Heart disease: Doctor explains how to reduce risk in 2021 Heart and circulatory diseases are among the biggest killers in the UK, accounting for around a quarter of all deaths every year. Major contributing factors to heart disease include issues such as having high blood pressure, high cholesterol and obesity. This is because the heart’s blood supply can become blocked […]

More than three in five children (63%) enrolled in Medicaid do not receive mental health services within six months after a firearm injury, according to a new study published in the journal Pediatrics. In the United States, 11,258 youth experienced nonfatal firearm injuries in 2020. Children who survive firearm injuries are at increased risk for adverse mental health outcomes, such […]

Women ages 45 years and older taking estrogen hormone therapy in pill form were more likely to develop high blood pressure than those using transdermal (topical, applied to the skin) or vaginal formulations, according to new research published today in Hypertension, a peer-reviewed American Heart Association journal. A woman’s body produces less estrogen and progesterone after menopause, changes that may […]

New British lung cancer drug from AstraZeneca is hailed as a ‘game changer’ that can HALVE the risk of dying The daily tablets target non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tumours  Read more: Ground-breaking warhead drug could be cure for lung cancer  A ‘game-changing’ British drug can halve the risk of dying from lung cancer, research has shown. The ground-breaking trial found patients […]

High cholesterol: Nutritionist reveals top prevention tips Often symptomless, having high cholesterol can be deadly as it is one of the causes of serious medical emergencies such as heart attacks and strokes. Cholesterol is a fatty substance found in the blood. Too much of it can lead to blockages, preventing blood flow to vital organs. Poor diet is one of […]

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Communications, researcher discovered that CD8+ T-cells are detained at the blood-brain barrier (BBB), wherein they contribute to its breakdown and subsequent infiltration of inflammatory cells into the brain. Study: Antigen recognition detains CD8+ T cells at the blood-brain barrier and contributes to its breakdown. Image Credit: Nemes Laszlo / Shutterstock.com Background Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a […]

Get ready to see the sweetest thing today: a video of Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade’s daughter Kaavia dancing with her papa to “My Girl” by The Temptations. On June 1, Kaavia’s Instagram page shared a video of her and Wade dancing in their living room with the caption reading, “The only time I let him lead ☺️ @dwyanewade #daddysgirl.” […]

Reactive astrocytes, a type of brain cell, could help scientists understand why some people with healthy cognition and amyloid-β deposits in their brains do not develop other signs of Alzheimer’s, such as tangled tau proteins. A study with over 1,000 participants looked at biomarkers and found that amyloid-β was only linked to increased levels of tau in individuals who had […]

Lupus Therapeutics announced the start of a collaboration to conduct three Phase 3 clinical trials testing an investigational therapeutic ianalumab for systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis. Lupus Therapeutics, the clinical research affiliate of the Lupus Research Alliance, will help Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Novartis) conduct the trials through the Lupus Clinical Investigators Network (LuCIN) at top academic centers throughout North […]

A team from Peking Union Medical College Hospital in Beijing, China, have explored changes in the characteristics, treatment, and 5-year survival for SLE-associated PAH in the last decade, and possible reasons for survival change. To date, this is the largest multi-center prospective SLE-PAH cohort to describe disease characteristics and prognosis. The results have been shared at the 2023 annual congress […]