Increased public health and research efforts to optimize prepregnancy cardiovascular health are needed, particularly among those in under-represented racial and ethnic groups, according to a new Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association. “We have released this statement at this time because there is a maternal health crisis in the US with rising maternal morbidity and mortality rates, which are […]

As a bachelor student of Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences, Femke Vlaswinkel wrote a research proposal she was allowed to carry out in her master’s BPS. Femke subsequently graduated with honors. Her research was published in the journal Scientific Reports, she won an award from the Dutch Pharmacy Society (KNMP) and she was invited to write an article about it for a pharmaceutical […]

A third of U.S. children have been found to be either overweight or obese. Though clinical trials have shown some interventions for childhood obesity to be effective, how these interventions might fare in the real world, outside of controlled trial settings, is less clear. In a new study published in the journal Obesity, Yale researchers assessed the actual effects of […]

Recent research from CU Boulder may have finally revealed why humans tend to get sick from airborne viral diseases more often in drier environments. Published in December in PNAS-Nexus, the study found that airborne particles carrying a mammalian coronavirus closely related to the virus which causes COVID-19 remain infectious for twice as long in drier air, in part because the […]

Researchers published the study covered in this summary on Research Square as a preprint that has not yet been peer reviewed. Key Takeaways Lower autonomic nervous system function — indicated by lower heart rate variability (HRV) on an ECG — was associated with worse beta-cell function (ie, worse response to a glycemic load during an oral glucose tolerance test [OGTT]), […]

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Places with higher rates of economic connectedness-;linkages between people of lower and higher socioeconomic status as indicated by Facebook friendships-;had significantly lower rates of premature death related to heart disease, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology. Previous studies have shown that poverty or low socioeconomic […]

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Recommendations from research published today on the diagnosis and treatment of spinal cord damage caused by nitrous oxide abuse have been simultaneously adopted as official clinical practice guidelines by the Association of British Neurologists. The unprecedented speed in translating research into practice is necessary as medical cases of nitrous oxide abuse surge in parallel with increased use of what is […]

Chronic health leading the way Osteoarthritis—57% (16 of 28 trials) Mental and behavioral health—54% (38 of 70 trials) Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic health, such as diabetes—46% (22 of 48 trials); and Neurological system health—41% (18 of 44 trials). Source: Read Full Article