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In late-breaking clinical trial results presented in a Hot Line Session today at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2019, investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Greater Paris University Hospitals — AP-HP/Université de Paris presented the results from The Effect of Ticagrelor on Health Outcomes in Diabetes Mellitus Patients Intervention Study (THEMIS).
The team reports that, overall, the drug sacubitril-valsartan did not significantly reduce heart failure hospitalizations and cardiovascular death compared to valsartan alone, but the data suggest benefit for patients in the lower ejection fraction range, for which there currently exists no approved therapies.
Genetic high cholesterol is underdiagnosed and undertreated, according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology. Screening could identify patients and family members affected by the condition so that lifestyle changes and treatments can be started to prevent heart attack and stroke.
Caregivers of stroke survivors who show signs of depression may have a higher risk of suffering their own health challenges down the line, according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology.
The new study, a collaboration of 130 hospitals in 31 countries, has shown that opening all the blockages is better than treating only the one blockage causing the heart attack. This led to a 26% reduction in the patient's risk of dying or having a recurrent heart attack.
Illicit performance-enhancing steroids can cause the heart to thicken and reduce its ability to function, according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology.
Less than 4% of relatives of young cardiac arrest victims receive information on family screening that could prevent further deaths, according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology.
Modern humans and Neanderthals commingled at many points in history, raising the possibility that the ancient hominins were just another version of us.
The finding that melanosomes are so common inside animals' bodies may overhaul our very understanding of the function of melanin, the pigment responsible for color in feathers and other external features. Photograph by Aline Dassel / Pixabay What color were the dinosaurs? If you have a picture in your head, fresh studies suggest you may need to revise it. New fossil research also suggests that pi
Infertile male mice have fathered offspring after their condition was fixed by CRISPR – an approach that could help many couples with fertility problems
Pessimists may suspect this finding, but researchers who tracked the health outcomes of thousands of adults across many years found optimists were much more likely to reach 85. Optimism is teachable. (Image credit: Roy Scott/Ikon Images via Getty Images)
Last year, the indie rock singers Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus formed a supergroup called boygenius. In a Billboard interview , Dacus traced the name to the combined frustration and envy the three women felt toward "hyper-confident" male performers too convinced of their own talent to take criticism or share the stage. While recording, she said, "we'd just tell each other, 'Every
One of Jordan Roberts's latest graphic designs is bizarre and a little spooky: a skeletal creature dubbed "The Rhiney," surrounded by strange iconography. Around the circle, Roberts, a graphic designer based in Phoenix, added the words "TO HUNT. TO HAUNT. TO EMBODY HORROR," followed by "THE MAYNARD MONSTER CULT ETERNAL." courtesy of Jordan Roberts The emblem only means something to an exclusive g
The arrival of refugees in eastern German communities has had no effect on local residents' voting behavior or on their attitudes toward immigration, finds a new study of citizens in more than …
Despite its portrayal as a network that 'champions free speech,' users of the social media platform Gab display more extreme social hierarchy and elitism when compared to Twitter users, according to a new study published in the September edition of the online journal First Monday. Researchers found a small number of Gab users hold a large amount of influence, sharing more homogeneous content than
PLUS. Gennem trinvis ekstraktion kan en række værdifulde stoffer udvindes af samme batch tang. Metoden er udviklet i Teknologisk Instituts laboratorium og skal nu afprøves hos firmaet Nordisk Tang i Grenaa.
The Zipcar door would not open. My brother and then my sister held the card over the reader and waited for it to unlock. I held the card over the reader and tried to do the same. The baby fussed. The ocean crashed. The sun burned through the fog. Nothing happened. Here is the Public Service Announcement part of the story: If you take a vehicle loaned out by Zipcar—a rental service where drivers u
I had hardly finished my lecture when the student came bounding down the auditorium's stairs. "You're just like all the others," he said, fuming. "You don't really take religion seriously." This happened a few years ago, when I was teaching a college course on virtue and vice. I had just finished talking about the Catholic thinker Thomas Aquinas. My sin? According to my student, I had "intellectu
HONG KONG—Moments after a gasoline bomb arced over a police-station wall, officers began shooting rounds of rubber bullets at protesters here. One struck a young woman in the eye, leaving her with a bloody orb . Elsewhere, police stormed a subway station, blocked its exits, and launched tear gas inside as demonstrators fled onto trains. At another metro stop, officers in gas masks fired at close
Customs officials caught a Polish man was after trying to smuggle nearly 100 tarantula spiders in his luggage, at Cayenne airport, French Guiana, regional officials told AFP Saturday.
Customs officials caught a Polish man was after trying to smuggle nearly 100 tarantula spiders in his luggage, at Cayenne airport, French Guiana, regional officials told AFP Saturday.
