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Study provides treatment guidance for children and adolescents with multisystem inflammatory syndrome

An analysis conducted by a group of investigators including Tamara Bradford, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, found that children and adolescents with Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) initially treated with intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) plus glucocorticoids had a lower risk of new or persistent cardiovascular dysfunction than IVIG alone.

22 Jun 2021

Albumin supplementation improves human fertility, fights infection

A new University of California, Irvine-led study reveals albumin (Alb), among the most abundant proteins in the body, activates a proton channel (hHv1), also widespread in the body, giving sperm the ability to penetrate and fertilize an egg, and allowing white blood cells to secrete large amounts of inflammatory mediators to fight infection.

22 Jun 2021

Protein blueprint may aid in treatments for infertility and help protect future fertility

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine have developed a blueprint for a protein that plays an important role in the development and regulation of reproductive organs.

22 Jun 2021

Testing several genes can provide precise knowledge about the choice of right medicinal products

Most of us have genetic variations that increase the risk of medicinal products not being effective. In order to provide a more effective treatment with fewer side effects, we need to analyse more of these genetic variations.

22 Jun 2021

Eating prunes daily can improve risk factors for cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal women

New research published in the Journal of Medicinal Food suggests eating prunes each day can improve risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) including raising antioxidant capacity and reducing inflammation among healthy, postmenopausal women.

22 Jun 2021

Researchers discover a new mechanism controlling satiation

Researchers from the Turku PET Centre and Technical University of Munich have discovered a new mechanism controlling satiation. According to the recently published study, the hormone secretin induces satiation by activating brown adipose tissue.

22 Jun 2021

Mother's gestational diabetes is an independent risk factor for fetal hypoxia during labor

In Finland, every fifth mother was diagnosed with gestational diabetes in 2019. The condition increases the mother's risk of developing type 2 diabetes in the future.

22 Jun 2021

Researchers screen Chinese herbal medicines and plant compounds for anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity

A review published in Phytotherapy Research discussed the natural anti-SARS-CoV-2 products identified based on in silico prediction. The review’s authors also illustrate the impact of many phytochemicals either alone or in combination with traditional treatments and their potential molecular mechanisms involved in SARS-CoV-2 prevention and treatment.

22 Jun 2021

In a murky sea of mental health apps, consumers left adrift

In the eyes of the tech industry, mental health treatment is an area ripe for disruption.

22 Jun 2021

Hospitals, insurers invest big dollars to tackle patients’ social needs

When doctors at a primary care clinic here noticed many of its poorest patients were failing to show up for appointments, they hoped giving out free rides would help.

22 Jun 2021

Bruker’s molecular phenomics research tools enable new insights into ‘long COVID’ and post-acute metabolic abnormalities

A clinical research collaboration on COVID-19 pheno-conversion and subsequent pheno-reversion has discovered transient and persistent systemic changes of the molecular signatures in patient blood samples three months after the acute COVID-19 disease phase.

From Bruker BioSpin - NMR, EPR and Imaging 22 Jun 2021

Consumption of boiled or baked potatoes can reduce systolic blood pressure

A new study published in Nutrients investigated the effect of increased dietary potassium from a whole food source--baked/boiled potatoes and baked French fries--or a potassium supplement on blood pressure and other cardiovascular disease risk factors compared to a 'typical American' control diet (lower potassium intake) among 30 pre-hypertensive to hypertensive men and women.

22 Jun 2021

Dissatisfaction with married life increases men's risk of death from stroke and premature mortality

Dissatisfaction with married life raises the risk of dying from a cerebrovascular accident: A new Tel Aviv University study reveals that perceiving marriage as unsuccessful is a significant predictor of death from a CVA and premature death among men, no less that well-known risk factors such as smoking and lack of physical activity.

21 Jun 2021

Unrepaired DNA damage can increase the speed of aging, study suggests

Every day, our bodies face a bombardment of UV rays, ozone, cigarette smoke, industrial chemicals and other hazards.

21 Jun 2021

New AASM position statement emphasizes that sleep is a biological necessity

A new position statement from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine emphasizes that sleep is a biological necessity, and insufficient sleep and untreated sleep disorders are detrimental for health, well-being, and public safety.

21 Jun 2021

High levels of protein linked with heart health could protect against Alzheimer's-like brain damage

By the time people with Alzheimer's disease start exhibiting difficulty remembering and thinking, the disease has been developing in their brains for two decades or more, and their brain tissue already has sustained damage. As the disease progresses, the damage accumulates, and their symptoms worsen.

21 Jun 2021

FDA approves oral pellets to treat children with venous thromboembolism

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Pradaxa (dabigatran etexilate) oral pellets to treat children 3 months to less than 12 years old with venous thromboembolism (a condition where blood clots form in the veins) directly after they have been treated with a blood thinner given by injection for at least five days.

21 Jun 2021

COVID-19 studies should provide sex-disaggregated data, researchers warn

Researchers have warned that studies examining sex-specific responses to infection with SARS-CoV-2 must provide sex-disaggregated data.

21 Jun 2021

‘It’s a mission’: Volunteers treat refugees massing at the border

El Chaparral Plaza once teemed with tourists, street vendors and idling taxis. But the plaza, just outside the San Ysidro port of entry on the Mexican side of the border, now serves as a sprawling refugee camp where migrants from Mexico, Central America and Haiti wait in limbo while they seek asylum in the U.S.

21 Jun 2021

Nurses and docs at Long Beach Center ‘consider it an honor’ to care for migrant children

The 5-year-old had nodded off while waiting for her 10-year-old brother to be treated for scabies at the clinic in the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, which she currently calls home. Nurse Chai-Chih Huang asked if she wanted to be taken back to her dormitory to sleep.

21 Jun 2021

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Cardiology News and Research

Latest Cardiology News and Research

Study provides treatment guidance for children and adolescents with multisystem inflammatory syndrome

Albumin supplementation improves human fertility, fights infection

Protein blueprint may aid in treatments for infertility and help protect future fertility

Testing several genes can provide precise knowledge about the choice of right medicinal products

Eating prunes daily can improve risk factors for cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal women

Researchers discover a new mechanism controlling satiation

Mother's gestational diabetes is an independent risk factor for fetal hypoxia during labor

Researchers screen Chinese herbal medicines and plant compounds for anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity

In a murky sea of mental health apps, consumers left adrift

Hospitals, insurers invest big dollars to tackle patients’ social needs

Bruker’s molecular phenomics research tools enable new insights into ‘long COVID’ and post-acute metabolic abnormalities

Consumption of boiled or baked potatoes can reduce systolic blood pressure

Dissatisfaction with married life increases men's risk of death from stroke and premature mortality

Unrepaired DNA damage can increase the speed of aging, study suggests

New AASM position statement emphasizes that sleep is a biological necessity

High levels of protein linked with heart health could protect against Alzheimer's-like brain damage

FDA approves oral pellets to treat children with venous thromboembolism

COVID-19 studies should provide sex-disaggregated data, researchers warn

‘It’s a mission’: Volunteers treat refugees massing at the border

Nurses and docs at Long Beach Center ‘consider it an honor’ to care for migrant children

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

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Latest Cardiology News and Research

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

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Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

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