Cardiology
How are asthma and heart health linked?
Although the heart and lungs are neighbors in your chest, people may think of them as separate entities with unrelated problems.
May 20, 2024
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Health
Fatigue, weakness and pelvic pain: Vascular problems are different for women
Feeling more tired than usual? Experiencing pelvic pain? It could be a problem with your arteries and veins.
May 2, 2024
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Medications
Anticoagulants fail to prevent unexplained strokes, clinical trial finds
A common practice of prescribing anticoagulants to people who have had unexplained strokes should stop, according to a study led by researchers at Columbia, Weill Cornell Medicine, and the University of Washington and published ...
Feb 7, 2024
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Health
Managing your risk of carotid artery disease
Carotid artery disease occurs when the blood vessels supplying your brain and head, known as carotid arteries, are damaged or blocked by fatty deposits. These deposits contain cholesterol that organizes as a plaque, which ...
Sep 20, 2023
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Cardiology
Research proposes photonic skin sensing network for cardiovascular health monitoring
Cardiovascular disease is the world's leading cause of death. According to the World Health Organization, 17.9 million people die every year due to cardiovascular diseases. For the prewarning and accurate treatment of cardiovascular ...
Aug 16, 2023
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Cardiology
AI and precision medicine may uncover risks of cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular disease is one of the most common causes of death in Sweden and in the world. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, among others, have found that artificial intelligence can play a role in identifying the risk ...
Jul 21, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Uncontrolled heart risk factors common in head, neck squamous cell cancer
The burden of suboptimally controlled cardiovascular (CV) risk factors and incident risk of stroke and myocardial infarction (MI) are considerable in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), according ...
Jun 29, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
How the combination of advanced ultrasound and AI could upgrade cancer diagnostics
Researchers have shown that an automated cancer diagnostic method, which pairs cutting-edge ultrasound techniques with artificial intelligence, can accurately diagnose thyroid cancer, of which there are more than 40,000 new ...
Jun 5, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New discoveries about where atherosclerotic plaques rupture can lead to preventive treatments
A common cause of myocardial infarction and stroke is the rupture of atherosclerotic plaques. The exact location of plaque ruptures has previously been unknown, but now researchers at Lund University have mapped this. The ...
Jun 5, 2023
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Neuroscience
The brain isn't the only place a stroke can occur
Sudden, painless loss of vision. Burning back pain. Achy legs. Incontinence.
May 19, 2023
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