In patients with severe mitral regurgitation (MR), low left atrial (LA) reservoir strain (LASr) and prior atrial fibrillation (AFib) intervention or LA appendage (LAA) ligation may predict low invasive LA compliance and limited V-wave reduction…
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Brazil: Scientists find heavy metals in food grown on soil from the Rio Doce estuary, an area affected by the Samarco dam collapse in 2015
“Hidden Risk in a Common Fruit: Bananas Contaminated by Mining Disaster”, 09 February 2026
…A team of researchers in soil geochemistry, environmental engineering, and health from the University of São Paulo (USP), the Federal University of…
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The impact of the Lancet Commission definition of obesity on its prevalence and implications on long-term cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic outcomes in East Asians: Observational study of two community-based cohorts | PLOS Medicine – PLOS
- The impact of the Lancet Commission definition of obesity on its prevalence and implications on long-term cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic outcomes in East Asians: Observational study of two community-based cohorts | PLOS Medicine PLOS
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Antibodies block bacteria that cause tuberculosis, study shows: Newsroom
This illustration shows antibodies attacking a bacterium in the human body. UT Southwestern researchers and their colleagues discovered how some antibodies activate immune cells to block Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb),…
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Nervous system actively promotes pre-cancerous pancreatic lesions
Pancreatic cancer has a lot of nerve. Notoriously tricky to detect, the disease also often resists traditional therapy. So, researchers are urgently looking for new ways to disrupt tumor formation. Though scientists know that the…
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Itaconate Identified as a New Target for Pediatric Brain Tumors Called Ependymomas
Newswise — Ependymomas are tumors that grow in the brain or spinal cord and are the third-most common type of brain tumor in children.
This type of cancer affects about 250 children in the United States each year and…
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Whole brain network imaging using functional ultrasound
In recent years, breakthroughs in imaging have changed our ability to study the brain, providing a variety of modalities with varying resolution, penetration, and sensitivity. In neuropharmacology, improved imaging is essential for closing the…
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Christos Tsagkaris: ELLOK 10th Anniversary at World Cancer Day 2026
Christos Tsagkaris, Orthopedic Surgery Resident at Solothurner Hospitals AG – soH, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“If we imagine the fight against cancer as a campaign, then literacy is as important as reconnaissance. Patients,…
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ScreenPoint Medical’s Breast AI Reduced Interval Cancers by 12% in Landmark Trial
ScreenPoint Medical has highlighted final results from Sweden’s MASAI trial, published in The Lancet, showing that its Transpara Detection AI contributed to a 12% reduction in the rate of interval cancers and 27% fewer…
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Chronic alcohol use profoundly alters gene expression in the brain’s reward system
Chronic alcohol consumption profoundly alters gene expression in key brain regions involved in reward, impulse control, and decision-making, according to a study led by researchers at the Institute for Neurosciences, a joint center…
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