New AI tool helps determine the risk of secondary heart attacks in cancer patients
University researchers have pioneered a new tool to determine the risk of secondary heart attacks in cancer patients…
Antiplatelet medications linked to worse outcomes in people hospitalized with a brain bleed
Analysis of hospital registry data found that people who were hospitalized due to bleeding in the brain and…
Ischemic stroke increases expectant mother’s risk for another stroke during or soon after pregnancy
Having had a stroke caused by blocked blood vessels (ischemic stroke) more than doubled an expectant mother’s odds of having…
New evidence shows Parkinson’s spreads via immune cells from the gut
New research reveals how Parkinson’s spreads from the gut to the brain, with the help of immune cells…
How DNA and life experiences leave distinct marks on the human immune system
A high-resolution immune cell atlas reveals how inherited DNA and life-long environmental exposures leave separate epigenetic signatures that…
Cardiac MRI breakthrough could be a game changer for assessing advanced heart failure
Doctors may soon be able to tell just how sick a heart failure patient really is by using…
Eating beef as part of a healthy dietary pattern does not impact risk factors for type 2 diabetes
More than 135 million American adults are either living with or at risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D),…
Mapping the early onset of coronary heart disease in men
Men begin developing coronary heart disease – which can lead to heart attacks – years earlier than women,…
Color vision deficiency is linked to worse survival in bladder cancer
A large electronic health record study suggests that difficulty recognizing painless blood in urine may delay diagnosis and…
Immune system dysfunction may fuel progressive heart failure after heart attacks
When the heart’s muscle is weakened or injured due to a heart attack, it can make it hard…
Antibody-producing plasma cells shape effectiveness of PD-1 immunotherapy
Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified an important immune response that helps…
Financial incentives lower blood sugar in uncontrolled type 2 diabetes
Background: In this randomized controlled trial in Israel, researchers examined whether a contingent discount as a financial incentive…