UIowa study examines altered gene expression in heart failure
Credit: Photo courtesy of the Grueter laboratory, University of Iowa Health Care Heart failure refers to a condition in which heart muscle becomes weakened over...
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Bariatric surgery impacts joint replacement outcomes in very obese…
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery A study from Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) finds that in morbidly obese patients, bariatric surgery performed prior to a...
Patient-centered medical home model improves chronic disease management
Credit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Nov. 20, 2017 – Data from more than 800 Veterans Health Administration (VHA) primary care clinics revealed that national implementation...
Thinking ‘out-of-the-box’ may build a better brain and prevent dementia
Credit: Florida Atlantic University More than 5 million Americans today are affected by Alzheimer's disease (AD). If nothing is done to stop this upward trajectory,...
Ultrasound detects heart dysfunction after successful repair of aortic narrowing
Credit: Haki Jashari New echocardiographic ultrasound methods can non-invasively evaluate deformation of the heart muscle in order to identify abnormal function in children who were...
Gehry’s Biodiversity Museum — favorite attraction for the…
Credit: Patricia Esther Corro Chang Ahead of Gehry's Biodiversity Museum's opening in October 2014, PhD candidate Patricia Esther Corro Chang, Universidad de Panama, studied the...
Hand-grip test can indicate decline in physical function of…
Credit: UBC Okanagan UBC researchers Jenn Jakobi and Gareth Jones, both Health and Exercise Sciences professors at UBC's Okanagan campus, recently completed a study that...
Canada’s aging population signals need for more inclusive, accessible transportation…
Credit: Council of Canadian Academies As the number of Canadians aged 65 and older continues to grow faster than any other age group, so too...
Brisk exercise linked to better arterial health already in childhood
Credit: Eero Haapala High levels of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity are associated with lower arterial stiffness in 6-8-year-old children, according to a new study from the...
The laws of attraction: Pheromones don’t lie, fruit fly research suggests
Credit: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Life as a fruit fly seems pretty simple: Hatch, grow, eat some fruit, find a mate, produce...
Heart valves made from tissue rather than metal may be better for…
Chicago, Jan. 12, 2016 – Patients between the ages of 40 and 70 who undergo aortic valve replacement (AVR) may fare better with tissue-based valves...
New IU collaborative care model focuses on full recovery of those…
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS – An estimated 1.4 million Americans over age 50 are hospitalized for severe injuries annually — most often due to motor...
Cardiac arrests in black neighborhoods less likely to get CPR,…
Credit: Shawn Rocco, Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. — Surviving cardiac arrest often seems like a matter of luck — whether a passerby knows CPR, or...
Weak grip a strong predictor of metabolic disease and disability in adults
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Mich. – A simple test to determine a person's grip strength may be a predictor of developing metabolic disorders in...
FIU scientists discover how arsenic builds up in plant seeds
IMAGE: This image shows an Arabidosis plant ovelaying rice grains that spell out arsenic because this research predicts that this is how arsenic gets into...
