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The FDA and other researchers are investigating the link between grain-free dog food and a heart condition called dilated cardiomyopathy. Large dogs appear to be at greater risk.

(BfR Federal Institute for Risk Assessment) The metal nickel is one of the most common triggers of allergic contact dermatitis in humans. This skin inflammation results from a gradual immune reaction in allergic people, ...

(BfR Federal Institute for Risk Assessment) Consumers can take up aluminium compounds from various sources, including antiperspirants containing aluminium. As stated in the BfR Opinion of 2019 (045/2019) on aluminium int...

(Osaka University) A hyperinflammatory response following infection or trauma can cause the life-threatening condition cytokine release syndrome (CRS). Researchers led by Osaka University found that IL-6 signaling induce...

(European Society of Cardiology) Losing weight could prevent or even reverse diabetes, according to late breaking research presented today at ESC Congress 2020.

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) A little understood region of the cerebellum plays a critical role in making split-second 'go-no go' decisions, according to a new study from researchers at the University...

(Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research) A major clinical trial involving 5,500 patients in Australia and the Netherlands found heart attacks and the need for coronary stenting or bypass surgery reduced by 30% in pa...

(European Society of Cardiology) Dapagliflozin reduces the risk of kidney failure, death from cardiovascular causes or heart failure hospitalisation and all-cause mortality in chronic kidney disease patients with or with...

(European Society of Cardiology) Empagliflozin reduces the risk of cardiovascular death or hospitalisation for heart failure in patients with heart failure and a reduced ejection fraction. That's the finding of the EMPER...

(Far Eastern Federal University) Scientists of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU University) get started studying the formation and survival mechanisms of the brain malignant tumors cells, i.e. glioma, to reveal new w...

(Florida State University) Florida State University researchers have developed a new material that could be used to make flexible X-ray detectors that are less harmful to the environment and cost less than existing techn...

(American Heart Association) Adults with uncontrolled high blood pressure were about half as likely to have serious cardiovascular events in the five years after a pharmacist-led telemonitoring program compared to those ...

(Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center) Specific fungi in the gut associated with a higher risk of Alzheimer's disease and found in people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) can be altered in a beneficial manner by eating...

(NRG Oncology) A practice-changing study, NRG Oncology clinical trial NRG-RTOG 9802, has demonstrated, for the first time, a survival benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy following radiotherapy over radiotherapy alone in cer...

(European Society of Cardiology) Colchicine reduces the risk of major cardiovascular events in patients with chronic coronary disease, according to results of the LoDoCo2 trial presented in a Hot Line session today at ES...

(European Society of Cardiology) There is no evidence that blood pressure lowering drugs increase the risk of cancer, according to the most extensive study conducted on the topic. The late breaking research is presented ...

(Georgia Institute of Technology) Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and University of Missouri have developed a new microgel drug delivery method that could extend the effectiveness of pancreatic islet t...

(CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences) The HCA|Organoid project is one of six pilot actions funded by the European Commission to contribute to the worldwide Human Cell Atlas ini...

(Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) A team with the participation of researchers from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) has designed new hydrogels that allow the culture of T-cells or T-lymphocytes, cel...

(Massachusetts General Hospital) A recent study describes a new Dual CAR T cell immunotherapy that can help fight HIV infection.

(European Society of Cardiology) Sacubitril/valsartan reduces NT-proBNP, a biomarker predictive of long-term clinical outcomes in heart failure, but does not improve functional capacity compared to individualised backgro...

(Ruhr-University Bochum) Alzheimer's patients develop severe symptoms of spatial disorientation as the disease progresses and are unable to find even the simplest ways.