By decoding the blood-brain barrier’s intricate structure and function, researchers are paving the way for new therapies that can safely breach the brain’s toughest defense.
Primer: The blood–brain barrier. Image Credit: Love…
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Papillary Muscle Scarring May Predict Cardiac Death in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Papillary muscle scarring (papSCAR) as detected by dark blood delayed-enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) was present in 1 in 3 patients with
dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in a recent trial and acted as an independent predictor of…Continue Reading
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Daily Step Counts of 4,000 or More Tied to Reduced Risk of Heart Disease, Mortality in Older Women
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- Mass General Brigham researchers found that older women who took 4,000 steps on just one or two days a week had a 27% reduction in risk of cardiovascular disease and 26% reduction in risk of death compared to those who got less…
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Walking just 4,000 daily steps once a week cuts risk of early death in older people, study suggests | Health
Older people who only walk 4,000 daily steps once a week still reduce their risk of dying early by a quarter, a study suggests.
Staying active is known to bring a wide range of health benefits. But many people in their 60s, 70s and beyond may…
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Significant Quality of Life Gains Seen After CO₂ Laser Therapy for HS
In the largest prospective study of its kind, researchers at Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark evaluated the clinical outcomes and patient-reported quality of life following CO₂ laser treatment in patients with hidradenitis suppurativa…
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First case of new mpox variant detected in Netherlands-Xinhua
THE HAGUE, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) — The Netherlands has confirmed its first case of a new, more transmissible variant of mpox, Minister for Health, Welfare and Sport Jan Anthonie Bruijn said in a letter to parliament on Tuesday.
The infection,…
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Is LAAO More Effective Stroke Prevention Than OAC in Patients With AFib and ESRD?
Left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) was associated with a lower rate of a composite of ischemic stroke, systemic embolism (SE), major bleeding or all-cause mortality when compared with oral anticoagulation (OAC) with apixaban and warfarin…
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Big data dimensionality reduction-based supervised machine learning algorithms for NASH diagnosis | BMC Bioinformatics
This section firstly introduces the parameters of the algorithms and then extensively analyses the results.
Parameters of the machine learning algorithms
Table 2 presents the parameters of the algorithms.
Table 2 Parameters of the machine learning… Continue Reading