A single infusion of the experimental CRISPR-Cas9 therapy CTX310 kept LDL cholesterol down 52.5% and triglycerides down 47.8% a year later in a first-in-human trial, with no serious treatment-related adverse events.
A Blood Test for a “Broken Heart”? New BioTAK Score Could Spot Takotsubo Syndrome Before Angiography
Imagine walking into an emergency room with crushing chest pain, an abnormal ECG, and blood tests showing your heart is under stress, the classic signature of a heart attack. But for a small percentage of patients, especially older women, the... Continue Reading →
Regular tub bathing is linked to a lower risk of death from heart disease and stroke, indicates a long term study, published online in the journal Heart. And the higher the 'dose,' the better it seems to be for cardiovascular health,... Continue Reading →
Rats on a high sugar diet during pregnancy have altered levels of sex steroid hormones (e.g. progesterone) and dopamine in their brains, which may lead to behavioural changes that can affect care of offspring and motivation, as well as increasing... Continue Reading →
After a controversial study last fall recommending that it was not necessary for people to change their diet in terms of red meat and processed meat, a large, carefully analyzed new study links red and processed meat consumption with slightly... Continue Reading →