The first clinical trial to compare two commonly used drugs head-to-head for venous thrombosis treatment has found a clear winner: while both drugs work well to prevent recurrent blood clots, apixaban is safer than rivaroxaban, ...
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In South Korea, postholiday weekdays are associated with a significantly increased incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, according to a study published online March 6 in JAMA Network Open.
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Children born with single-ventricle heart disease, a rare and serious heart defect, often undergo multiple surgeries in their first years of life. A new study shows the challenges for these children can last well into adolescence ...
Mar 11, 2026
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A certain blood protein regarded as an early indicator of Alzheimer's disease also appears to play a role in other disorders. Researchers at DZNE and the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research (HIH) at the University ...
Mar 11, 2026
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Poor gut health could increase the risk of dying early or being hospitalized by almost 10% for people with heart failure, and in the first year after being admitted to hospital with heart failure, people are 8% more likely ...
Mar 10, 2026
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Researchers at the University of California San Diego have uncovered how a single protein triggers two opposite responses in blood vessels—one inflammatory and one protective. This protein, a cell-surface receptor called ...
Mar 10, 2026
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Despite major advances in medicine, U.S. life expectancy barely budged in the 2010s, and it still lags that of other wealthy nations. Researchers have pointed to rising "deaths of despair"—drug overdoses, suicides, and alcohol-related ...
Mar 10, 2026
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A new study from researchers led by Johns Hopkins Medicine reports substantial new evidence that elevated blood biomarkers of subclinical heart injury or stress—heart muscle damage without symptoms of a heart attack—are linked ...
Mar 9, 2026
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About 40% of East Asians suffer from alcohol intolerance, known as "Asian Flush Syndrome," caused by an ALDH2 genetic mutation. Beyond facial flushing, this mutation carries serious cardiovascular risks. Carriers experience ...
Mar 9, 2026
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The prevalence of congenital heart disease points to the need for a better understanding of how it influences neurodevelopment. Jung-Hoon Kim and Catherine Limperopoulos, from Children's National Hospital, led a study examining ...
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