Category: 6. Health

An app that uses an AI model to read a single-lead ECG from a smartwatch can detect structural heart disease, researchers reported at the 2025 Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association. 

Although the technology requires further…

An earlier blood transfusion- done when hemoglobin levels were higher – after major general or vascular surgery among people with heart disease was associated with a lower risk of some complications but not the most severe ones,…

Only around 1.1% of the world’s population is vegan, but this percentage is growing. For example, in Germany the number of vegans approximately doubled between 2016 and 2020 to 2% of the population, while a 2.4-fold increase between…

A University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson researcher will explore how maternal diet influences offspring food choices later in life thanks to a National Institutes of Health’s New Innovator award, a five-year, $1.5…

Cell inventory: A new study demonstrates the power of combining molecular biology methods to ascertain somatic mosaicism in people. The investigators used single-cell, whole-genome amplification in induced pluripotent stem cells in…

Many things are evaluated when doctors are putting a treatment plan together for prostate cancer patients. A new study says one more factor should be considered – chronological age.

The study, published in the October 28, 2025…

Researchers from Rutgers Cancer Institute, New Jersey’s only National Cancer Institute (NCI) – designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, and RWJBarnabas Health, along with colleagues from the National Cancer Institute, a center of the…

One year of treatment with either of two strong blood-thinning medications—ticagrelor and prasugrel—by people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes who had a drug-eluting stent placed in their heart to treat coronary artery blockages…

More than half of calories consumed in the United States come from ultra-processed foods (UPFs), items like fast food and packaged snacks that are often high in sodium, sugar and unhealthy fats. In adults, research has clearly…