Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. This study compared the long-term outcomes between rotational atherectomy (RA) for specific indications and on-label use of RA for severely calcified coronary lesions. Data for patients who underwent RA between 2015 and 2020 in a single-center registry were analyzed. The specific indication group included […]
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Can a Saliva Test Predict the Best Way to Manage Obesity?
It sounds like a simple solution to a complicated problem: Find out what kind of obesity you have based on a one-time genetic saliva test. Then you and your doctor can get a better idea if anti-obesity drugs or other treatments are more likely to work for you. The goal of creating the obesity types and […]
BioNTech Proceeding With COVID Shot in Line With WHO Guidance
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s BioNTech said it was on track to introduce a COVID-19 shot by the early fall in the northern hemisphere that is adapted to currently dominant virus variants in line with recommendations by the World Health Organization. BioNTech was targeting regulatory approval by the end of the summer to allow for a […]
Gas-releasing adjuvant improves efficacy of photothermal therapy for cancer
Hydrogen sulfide is usually a highly toxic gas. However, with careful preparation, it can be used to support photothermal therapy (PTT) in treating cancer, as a team of researchers reporting in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition has recently discovered. As the team reports, an adjuvant releasing hydrogen sulfide causes tumor cells to lose their […]
Major change to flu jab rollout as millions now uneligible
12million Brits WON’T get free flu jab this winter after health chiefs scrap offer for anyone aged 50-64 in major change to roll-out The UKHSA confirmed the over-65s would be eligible for jab from September 1 It is the first time jab hasn’t been offered to 50 to 64s since pandemic began Millions of Brits […]
Breast cancer breakthrough: New AI can predict if disease will spread
Breast cancer breakthrough with new AI that can predict if disease will spread – and experts think it could save thousands of lives The technology measures the immune response of lymph nodes King’s College London researchers tested on 5,000, donated by 345 patients Scientists have developed artificial intelligence which can predict if a patient’s breast […]
Adoption of Mediterranean diet shows promise in easing symptoms for myeloproliferative neoplasm patients
Myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) represents a group of inflammatory diseases, including polycythemia vera (PV), essential thrombocythemia (ET), and primary myelofibrosis (PMF). MPNs are linked to hematologic malignancies and are characterized by clonal outgrowth of hematopoietic cells with an acquired mutation in JAK2. Multiple studies have shown that the Mediterranean diet positively impacts diseases associated with chronic […]
U.S. nursing homes fail to report many serious falls, bedsores: Study
A federal website intended to help people choose a nursing home not only contains inaccurate information, but those inaccuracies appear to be at least partially driven by race, a new study reports. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) established the Nursing Home Care Compare website in the 1990s to publicly report patient […]