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Medical Xpress / Prevalence of right ventricular dysfunction ~40% in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) is prevalent in 41.7% of patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), according to a study published online June 10 in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders.
Medical Xpress / Serious statin muscle side effects are rare for most people, new calculator shows
Researchers at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, have developed a new calculator that estimates a person's risk of developing serious muscle disorders from statins. The tool could ...
Phys.org / Proactive employees with high emotional intelligence do a better job, study finds
In many organizations, large hierarchical gaps exist within work teams, raising the question of how frontline employees can strive for upward mobility in their careers. A recent study by the Department of Psychology at Lingnan ...
Medical Xpress / New role of PTGES3 uncovered in liver cancer growth and immune evasion
A research team led by Prof. Wang Hongzhi at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has found a novel role of prostaglandin E synthase 3 (PTGES3) in liver cancer, revealing how it drives both ...
Medical Xpress / Emergency department testing scheme finding hundreds of unidentified HIV cases in UK
Hundreds of people in England who were unknowingly living with HIV are receiving a diagnosis and starting life-saving antiretroviral treatment, thanks to a pioneering NHS testing initiative rolled out in hospital emergency ...
Phys.org / By saving ecosystems, environmental regulations help prevent biodiversity loss
Long-term conservation policies may help restore freshwater ecosystems and prevent extreme species loss, new research suggests.
Phys.org / How NASA taught four astronauts to read the moon
How do you teach someone to look at the moon? Not glance at it, the way we all have on a clear night, but truly read it, the way a geologist reads a hillside. That was the challenge NASA set itself before Artemis II, because ...
Phys.org / Chemically primitive galaxy from 13 billion years ago reveals record-low oxygen
An international team of astronomers has used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and a natural phenomenon known as gravitational lensing to achieve a definitive characterization of LAP1-B, an ultra-faint galaxy from 13 ...
Medical Xpress / Hearing aid use linked to 23% lower dementia risk in people with both epilepsy and hearing loss
Adults with both epilepsy and hearing loss who use hearing aids may have a 23% lower risk of developing dementia than those who do not, according to new research presented at the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) Congress ...
Phys.org / Greece says preparing 'historic' ISS space mission
Greece is planning "a first historic mission" to send a Greek astronaut to the International Space Station, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' office announced Friday.
Phys.org / Floods kill two in Taiwan as twin storms approach Japan
Japan advised more than a million people to leave their homes as two tropical storms swept toward the archipelago Friday, with torrential rain also pounding Taiwan, where at least two people have been killed.
Phys.org / California's unidentified coastal species get a DNA library of their own
The closest thing marine taxonomists have to the Olympics is now underway in San Diego. But instead of racing for medals, leading scientists are spending two weeks working together to catalog the extraordinary diversity of ...
