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For the past 25 years, one discipline has been revolutionizing epidemiology: phylodynamics. By using genetic sequences, scientists can study how pathogens evolve. Thanks to mathematics, these data can be coherently organized ...

Older adults living with several chronic diseases, a condition known as multimorbidity, may respond differently to interventions aimed at preventing disability, depending on the combination of diseases they have. A new study, ...

Monotherapy using prasugrel failed to show noninferiority compared with potent antiplatelet therapy plus aspirin at the time of primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. This ...

Fitting a wearable heart monitor for 14 days when patients go to the ER with unexplained fainting improves detection of life-threatening heart problems, according to the results of a trial presented at the European Society ...

As summer heat waves grow longer and more dangerous, public health officials often must wait months to learn who and how many people were harmed. A new study published in Nature Health suggests that delays are no longer necessary, ...

A new heart failure (HF) treatment effect calculator could help overcome one of the largest barriers to effective heart failure care by predicting the expected effects of treatment on blood pressure, kidney function and potassium ...

Seeing and moving are directly linked in the brain. When we stand still, the visual scene barely shifts. When we run, by contrast, the environment rushes past, so the signals reaching the eye become more variable and change ...

The first-ever European Society of Cardiology Guidelines on the management of cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease have been developed in collaboration with the European Renal Association. The new guidelines ...

Statins are commonly prescribed to manage high cholesterol in people up to age 75 and are known to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.

The secret to a long life may lie in the genomes of the longest-lived mammals for their size: bats. That idea captivated Juan Manuel Vazquez when he was a graduate student at the University of Chicago, but at the time he ...

More walkable neighborhoods in New York City were associated with a lower risk of developing postpartum type 2 diabetes among women who had gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), according to a new study from Columbia University ...

Atherosclerosis, the process underlying most cardiovascular diseases, begins long before the first symptoms appear. An international study shows that the disease can already be detected in apparently healthy young adults ...