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Can ‘toxic’ bilirubin treat a variety of illnesses?
Generations of medical and biology students have been instilled with a dim view of bilirubin. Spawned when the body trashes old red blood cells, the molecule is harmful refuse and a sign of illness. High blood levels cause jaundice, which turns the eyes and skin yellow and can signal liver trouble. Newborns can’t process the compound, and although high levels normally subside, a persistent surplus can cause brain damage.
Yet later this year up to 40 healthy Australian volunteers may begin receiving infusions of the supposedly good-for-nothing molecule. They will be participating in a phase 1 safety trial, sponsored ...
Source: ScienceNOW - June 8, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
The final puff: Can New Zealand quit smoking for good?
Smoking kills. Ayesha Verrall has seen it up close. As a young resident physician in New Zealand’s public hospitals in the 2000s, Verrall watched smokers come into the emergency ward every night, struggling to breathe with their damaged lungs. Later, as an infectious disease specialist, she saw how smoking exacerbated illness in individuals diagnosed with tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. She would tell them: “The best thing you can do to promote your health, other than take the pills, is to quit smoking.”
Verrall is still urging citizens to give up cigarettes—no longer just one by one, but by the thousands. As New...
Source: ScienceNOW - December 9, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
Association of long-term exposure to PM < sub > 2.5 < /sub > and survival following ischemic heart disease
CONCLUSION: Mortality from all-cause and cardiovascular disease following hospitalization due to ischemic heart disease was higher among individuals with greater PM2.5 exposure in seven major cities in South Korea. The result supports the association of long-term exposure to air pollution with poor prognosis among patients with ischemic heart disease.PMID:36208782 | DOI:10.1016/j.envres.2022.114440
Source: Environmental Research - October 8, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Jongmin Oh Sangbum Choi Changwoo Han Dong-Wook Lee Eunhee Ha Soon Tae Kim Hyun Joo Bae Wook Bum Pyun Yun-Chul Hong Youn-Hee Lim Source Type: research
Inter-racial differences in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Conclusions
There were significant differences in baseline and procedural factors among Asian and non-Asian patients who underwent TAVI. Observed inter-racial differences in clinical outcomes were largely explained by baseline differences in clinical, anatomical and procedural factors.
Trial registration number
NCT03826264 (https://wwwclinicaltrialsgov).
Source: Heart - September 12, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Kang, D.-Y., Ahn, J.-M., Kim, J. B., Yeung, A., Nishi, T., Fearon, W., Cantey, E. P., Flaherty, J. D., Davidson, C. J., Malaisrie, S. C., Park, S. Y., Yun, S.-C., Ko, E., Park, H., Lee, S.-A., Kim, D.-H., Kim, H. J., Kim, J. B., Choo, S. J., Park, D.-W., Tags: Valvular heart disease Source Type: research
Increased Risk of Cardio-Cerebrovascular Diseases in Migraine Patients: A Nationwide Population-Based, Longitudinal Follow-Up Study in South Korea
CONCLUSIONS: Associations of migraine with CCDs have been demonstrated, which are stronger in females than in males.PMID:35589320 | DOI:10.3988/jcn.2022.18.3.323
Source: Journal of Clinical Neurology - May 19, 2022 Category: Neurology Authors: Seung-Jae Lee Seok Yoon Yoon-Jong Bae Cheryl D Bushnell Hyung Jun Kim Dongwoo Kang Source Type: research
