Health
Is caffeine a friend or foe?
Caffeine jump-starts your day and puts a bounce in your step. It can help you focus, improve your mood and maybe even help you live longer.
Aug 8, 2022
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Neuroscience
Nitric oxide signaling in health and disease
In a recently published review article in Cell, researchers Jon Lundberg and Eddie Weitzberg at the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at Karolinska Institutet summarize research in nitric oxide (NO) with a focus on ...
Aug 5, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A look inside Florida's hospitals as the newest COVID wave sweeps through the state
At West Boca Medical Center, Dr. Cory Harlow sees patients coming into the emergency department with many of the same symptoms they complained of during the early days of COVID in Florida: pneumonia, high fever and shortness ...
Aug 1, 2022
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Medical research
Creating an 'adult-like' mature human cardiac tissue
Researchers in the Biomedical Engineering Department at UConn have developed a new cardiac cell-derived platform that closely mimics the human heart, unlocking potential for more thorough preclinical drug development and ...
Jul 28, 2022
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Health
'The best option is always to quit smoking'
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced plans to require tobacco companies to cut the amount of nicotine in traditional cigarettes. It also announced a ban of Juul e-cigarettes in the U.S., saying the company ...
Jul 20, 2022
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Medications
New drug molecule for treatment of atrial fibrillation
Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) Department of Pharmacy have developed an improved pharmaceutical drug for the treatment of the most common heart rhythm disturbance—atrial fibrillation (AF). The ...
Jul 18, 2022
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Medications
Established drug for symptoms of angina pectoris also protects vascular system
A drug used in the clinical treatment of angina symptoms also has an anti-inflammatory effect and reduces atherosclerotic plaques in blood vessels—thereby reducing the risk of heart attack or stroke. The study, led by MedUni ...
Jul 14, 2022
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Cardiology
Implants of cardiac muscle tissue could repair and reverse heart damage
A team of researchers, including members from Boston University, has detailed the method for their breakthrough approach to treating damaged heart tissue. They're growing viable heart tissue in the lab to create a small patch ...
Jul 13, 2022
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Medications
Drug supply shortages have nothing to do with COVID-19
From delayed home improvement projects to the sudden scarcity of baby formula, supply chain shortages caused or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic have become a common answer to why we currently cannot have something right ...
Jun 23, 2022
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Medications
Researchers identify, test novel drug that may stop heart failure progression
Researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine have developed a novel drug molecule that targets T-cells causing inflammation in heart failure patients, stopping further progression ...
Jun 23, 2022
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