder and accurately predict their lifespan over the following years. Researchers at...