A dangerous Hurricane Dorian closed in on the northern Bahamas early Sunday, threatening to batter islands with 150 mph (240 kph) winds, pounding waves and torrential rain as people hunkered down in schools, churches and other shelters.
The arrival of refugees in eastern German communities has had no effect on local residents' voting behavior or on their attitudes toward immigration, finds a new study of citizens in more than 200 regional municipalities.
Home-based and personalized education keeps patients with atrial fibrillation out of hospital, according to late breaking results from the HELP-AF study presented today at ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology.
The first reliable evidence of a link between major cardiovascular risk factors in children — serum cholesterol, blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), and smoking — with cardiovascular disease in adults is presented today at ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology. The study highlights the need to lay the foundations for heart health early in life.
Influenza vaccination in patients with high blood pressure is associated with an 18% reduced risk of death during flu season, according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology.
An unusual astronaut is at the centre of a new exhibition of art and scientific artefacts designed to make us think about everything from our personal lives to the fate of humanity itself "It's hard to think of a greater challenge to our future health than environmental breakdown," says Clare Barlow, project curator of Wellcome Collection's newest gallery. Opening on Thursday 5 September, Being H
The Life of a Person Who Wakes Up Really, Really Early New research suggests that extreme early risers—people who wake up before 5:30 a.m.—might be more common than anyone expected, Olga Khazan reported this month . I used to work on the space-shuttle program and, as a crew leadman, I would roll down NASA Causeway often before 3:30 in the morning, even though my work shift began at 6:30. If I was
A study of nearly half a million people has found for the first time that those with heart or blood vessel problems benefit more from having a physically active lifestyle than do healthy people without cardiovascular disease. The research will be published in the European Heart Journal and presented at the ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology.
When a small cube of uranium metal turned up in Tim Koeth's life, it launched an epic search for a lost piece of nuclear history. (Image credit: John T. Consoli/University of Maryland)
By shining an X-ray beam through a diamond, scientists have made X-rays with unique quantum properties that let them make sharper images using less radiation
The Canadian writer made his name bringing intellectual sparkle to everyday subjects, and his new book – about how strangers interact with each other – is no exception In the flesh, Malcolm Gladwell is exactly as I imagined him to be: engaging, polite, dauntingly cerebral and supremely self-assured in that way that the exceptionally gifted often are. At 55, there is still something of the sporty,
Countries must join forces and sign a peace treaty or space will become a war-fighting domain The thought of Donald Trump as space commander-in-chief, whizzing around the Milky Way, zapping alien invaders and conquering new worlds, is both comical and terrifying. Before they began exchanging love letters, the US president ridiculed his North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong-un, as "little rocket man"
August in Paris is over, and I miss it already. The deadest month, the most quiet, the month when Parisians leave on their endless holidays and the city empties out like a resort in the off-season, only less melancholy. Traffic thins; shops close, sometimes for the entire month; restaurants shut; there are seats to be found on the metro; and in the evening, stragglers (not everyone can afford to
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The astronomical idea doesn't align well with the fossil record, anthropologists argue, but the origins of bipedalism are still difficult to determine.
Risken för grubbel och negativa tankar om oss själva minskar när vi befinner oss i naturen. Det visar forskning från Stanford universitet. Se klippet för att få reda på mer om deras metoder och resultat.
Det räcker att du tillbringar två timmar i naturen per vecka för att du ska känna dig friskare överlag. Det visar en stor brittisk studie där man har låtit nästan 20 000 människor göra självuppskattning av sitt välbefinnande.
By bringing genetics into clinical medicine, the University of British Columbia medical geneticist helped to identify the gene mutations responsible for many rare diseases.
Variation in the number of CGG repeats in the FMR1 gene at the bottom of the X chromosome can lead to increased levels of mRNA or decreased levels of protein–both conditions that cause disease.
Two decades of a sedentary lifestyle is associated with a two times risk of premature death compared to being physically active, according to recent study results.
Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels should be lowered as much as possible to prevent cardiovascular disease, especially in high and very high risk patients.
Artificial intelligence can be used to analyse high-resolution digital X-ray images of paintings, providing more insight for conservators and those restoring classic works of art. A new algorithm was developed and used on the world famous Ghent Altarpiece, as part of an investigative project led by UCL. The finding is expected to improve our understanding of art masterpieces and provide new opport
The momentum behind a move to plant-based and vegan diets for the good of the planet is commendable, but risks worsening an already low intake of an essential nutrient involved in brain health, warns a nutritionist.
To learn more about the chemical processes in oil paints that can damage aging artwork, researchers conducted a range of studies that included 3D X-ray imaging of a paint sample.
