No benefit from PRP treatment for patients with debilitating Achilles tendon pain
Largest clinical trial of its kind by University of Warwick finds platelet-rich plasma injections are no better than a sham injection for patients with painful Achilles Tendinopathy Study…
Leading cardiovascular organisations issue joint opinion on improving clinician well-being worldwide
Clinician well-being is imperative to providing high-quality patient care, yet clinician burnout continues to increase, especially over the last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Four leading cardiovascular…
What should I eat to avoid heart disease?
Plant-based foods should dominate heart healthy diets, according to a paper published in Cardiovascular Research, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).1 This comprehensive review of…
Cardiovascular disease – Atherosclerosis and the immune system
Medical researchers at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have uncovered how signal proteins of the immune system regulate the development of atherosclerosis.
MRI can cut overdiagnoses in prostate-cancer screening by half
Most countries have not introduced nationwide prostate-cancer screening, as current methods result in overdiagnoses and excessive and unnecessary biopsies. A new study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in…