Americans said drinking more now than just before Prohibition
Americans are drinking more now than when Prohibition was enacted. What's more, it's been rising for two decades, and it's not clear when it will fall again. That's the picture painted by federal health statistics, which show a rise in per-person consumption and increases in ...
Stents are no better than drugs for many heart patients, major study finds
Many patients with severe but stable heart disease who routinely undergo invasive procedures to clear and prop open clogged arteries would do as well by just taking medications and making lifestyle changes, U.S. researchers reported on Saturday. If adopted into practice, the findings could save ...
Cheap 'polypill' reduces heart disease and stroke by a third, Iranian study finds
A cheap, once-a-day pill combining aspirin with drugs that lower blood pressure and cholesterol cuts the risk of major heart failure and stroke by a third, researchers said Friday. In clinical trials, the "polypill" was especially effective among people with no history of cardiovascular disease, ...
U.S. scientists announce 3D heart-printing breakthrough based on collagen
U.S. scientists announced Thursday they have successfully built functional heart parts out of collagen with a 3D bioprinter, using a breakthrough technique they say could one day create entire organs. Their method, described in the journal Science, replicates the body's own complex biological scaffolds using ...
Scientists zoom in on bug behind strep throat and scarlet fever
Scientists studying a bacterium that causes scarlet fever, severe sore throat and a form of heart disease say they are closer to developing a vaccine that could one day prevent hundred of thousands of infections a year. In a study in the journal Nature Genetics, ...
Embattled ex-Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski undergoes heart surgery
Peru's former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, who is under arrest in connection with the Odebrecht corruption scandal and has been hospitalized for heart problems, underwent emergency surgery Saturday to install a pacemaker, his brother said. "He has come out of a fairly long operation ... ...
The EU adopted a regulation on Wednesday to curb trans fat amounts in products like snack food as part of efforts to fight heart disease and strokes in Europe. Industrially-produced trans-fatty acids, like margarine and some hardened vegetable fats, are popular among food producers because ...
Self-powered heart 'pacemaker for life' in pigs unveiled, offering hope for humans
Scientists on Tuesday unveiled a battery-free pacemaker that generates its energy from the heartbeats of pigs in what could pave the way for an "implant for life" in humans suffering from heart defects. Millions of patients rely on pacemakers — small electrical implants in the ...
New data suggest eggs increase risk of heart attacks and strokes
The debate over whether eggs are good for you has lasted for decades: Although a good source of protein, they also contain potentially harmful cholesterol. Now, after analyzing 30,000 Americans from six separate studies, researchers have concluded that eating an extra half an egg a ...
Study details how high-fiber diets make for healthier lives and lower risk of diseases
People who eat lots of high-fiber and whole grain foods have lower risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and other chronic diseases than people whose diets are low in fiber, a study commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) says. For every 8-gram increase in ...
80% of cancer or heart patients in Japan worked from hospital: survey
Health ministry data shows a majority of cancer and heart patients surveyed by the government worked in some form while they were undergoing treatment in a hospital.
The race is on to lead medical AI revolution
Armed with a computer screen and mouse instead of a scalpel in an operating theater, cardiologist Benjamin Meder carefully places the electrodes of a pacemaker in a beating digital heart. Using this "digital twin," which mimics the electrical and physical properties of the cells in ...
