Global HIV study finds that cardiovascular risk models underestimate for key populations
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally, posing a particularly significant threat to people with HIV (PWH). To address this, CVD prevention plans rely on…
Brain changes in Huntington’s disease decades before diagnosis will guide future prevention trials
Subtle changes in the brain, detectable through advanced imaging, blood and spinal fluid analysis, happen approximately twenty years before a clinical motor diagnosis in people with Huntington’s disease, finds a…
Subclinical Disease in Monkeys Exposed to H5N1 by Mouth and Stomach
A new study published in Nature found that highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus (HPAI H5N1) administered directly into the mouth and stomach of research monkeys caused self-limiting infection with…
Researchers harness AI to predict cardiovascular risk from CT scans
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and Houston Methodist will harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to more accurately predict risk of heart failure and other cardiovascular…
Researchers use biophysics to design new vaccines against RSV, HMPV and related respiratory viruses
In most people, the lung-infecting pathogens known as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and human metapneumovirus (hMPV) trigger mild cold-like symptoms. But in infants and seniors, these viruses can cause severe…
Can the heart heal itself? New study says it can
A research team co-led by a physician-scientist at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson’s Sarver Heart Center found that a subset of artificial heart patients can regenerate…
Suicide rate is low during the holidays, but the holiday-suicide myth persists
As in most years that we’ve followed news reporting about the myth that suicides peak during the end-of-year holidays, an analysis of the past year showed again that more newspaper…
Flu, a chip to measure immunity
Every winter, influenza returns with a new variant. People who have previously been infected with or vaccinated against flu may have some protection, but this depends on how well their…
70% of young people with long Covid recover within two years. Children and young people with Long Covid (CLoCK) study
Most young people who were confirmed to have long Covid three months after a positive PCR test had recovered within 24 months, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.…
The heart has its own ‘brain’
New research from Karolinska Institutet and Columbia University shows that the heart has a mini-brain – its own nervous system that controls the heartbeat. A better understanding of this system,…