Your pantry either looks like this or like the place where expired food goes to die. Which one is it? (monicore via Pixabay/) There are basically two kinds of people in the world: those who fervently abide by expiration dates, and those who don't. The pantries of the former usually look more like a grocery store—neat and tidy. Those of the latter, however, are filled with stuff that could be exhi
The arrival of refugees in eastern German communities has had no effect on local residents' voting behavior or on their attitudes toward immigration, finds a new study of citizens in more than 200 regional municipalities.
The hack of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's account on Friday revealed a flaw in the social network's systems that could leave anyone vulnerable. And it raised a serious question as to how you can …
Hurricane Dorian shut down most major resorts in the Bahamas and forced authorities to evacuate much of the northern shore and low-lying islands Saturday as the fierce Category 4 storm prepared to unleash torrents of rain but was projected to spin farther away from the coast of the Southeast U.S. next week.
The path of Hurricane Dorian, which is currently over the Atlantic and heading for the state of Florida, is closely monitored by US weather services with powerful forecasting tools.
The Gateway Foundation is building a space hotel, based on the concepts of a Nazi and American rocket scientist Wernher von Braun . The space station will be operational by 2025. The company plans to assemble it in orbit, using robots and drones. None If Earthly destinations are not enough to quench your wanderlust, a trip to a space hotel might get on your radar within the next few years. The de
Leukocyte DNAm TL is applicable across the entire age spectrum and is more strongly associated with age than measured leukocyte TL. Although both DNAm age and LTL are associated with chronological age, they exhibit only weak correlations with each other after adjusting for age, suggesting the distinct nature of their underlying mechanisms.They also validated the applicability of DNAm TL on a large
In this study, the research team conducted a large-scale epigenome-wide association study of LTL using seven large cohorts the Framingham Heart Study, the Jackson Heart Study, the Womens Health Initiative, the Bogalusa Heart Study, the Lothian Birth Cohorts of 1921 and 1936, and the Longitudinal Study of Aging Danish Twins.Previous studies have explored the association between DNAm and LTL, but th
Fortsat stor forskel på, om lav- og højindkomst AMI-patienter informeres om hjerterehabilitering, viser undersøgelse fra Aalborg, som er præsenteret på ESC.
Højere dødelighed blandt hjertesvigtpatienter med øget forbrug af vanddrivende medicin. Hjertesvigtpatienter, der følges hos egen læge, bør sendes videre til specialistudredning, hvis deres behov for behandling med vanddrivende medicin stiger signifikant, mener forskeren bag dansk undersøgelse præsenteret på ESC
https://www.welovemassmeditation.com/p/dear-light-family-now-in-beginnings-of.html?m=1 It's no secret that TPTB want the masses to be as helpless and weak-minded as they can possibly be, lacking peace of mind and critical thinking skills so that it will be easier to control their sheep. So what if you found out that meditation could open your mind to peace and awareness you never before fathomed
Reposting from a /r/MarkMyWords thread that didn't take off. This is one thing I never understood in science fiction, why human genetic modification is always treated as the one thing in history the rich manipulate market forces over in order to not spread it to the proles. Or, at least, why people seem to run with this extrapolation the most despite sci-fi claiming previous technological innovat
The European Society for the study of Human Evolution (ESHE) faces criticism after public allegations emerge that its president engaged in sexual harassment and bullying.
Taking time out is crucial. Don't fill up your whole day and you can kickstart a new sense of rhythm Machines work well at a constant speed – and the faster the better. They are designed and built for it. Whether they are spinning cotton or crunching numbers, regular, repetitive actions are what they excel at. Increasingly, our world is designed by machines, for machines. Digital technology bring
Behandling med de ældre vitamin K-antagonister ser i modsætning til de nyere NOAK-midler ud til at være forbundet med mere alvorlig åreforkalkning, viser dansk undersøgelse præsenteret på ESC.
Asteroids and space debris could wreak untold devastation on the planet Next year, Nasa will launch what all involved hope will be the most impactful space mission to date. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (Dart) is designed to smash headlong into its target. It's an attempt to deflect an asteroid as a test of what to do if we spot a similar space rock on a collision course with our planet. I
COMPUTING A Carbon Nanotube Microprocessor Mature Enough to Say Hello Samuel K. Moore | IEEE Spectrum "It's the most complex integration of carbon nanotube-based CMOS logic so far, with nearly 15,000 transistors, and it was done using technologies that have already been proven to work in a commercial chip-manufacturing facility. 'Ten years ago, we hoped this was possible,' says Shulaker. 'Now we
Before we present this week's Weekend Reads, a question: Do you enjoy our weekly roundup? If so, we could really use your help. Would you consider a tax-deductible donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? Thanks in advance. The week at Retraction Watch featured a former postdoc who faked nearly 60 experiments; an apology … Continue reading
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