Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
There's an outbreak of melioidosis in north Queensland. Here's what to know about this deadly 'mud bug'
Seven people have now died from melioidosis in flood-ravaged north Queensland this year.
Feb 24, 2025
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Kidney Disease
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Chronic kidney disease patients 56% more likely to have severe mental illness, study finds
A new study from Karolinska Institutet shows that severe mental illness is more common in patients with chronic kidney disease and negatively affects their health. The study has been published in the American Journal of Kidney ...
Feb 24, 2025
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Health
Japan study finds no link between housing damage and mortality post-earthquake
Scientists know that natural disasters have negative health effects on survivors, but long-term observations are lacking. To help fill this gap, a Japanese research team has investigated the connection between the degree ...
Feb 20, 2025
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Cardiology
How mRNA changes during the progression of atherosclerosis
Researchers from the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) have studied variations in mRNA length during the progression of atherosclerosis in a mouse model. ...
Feb 20, 2025
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Innovative technology enhances cellular and molecular insights into kidney lesions
Researchers have demonstrated the feasibility of a morphological-based approach to interpreting spatial transcriptomic (ST) data, helping to improve understanding of the lesions that occur in chronic kidney disease (CKD), ...
Feb 19, 2025
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Health
Paying attention to four health factors can help prevent new heart syndrome
About 90% of U.S. adults meet the criteria for a newly recognized syndrome that comes from a combination of heart disease, kidney disease, type 2 diabetes and obesity. This cluster of chronic health conditions is called cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic ...
Feb 18, 2025
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Swimming in some lakes can lead to infection with Legionella, warn scientists
Swimming in some lakes with still water can lead to infection with Legionella, bacteria that can cause pneumonia, and people who engage in open water swimming should be aware of this risk, say the authors of a practice article ...
Feb 18, 2025
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Medications
Research shows sotagliflozin is the first medication of its kind to significantly reduce both heart attacks and strokes
Sotagliflozin, a drug recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat type 2 diabetes and kidney disease with additional cardiovascular risk factors, can significantly reduce heart attack and stroke among these ...
Feb 14, 2025
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Cardiology
New study adds to evidence of stroke and heart attack risk with some hormonal contraceptives
Certain hormonal contraceptives are associated with a higher stroke and heart attack risk, finds a large study from Denmark in The BMJ that draws on prescription records to give more precise estimates for different products ...
Feb 12, 2025
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
New blood test uses cell-free DNA shed from placenta to accurately predict preeclampsia
A new blood test has an 80% accuracy in predicting preterm preeclampsia, according to a study published today, Feb. 12, in the journal Nature Medicine.
Feb 12, 2025
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