Why is stroke so deadly for people of African descent?
Credit: UVA Health African-Americans have up to three times the risk of dying from strokes as people of European descent, ...
Tag: Mortality/Longevity
Researchers at IRB Barcelona get an ERC grant to develop new drugs against fibrosis
Credit: IRB Barcelona The team led by Manuel Serrano, ICREA researcher and Head of the Cellular Plasticity and Disease Lab ...
Researchers find increase in comorbidities among hospitalized patients with heart failure
Melissa Caughey, PhD, instructor in the UNC/NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, is the senior author of a recently ...
Quality heart and lung care earns UVA international award
Credit: UVA Health For its lifesaving care of patients with severely injured hearts and lungs, University of Virginia Medical Center ...
Deep Longevity Inc to collaborate with and launch aging clocks with Human Longevity Inc
Deep Longevity Inc to collaborate with and provide an extensive range of deep biomarkers of aging to Human Longevity IncCredit: ...
Scientists ID gene responsible for deadly glioblastoma
Credit: UVA Health Scientists have identified an oncogene (a cancer-causing gene) responsible for glioblastoma, the deadliest brain tumor. The discovery ...
Meditation linked to lower cardiovascular risk
Survey data from more than 61,000 people points to heart benefitsCredit: Mitch Mirkin Meditation was linked to lower cardiovascular risk ...
Single-dose flu drug can reduce spread within households, study finds
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications A single dose of the flu drug baloxavir marboxil can reduce the spread of ...
Drug linked to 45% lower risk of dying among COVID-19 patients on ventilators
Patients who received single intravenous dose of tocilizumab were also more likely to leave the hospital or be off ventilator ...
New biomarker for dementia diagnosis
Promising results warrants further investigationCredit: Flinders University Medical researchers in the UK and Australia have identified a new marker which ...
Dissecting fruit flies’ varying responses to life-extension diet
Study may help explain how genes and other factors influence an individual's response to restricting caloriesCredit: Alice C. Gray Changes ...
5G networks have few health impacts, Oregon State study using zebrafish model finds
Credit: Lynn Ketchum CORVALLIS, Ore. - Findings from an Oregon State University study into the effects of radiofrequency radiation generated ...
Age-related impairments reversed in animal model
Credit: DBMR, University of Bern, D. Brigger Elderly people are more prone to infectious diseases as the function of their ...
Why are the offspring of older mothers less fit to live long and prosper?
Credit: Michael Shribak, Evgeny Ivashkin, Kristin Gribble WOODS HOLE, Mass. - The offspring of older mothers don't fare as well ...
Study: 35% of excess deaths in pandemic’s early months tied to causes other than COVID-19
Credit: (Courtesy of JAMA) RICHMOND, Va. (July 1, 2020) -- Since COVID-19's spread to the United States earlier this year, ...
Exercise can slow or prevent vision loss, study finds
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Exercise can slow or prevent the development of macular degeneration and may benefit other ...
Get your hands dirty for health
Call to restore urban biodiversity, post-pandemicCredit: Flinders University Billions of people using the Earth's resources and changing or destroying ecosystems ...
Early pandemic paradox: fewer UK deaths from December 2019 to March 2020 compared to the previous 5 years
Credit: WMG at the University of Warwick Scientists at the Institute of Digital Healthcare, WMG and Warwick Medical School, at ...
A novel radioisotope therapy for children with neuroblastoma
Researchers from Kanazawa University discover that high-dose 131I-metaiodobenzylguanidine treatment could provide a favorable prognosis in children with neuroblastomaCredit: Kanazawa University ...
Cholesterol levels dropping in Western nations but rising in Asia
Credit: Photo by Cecilia Hedstrom Cholesterol levels are declining sharply in western nations, but rising in low- and middle-income nations ...