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Preventative maintenance programs from INTEGRA Biosciences help labs reduce downtime and extend equipment lifespans

Rss Feed - Wed, 09/03/2025 - 00:53
INTEGRA Biosciences is helping laboratories to maintain peak instrument performance and avoid unexpected disruptions with its preventative maintenance programs.

Europa Biosite announces exclusive UK & Ireland partnership between Bio X Cell and Cambridge Bioscience

Rss Feed - Wed, 09/03/2025 - 00:53
Europa Biosite is pleased to announce that Bio X Cell has appointed Cambridge Bioscience, a proud member of Europa Biosite, as its exclusive distributor for the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Study links hysterectomy and bilateral oophorectomy to higher stroke risk

Rss Feed - Wed, 09/03/2025 - 00:36
Given the seriousness and increased frequency of strokes, many studies have been conducted to assess the relationship between hysterectomy and/or bilateral oophorectomy and the risk of stroke with varying results.

CN Bio adds computational modeling capabilities to ADME services for enhanced bioavailability profiling

Rss Feed - Wed, 09/03/2025 - 00:19
CN Bio, a leading provider of Organ-on-a-chip (OOC) Systems and solutions that accelerate drug discovery and development workflows, today announced the expansion of its Contract Research Services (CRS) with new PhysioMimix® computational modeling tools.

Study reveals how type 2 diabetes directly alters the heart’s structure and energy systems

Rss Feed - Tue, 09/02/2025 - 23:27
A new study from the University of Sydney has revealed how type 2 diabetes directly alters the heart’s structure and energy systems, offering vital insights into why people with diabetes are at greater risk of heart failure.

California CA Bridge program expands opioid treatment across most emergency departments

Rss Feed - Tue, 09/02/2025 - 23:22
A comprehensive study shows that California's CA Bridge program has successfully implemented opioid use disorder treatment services across more than 80% of the state's emergency departments, reaching over 165,000 patients and providing nearly 45,000 instances of buprenorphine treatment from July 2022 through December 2023 alone.

Many pharmacies still do not stock buprenorphine despite eased prescribing rules

Rss Feed - Tue, 09/02/2025 - 23:15
Faced with a worsening drug crisis, policymakers in recent years have made it much easier for doctors to prescribe the highly effective opioid addiction treatment buprenorphine.

Medicaid expansion boosts access to opioid use disorder treatment

Rss Feed - Tue, 09/02/2025 - 23:08
Medicaid plays a key role for giving people with opioid-use disorder access to treatment, according to a Rutgers Health study.

Hepatitis B immunity reduces diabetes risk across age groups

Rss Feed - Tue, 09/02/2025 - 22:59
New research to be presented at this year's Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Vienna, Austria (15-19 September) and published in the journal Diagnostics shows that people with hepatitis B immunity induced by vaccination have a lower risk of developing diabetes of any kind.

Study links childhood passive smoking in fathers to higher COPD risk in offspring

Rss Feed - Tue, 09/02/2025 - 22:54
A father's exposure to passive smoking as a child may impair the lifelong lung function of his children, putting them at risk of COPD-a risk that is heightened further if they are childhood passive smokers themselves-finds research published online in the respiratory journal Thorax.

Beetroot juice lowers blood pressure in older adults by reshaping oral bacteria

Rss Feed - Tue, 09/02/2025 - 22:53
Dietary nitrate from beetroot juice lowered blood pressure in older adults but not in younger participants in a double-blind crossover trial. The effect was linked to oral microbiome changes, including reduced Prevotella and higher plasma nitrite, without improvements in endothelial function

Faster progression to severe diabetes observed in people with learning disabilities

Rss Feed - Tue, 09/02/2025 - 22:49
People with learning disabilities progress faster to severe type 2 diabetes and are at greater risk of dying from their condition than people without these disabilities, suggests research published in the open access journal BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Control.

Urine test identifies three biomarkers for accurate prostate cancer detection

Rss Feed - Tue, 09/02/2025 - 22:39
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital and four other institutions have devised a novel method to test for prostate cancer using biomarkers present in urine, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health.

People live longer worldwide but not necessarily healthier, study finds

Rss Feed - Tue, 09/02/2025 - 22:08
Researchers mapped the global healthspan-lifespan gap across 183 countries, showing people live longer but not healthier, with Africa experiencing the fastest widening gap. Distinct disease-burden clusters explain regional differences and highlight the need for region-specific health strategies.

AI scans arteries and predicts risk after heart attack better than traditional review

Rss Feed - Tue, 09/02/2025 - 21:08
Researchers found that AI applied to OCT imaging can standardize detection of thin-cap fibroatheroma (TCFA) and identify post–heart attack patients at higher two-year risk. Whole-segment AI analysis outperformed lesion-focused human review, offering stronger prognostic value and reassurance for low-risk patients.

How raspberry leaf tea reduces insulin surges from table sugar

Rss Feed - Tue, 09/02/2025 - 20:38
Trial shows that raspberry leaf tea blunts sucrose-induced glucose and insulin surges, offering a natural strategy for moderating blood sugar without the side effects of pharmaceutical enzyme inhibitors.

Most adults experience dental fear and show interest in virtual fear-treatments

Rss Feed - Tue, 09/02/2025 - 15:27
Nearly three out of four adults fear going to the dentist, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Dental Association.

New drug dismantles cancer cell powerhouse to halt tumor growth

Rss Feed - Tue, 09/02/2025 - 15:22
Researchers at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center have discovered a potentially powerful weapon in the fight against head and neck cancers.

Cardiovascular screening in men aged 60 to 64 years does not reduce all-cause mortality

Rss Feed - Tue, 09/02/2025 - 15:05
An invitation to attend a comprehensive screening examination for the early signs of cardiovascular disease (CVD) did not reduce all-cause death among men aged 60 to 64 years, according to late-breaking research presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2025.

Advances in ultrasound improve prenatal detection of congenital heart disease

Rss Feed - Tue, 09/02/2025 - 14:58
A new study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, the journal from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, suggests that prenatal detection of congenital heart disease (CHD) has improved in recent years largely due to advances in ultrasound screening practices.

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