Archive: 18/03/2019

Healthy fats improve nerve function in obese mice

Swapping dietary saturated fats for monounsaturated fats reverses nerve damage and restores nerve function in male mice, finds new preclinical research published in JNeurosci. These data support further investigation of diets ...

Mar 18, 2019

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Lowering blood pressure prevents worsening brain damage in elderly

Elderly people with high blood pressure, or hypertension, who took medicine to keep their 24-hour systolic blood pressure around 130 mm Hg for three years showed significantly less accumulation of harmful brain lesions compared ...

Mar 18, 2019

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Blood pressure control reduces dementia risk in mid-life patients with atrial fibrillation

Dementia risk in mid-life patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) can be reduced by controlling high blood pressure, according to a study presented today at EHRA 2019, a congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

Mar 18, 2019

Team finds key to common cancer pathway

Scientists have long known that the protein p53, when mutated, is a critical factor in the onset of many different kinds of cancer. In its unmutated form, however, it is known to protect against cancer.

Mar 18, 2019

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Common treatment for multiple sclerosis may prolong life

Researchers from the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute have found that a widely prescribed drug for multiple sclerosis (MS) is associated with longer survival for patients.

Mar 18, 2019

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Protective antibodies also found in premature babies

Even premature babies carry anti-viral antibodies transferred from the mother, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden report in a paper on maternal antibodies in newborns, published in the journal Nature Medicine. ...

Mar 18, 2019

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Prophylactic cranial irradiation: Improvements for advanced NSCLC

Prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI), a technique used to prevent the clinical development of brain metastases, is established as a standard approach for many patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) after initial therapy. ...

Mar 18, 2019

CDC researchers report on trends in hospital breastfeeding policies

A new study from the CDC showed modest improvement in optimal hospital breastfeeding policy from 2009 to 2015, with more than 2 times as many hospitals having a model breastfeeding policy and increases in early initiation ...

Mar 18, 2019

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Pure Omega-3 prescription drug markedly reduces first, repeat and total CV events

Taking a high dose of icosapent ethyl—a pure and stable prescription form of the omega-3 fatty acid known as EPA—significantly reduces the occurrence of first, subsequent and total ischemic events, including heart attacks, ...

Mar 18, 2019

Novel heart pump shows superior outcomes in advanced heart failure

Severely ill patients with advanced heart failure who received a novel heart pump—the HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device (LVAD)— suffered significantly fewer strokes, pump-related blood clots and bleeding episodes ...

Mar 18, 2019

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Archive: 18/03/2019

Healthy fats improve nerve function in obese mice

Lowering blood pressure prevents worsening brain damage in elderly

Blood pressure control reduces dementia risk in mid-life patients with atrial fibrillation

Team finds key to common cancer pathway

Common treatment for multiple sclerosis may prolong life

Protective antibodies also found in premature babies

Prophylactic cranial irradiation: Improvements for advanced NSCLC

CDC researchers report on trends in hospital breastfeeding policies

Pure Omega-3 prescription drug markedly reduces first, repeat and total CV events

Novel heart pump shows superior outcomes in advanced heart failure

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