AI to Enhance Clinical Value in Cardiovascular Healthcare AI to Enhance Clinical Value in Cardiovascular Healthcare
How might artificial intelligence improve clinical decision-making? Utilizing several case studies, this article demonstrates the potential clinical value of AI techniques in cardiovascular care.European Heart Journal (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Journal Article Source Type: news
Heart transplant patients depend upon round-the-clock teamwork
The clock starts ticking the moment a patient is placed on a heart transplant list. Obtaining a heart for transplant takes an incredible amount of teamwork, coordination and communication. It truly is one of the most miraculous procedures in modern medicine.
Hear from the world-class teams that make this work possible and from the patients who have been given a second chance at life.
Learn more about the medical experts who do these transplants at Sanger Heart& Vascular Institute.
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - April 1, 2023 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Atrium Health Source Type: news
Fast-growing open-access journals stripped of coveted impact factors
Nearly two dozen journals from two of the fastest growing open-access publishers, including one of the world’s largest journals by volume, will no longer receive a key scholarly imprimatur. On 20 March, the Web of Science database said it delisted the journals along with dozens of others, stripping them of an impact factor, the citation-based measure of quality that, although controversial, carries weight with authors and institutions. The move highlights continuing debate about a business model marked by high volumes of articles, ostensibly chosen for scientific soundness rather than novelty, and the practice by some op...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 28, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Getting COVID-19 Could Weaken Your Immune System
Even relatively easy bouts with COVID-19 can still take a toll on the immune system, according to a paper published Mar. 15 in the journal Immunity—particularly on T-cells, which provide long term and durable protection against viruses.
Mark Davis, a professor of immunology at Stanford University and director of the Stanford Institute for Immunity, Transplantation, and Infection, and his team made the discovery when studying T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 among 72 people through the early months of 2021, as the first COVID-19 vaccines were becoming available. They used the most sensitive method available to track cha...
Source: TIME: Health - March 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
A'Game Changer' for Heart Transplant? A'Game Changer' for Heart Transplant?
Dr DeVore, from the first US center to perform an adult heart transplant using an organ donated after circulatory death, explains the differences and similarities with brain-dead donation to Dr Pi ña.theheart.org on Medscape (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - March 24, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Cardiology Commentary Source Type: news
Does New Heart Transplant Method Challenge Definition of Death? Does New Heart Transplant Method Challenge Definition of Death?
Heart donation after circulatory rather than brain death increases donor hearts available to save lives, but some of the processes involved raise ethical concerns about how death is defined.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - March 24, 2023 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
This Is Your Brain And Body On Artificial Sweeteners
A new study shows erythritol may be linked to heart problems — and unfortunately, that may not the only issue. Here's what to know. (Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post)
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
This Is Your Body And Brain On Artificial Sweeteners
A new study shows erythritol may be linked to heart problems — and unfortunately, that may not be the only issue. Here's what to know. (Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post)
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Janssen Announces Novel Dengue Antiviral Demonstrates Efficacy in Pre-Clinical Data Published in Nature
BEERSE, BELGIUM, March 15, 2023 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) announced today the publication of new data in the journal Nature showing that an early-stage clinical candidate (JNJ-1802) provides strong protection against dengue in non-human primates and mice. The first-in-class antiviral, which was shown to be safe and well tolerated in a Phase 1 first-in-human clinical study, is now progressing into Phase 2 clinical studies for the prevention and treatment of dengue.The new data indicate JNJ-1802 is effective against all four of the dengue serotypes in mouse models and provide...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - March 15, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Erythritol and cardiovascular events
Higher blood levels of the artificial sweetener erythritol were associated with increased risk of heart attack and stroke. (Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH))
Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - March 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New VOYAGER PAD Analysis Confirms Consistent Benefit of XARELTO ® (rivaroxaban) Plus Aspirin Following Lower Extremity Revascularization (LER)
TITUSVILLE, NJ, March 5, 2023 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced data from a new prespecified analysis from the Phase 3 VOYAGER PAD clinical trial reinforcing the benefits of the XARELTO® (rivaroxaban) vascular dose (2.5 mg twice daily plus aspirin 100 mg once daily) over standard of care (aspirin alone), demonstrating consistent benefit at 30 days, 90 days and up to three years following LER in patients with PAD. Lower extremity revascularization, also called peripheral revascularization, is a procedure that restores blood flow in blocked arteries or veins. This analysis of ...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - March 5, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Abcarian: Could our love affair with sugar and artificial sweeteners literally break our hearts?
A new study finds an association between erythritol, a popular sweetener, and heightened cardiovascular risk. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - March 5, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Robin Abcarian Source Type: news
A Sugar Replacement May Be Linked to Heart Attacks and Strokes. Don ’ t Throw Out Your Stash Yet
Sugar replacements are everywhere in foods and beverages. But despite their ubiquity, the scientific verdict on whether or not they pose health risks ping pongs back and forth. Every so often, though, a study is published with a conclusion so shocking that it forces people to reassess their pantries. A Feb. 27 study published in the journal Nature Medicine now seems to have dealt such a blow to the sweetener erythritol, with data that suggest a connection between the ingredient and cardiovascular events such as clotting, stroke, and heart attacks.
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Source: TIME: Health - March 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Haley Weiss Tags: Uncategorized Diet & Nutrition healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
UNISON to suspend strike to enter NHS pay talks with government
The strike planned for next Wednesday involving thousands of ambulance staff and other NHS workers has been suspended to allow UNISON to enter pay talks with the government, the union said today (Friday).
Following a meeting of its health committee this afternoon, UNISON announced it was suspending the action scheduled for 8 March.
The decision was taken after the Department of Health and Social Care confirmed there would be additional investment in pay for both this year (2022/23) and next (2023/24).
UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “Unions said all along they could pause strikes if ministers would only com...
Source: UNISON Health care news - March 3, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: Fatima Ayad Tags: News Press release nhs pay Sara Gorton Source Type: news
Your Houseplants Have Some Powerful Health Benefits
Every morning, I spring out of bed, eager to check on my housemates: Alvin the monstera albo, Allison the other albo, Dominic the philodendron domesticum variegated, and Connie the Thai constellation monstera. Yes, my vegetal friends all have names—which you understand if you’re a plant person, too.
Collecting and caring for houseplants boomed in popularity during the pandemic, especially among younger adults who often don’t have abundant outdoor space. Americans spent $8.5 billion more on gardening-related items in 2020 than in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Vibrant communities blossomed on s...
Source: TIME: Health - March 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Angela Haupt Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Research Wellbeing Source Type: news
