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FDA gives the go-signal for two startups in Silicon Valley. The startups deal with creating mobile applications that can track the patient's health condition even when he's just at home.

Scientists at the Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, part of the School of Medicine at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, have found another secret of longevity in the tissues of the longest-liv...

(European Society of Cardiology) A new method to predict the optimal number and location of automated external defibrillators was presented at ESC Congress today by Dr Benjamin Dahan from France. According to the predict...

(Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute) A new blood test provides a fast and accurate tool to diagnose tuberculosis in children, a new proof-of-concept study shows. The newly developed test is the first reliable imm...

(European Society of Cardiology) Renal denervation seems to be more successful at reducing blood pressure in patients with resistant hypertension when it includes accessory renal arteries, according to research presented...

(European Society of Cardiology) Renal denervation reduces recurrent atrial fibrillation (AF) when performed with pulmonary vein isolation ablation in patients with AF and hypertension, according to research presented at...

(European Society of Cardiology) Resistant hypertension increases the risk of stroke by 35 percent in women and 20 percent in elderly Taiwanese patients, according to research presented at ESC Congress today by Dr. Kuo-Y...

(European Society of Cardiology) A retrievable and repositionable transcatheter aortic valve is effective and safe in a real world setting, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2014 today by Dr Stylianos Pyxar...

(University of Warwick) Scientists at the University of Warwick have discovered that 'good' cholesterol is turned 'bad' by a sugar-derived substance. The substance, methylglyoxal -- MG, was found to damage 'good' HDL cho...

(The JAMA Network Journals) In patients who experienced an acute coronary syndrome event -- such as heart attack or unstable angina -- use of the drug darapladib to inhibit the enzyme lipoprotein-associated phospholipase...

(University of Exeter) Scientists at the University of Exeter Medical School found that one in 60 people over the age of 60 who had invisible blood in their urine -- identified by their GP testing their urine -- transpir...

(European Society of Cardiology) Local anesthetic is as safe and effective for transcatheter aortic valve implantation as general anesthetic, according to results of the FRANCE 2 registry presented at the European Societ...

(Douglas Mental Health University Institute) A study just published in the prestigious Nature Neuroscience journal by, Sylvain Williams, Ph.D., and his team, of the Research Centre of the Douglas Mental Health University...

(European Society of Cardiology) Drinking tea reduces non-cardiovascular mortality by 24 percent, reveals a study in 131,000 people presented at ESC Congress today by professor Nicolas Danchin from France.

(European Society of Cardiology) Energy drinks can cause heart problems according to research presented at ESC Congress 2014 today by professor Milou-Daniel Drici from France.

(European Society of Cardiology) Mortality and morbidity of atrial fibrillation (AF) patients remains high at one year despite good use of oral anticoagulants, according to the one year follow-up of the Atrial Fibrillati...

(University of Exeter) 'Green' offices with plants make staff happier and more productive than 'lean' designs stripped of greenery, new research shows.

(European Society of Cardiology) Obese youths have a nearly six fold risk of hypertension, according to research in more than 22,000 young people from the PEP Family Heart Study presented at ESC Congress today by Profess...

(European Society of Cardiology) A new batteryless cardiac pacemaker based on an automatic wristwatch and powered by heart motion was presented at ESC Congress 2014 today by Adrian Zurbuchen from Switzerland. The prototy...

(University of Plymouth) New research launched in the UK today, Sept. 1, 2014, has concluded that there are seven key issues that need to be addressed to ensure the future success of doctor revalidation, the most profoun...