Being comfortable with aging can benefit sex life Researchers have long known that having a positive outlook can benefit a person's health. Nov 17, 2022 0 32
Homelessness, hospitals and mental health: Study shows impacts and costs Six years ago, U.S. hospitals officially received the ability to document patients' housing status, including housing instability and homelessness. The new "Z codes" reflect an increasing recognition of the role of housing ... Nov 17, 2022 1 48
Researchers discover new oral drug for lowering cholesterol After statins, the next leading class of medications for managing cholesterol are PCSK9 inhibitors. These highly effective agents help the body pull excess cholesterol from the blood, but unlike statins, which are available ... Nov 17, 2022 0 70
Researchers demonstrate in mice a new way to deliver medication to malignant brain tumors Researchers have demonstrated in mice a new approach for delivering medication across the blood-brain barrier to treat tumors that cause aggressive, lethal brain cancer. Nov 17, 2022 0 54
Study finds that inducing hibernation-like state in mice can protect their organs during heart surgery Researchers led by Hidetoshi Masumoto and Genshiro Sunagawa at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan have developed a new method of protecting organs during heart and aortic surgery when blood circulation ... Nov 17, 2022 0 5
Second year of pandemic deadlier for middle aged than the first, analysis finds The first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic saw an increase in mortality rates, both from COVID-19 and other causes, but the groups hardest hit shifted between the first and second years, according to an analysis of publicly ... Nov 17, 2022 0 17
Headaches tied to higher risk for dry eye disease Headaches may increase the risk for dry eye disease (DED), according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published online Oct. 19 in the Annals of Medicine. Nov 17, 2022 0 26
Genetic lineage tracing identifies cardiac mesenchymal-to-adipose transition in an arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy model ACM is a hereditary cardiomyopathy characterized by fibrofatty replacement of the ventricular myocardium, a high risk of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias, sudden cardiac death, and progressive heart failure. However, ... Nov 17, 2022 0 1
Severe outcomes from COVID-19 up with preexisting neuropsych conditions People with neuropsychiatric conditions and/or associated treatment have an increased risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 and from other severe acute respiratory infections (SARIs), according to a study published online ... Nov 17, 2022 0 25
Blinding eye disease strongly associated with serious forms of cardiovascular disease Patients with a specific form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in the United States, are also highly likely to have either underlying heart damage from heart failure and heart attacks, ... Nov 17, 2022 0 1228
