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Credit: IDIBELL A new study by doctor Manel Esteller, Director of the Epigenetics and Cancer Biology Program (PEBC) of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL),...

Two bilateral French-Austrian research projects start at IST Austria

Credit: Waielbi Two joint projects between labs at the Institute of Science and Technology (IST) Austria and at French research institutes, funded by the Austrian...

Are you really you when you’re hungry?

WASHINGTON -- What makes someone go from simply being hungry to full-on "hangry"? More than just a simple drop in blood sugar, this combination of...

Ingesting honey after swallowing button battery reduces injury and improves outcomes

Philadelphia, June 11, 2018--A team of ear, nose, and throat (ENT) specialists has demonstrated that eating honey after swallowing a button battery has the potential...

Erectile dysfunction means increased risk for heart disease, regardless of other risk factors

DALLAS, June 11, 2018 -- Erectile dysfunction (ED) indicates greater cardiovascular risk, regardless of other risk factors, such as cholesterol, smoking and high blood pressure,...

Mutation links bipolar disorder to mitochondrial disease

Credit: Milena Menezes Carvalho/RIKEN National Science Institute Mutations in the gene ANT1 may confer a risk for bipolar disorder through a complex interplay between serotonin...

Children with neuroblastoma have an elevated risk of long-term psychological difficulties

A new study reveals that pediatric neuroblastoma patients are at elevated risk for long-term psychological impairment. In addition, those who experience such impairment as they...

Reporting and evaluating wait times for urgent hip fracture surgery in Ontario, Canada

About two-thirds of patients admitted to hospital in Ontario for hip fracture did not receive surgery during the recommended time window of 24 hours, according...

Moderate and extreme temperatures could increase the risk of occupational injuries

Moderate and extreme ambient temperatures increase the risk of occupational accidents. This is the main conclusion of a new study by the Barcelona Institute for...

Negative rapid test results may delay antiviral therapy in patients with severe influenza

June 10, 2018 - Atlanta, GA - A new study has found that half of influenza cases in patients admitted to the intensive care unit...

Improving Americans’ diets could save billions in health-related costs

What we eat has important implications for our health--and for what we spend on healthcare. New research suggests improving the quality of the average American's...

Pulmonary arterial hypertension medical management of the adult patient with CHD

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Medical Management of the Adult Patient with Congenital Heart Disease In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Volume3, Number 1,...

The surgical management of Ebstein anomaly

In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Volume3, Number 1, 2018, pp. pp. 13-20(8); DOI 10.15212/CVIA.2017.0052, Karl M. Reyes, Eric I-Hun Jeng, Susan...

Left ventricular systolic function after pulmonary valve replacement

Evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic Function after Pulmonary Valve Replacement Using Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications..

Atrial arrhythmias including atrial fibrillation in congenital heart disease: Mechanisms, substrate identification and interventional approaches