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Just because it's smokeless doesn't mean chewing tobacco is safer. Researchers have discovered that smokeless tobacco products can harbor bacteria that can cause infections and other health concerns.

Atrial fibrillation is a serious arrhythmic condition that puts individuals at high risk of strokes. Now, researchers have discovered a simpler way to detect it, using just a smartphone app to check for the condition.

(European Society of Cardiology) In patients with high-risk coronary artery disease, an active strategy of detecting and treating asymptomatic multisite artery disease combined with intensive medical therapy did not impr...

(European Society of Cardiology) An invasive imaging technique called optical coherence tomography can visualize the coronary arteries in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and lead to better ou...

(University of Michigan Health System) People with diabetes need yearly eye exams to prevent blindness. What if the eye doctor came to them?

(European Society of Cardiology) Patients who have heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, a condition that causes abnormally raised low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and premature cardiovascular disease, ca...

(European Society of Cardiology) Survival and other cardiovascular outcomes were not significantly reduced with intensive treatment using a second-line cholesterol-lowering medication on top of a standard statin, compare...

(European Society of Cardiology) In stable symptomatic patients with suspected coronary artery disease, a strategy of using noninvasive computed tomography to guide the selective use of invasive coronary angiography was ...

(NIH/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)) Researchers at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences recently identified compounds that potentially can be used to inhibit Zika virus ...

(Washington University School of Medicine) People with blood type O often get more severely ill from cholera than people of other blood types. Researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have f...

(Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University) Vesicles, fluid-filled sacs that brain cells make to trap amyloid, a hallmark of Alzheimer's, appear to also contribute to the disease, scientists report.

A new study suggests gaps exist in the treatment of depression with many individuals who screen positive for the mental health disorder not receiving treatment, according to an article published online by JAMA Internal M...

A test that can detect Parkinson's disease in the early stages of the illness has moved a step closer.

News A team from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have used machine learning to better understand muscle tension dysphonia (MTD). Staff Author...

A team of researchers from Florida State University, Johns Hopkins University and the National Institutes of Health has found existing drug compounds that can both stop Zika from replicating in the body and from damaging...

News Royal Phillips has launched the IntelliSpace Cardiovascular 2.1, the newest incarnation of their cardiovascular image and information management system. Staff Author:  Dan Marsicano Topics:  Medical Diagnostics

News A contact lens designed to deliver medication gradually to the eye could improve outcomes for patients with conditions requiring treatment with eye drops, which are often imprecise and difficult to self-administer. ...

A new study suggests gaps exist in the treatment of depression with many individuals who screen positive for the mental health disorder not receiving treatment, according to an article published online by JAMA Internal M...

A test that can detect Parkinson's disease in the early stages of the illness has moved a step closer.

News Scientists in recent years have made great strides in the quest to understand the brain by using implanted probes to explore how specific neural circuits work. Contributed Author:  Harvard University Topics:  Neur...

News Researchers at Houston Methodist have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) software that reliably interprets mammograms. Contributed Author:  Houston Methodist Topics:  Oncology

A team of researchers from Florida State University, Johns Hopkins University and the National Institutes of Health has found existing drug compounds that can both stop Zika from replicating in the body and from damaging...