Shortness of breath heralds worse survival than chest pain for heart attack patients
Just 76% of heart attack patients with dyspnoea or fatigue as their main symptom are alive at one year compared to 94% of those with chest pain as…
‘Switching off’ specific brain cells protects against stress
Researchers from Osaka University find that a specific group of brain cells control anxiety-related behaviors
Mammograms may provide clues about women’s risk for cardiovascular disease
Routine mammograms may provide key insights for cardiovascular disease. Detection of breast arterial calcifications on breast mammograms was associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal…
“Forgotten” antibiotic recovered for resistant bacterial infections
The results make it possible to expand the treatment options for infections for which few alternatives exist, while at the same time helping to avoid increasing resistance to…
Reduction in severe perineal tearing when two midwives are present during childbirth
Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have studied whether severe perineal tears – known as sphincter injuries – are reduced if the primary midwife has assistance of a…