Could AI use social media posts to predict heat stroke?
Social media can be a noisy place, more often associated with online misinformation than with supporting public health. However, researchers in Japan have found a way to use… read more.
Social media can be a noisy place, more often associated with online misinformation than with supporting public health. However, researchers in Japan have found a way to use… read more.
Repurposing amlodipine, a commonly used blood pressure medicine, could help manage attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms, according to an international study involving the University of Surrey. In a… read more.
Women with gynecological disorders such as endometriosis or heavy or irregular periods could be at an elevated risk of heart disease and cerebrovascular disease, researchers report. The findings… read more.
One in five older adults gets an infection up to six months after heart surgery — with women far more likely to develop one, according to studies led… read more.
Certain hormonal contraceptives are associated with a higher stroke and heart attack risk, finds a large study from Denmark in The BMJ today that draws on prescription records to give… read more.
In patients with ACS (acute coronary syndrome) who have undergone DES (drug-eluting stent) implantation, de-escalating DAPT (dual antiplatelet therapy) to ticagrelor monotherapy resulted in a lower risk for… read more.
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… read more.
Researchers report that the risk of death risk from smoking menthol cigarettes is higher than from smoking non-menthol cigarettes, for death from any cause and for death from… read more.
Bayer announced the submission of a marketing authorization application to the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan, seeking approval of finerenone in adult patients with… read more.
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. The condition, which results in over 70,000… read more.
A meta-analysis evaluating bleeding risks among atrial fibrillation (AF) patients treated with therapeutic-dose non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs) and single antiplatelet therapy (aspirin) indicates that rates of major… read more.
Use of a salt substitute is not only safe but reduces recurrent stroke and saves lives, researchers reported on Feb. 5, 2025 in JAMA Cardiology. “The results suggest… read more.