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A brisk walking pace, and the amount of time spent at this speed, may lower the risk of heart rhythm abnormalities, such as atrial fibrillation, tachycardia (rapid heartbeat), and bradycardia (very slow heartbeat), finds research led by the University of Glasgow and published online in the journal Heart .

Patients who receive an add-on medication soon after a heart attack have a significantly better prognosis than those who receive it later, or not all. These are the findings of a new study from researchers at Lund University in Sweden and Imperial College London. Their analysis suggests that treating patients earlier with a combination of statins and the cholesterol-lowering drug ezetimibe could prevent thousands of new heart attacks over a decade.

Once confined to Latin America, Chagas disease has become a global health concern, affecting thousands in Europe as well.

Carnegie Mellon University's  Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program provides funding for undergraduates to work full time on research projects during the summer. Many students continue those projects beyond that time, including these three students who worked with their mentors to ask big questions about basic biology.

The persistent higher rate of alcohol deaths in England since the pandemic in 2020 is an "acute crisis" requiring urgent action from government, according to a new study led by researchers at UCL and the University of Sheffield.

A career in cattle health was an unexpected choice for Dr. Karin Orsel. She surprised many of her friends and family in the Netherlands when she enrolled in veterinary school at the age of 18.

People have always created images to explain the world to themselves - not only individually, but also as a society.

High blood pressure is the strongest risk factor for changes in the cerebral vasculature To the point Tiny brain injuries: Undetected lesions in the brain are a common cause of dementia and can be detected by MRI.

About 10,000: it is the number of DNA lesions that every cell in our body undergoes per day. Such a number can be scary at first glance. One almost wonders how cells survive - indeed, how we survive - if our DNA is damaged to this extent on a daily basis. Repairing the damage is fundamental because DNA contains the instructions for cells to function correctly.

Researchers at University of Limerick have launched a new online resource to provide advice for people suffering with knee and hip joint pain.

The steady increase in the frequency of antibiotic resistance may not be inevitable. This is the conclusion of a study published in the journal PLOS Pathogens.

The University of Bath is supporting a new research partnership that has received £5 million in funding to address staff shortages in same-day and urgent care.

The City of Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna today signed a letter of intent for future cooperation within the framework of the "Vienna Prevention Project" (ViPP).

Young footballers have significantly worse oral health and disease than others of a similar age, finds a new study of elite English football academies led by UCL researchers. The study, published in the BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine , found higher levels of oral disease in both male and female players, with causal factors including poor oral hygiene (brushing/flossing), sugary sports and fizzy drink consumption, and stress (possibly due to a high-performance environment) that can cause teeth grinding and lead to decay.

The warm season coincides with the period of activity of the insect vector of this disease that can have serious consequences for farm animals.

Researchers to assess new model of care offered at clinic in the Faculty of Kinesiology's Sport Medicine Centre Alex McEwen will never forget the unnerving snap he heard mid-bench press as the major tendon connecting his pectoralis muscle to his right shoulder tore away from the bone completely.

As many as one in 3,000 people could be carrying a faulty gene that significantly increases their risk of a punctured lung, according to new estimates from Cambridge researchers.

Long-term exposure to high levels of air pollution may harm the brain health of older adults in England, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. The research, published in The Journals of Gerontology: Series A , found that exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) and fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) is linked to lower scores in key cognitive abilities, particularly language skills.

Small language models are more reliable and secure than their large counterparts, primarily because they draw information from a circumscribed dataset.

Two projects investigating how AI is used in healthcare and other sectors have received a grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).

Researchers from Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) have received funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) for ten proposals covering a diverse range of topics.

New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has identified porcupine inhibition - a strategy that blocks a key bone-related signalling pathway (Wnt) - as a promising pharmacological treatment for severe sclerosteosis.

New research from The University of Manchester may reshape our understanding of what happens to the immune system when we fast. Funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), the study on mice shows that the brain's hypothalamus controls how the immune system adapts during fasting, through a handful of highly specialized neurons responsible for making animals hungry.

Pupils in English secondary schools have some of the lowest school engagement rates around the world, with rates dropping amongst the fastest following the pandemic, report UCL researchers who analysed data in the recent Trends in International Maths and Science study.

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded 2.3 million to a new research initiative on artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare.

A team of researchers within the VetCompass Programme at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) studying dental disease in rabbits under primary veterinary care have identified common clinical signs for rabbits experiencing dental disease and assessed veterinary diagnostic and treatment methods.

Researchers at UCL and the University of Leeds have updated the Electronic Frailty Index (eFI) to help more accurately identify older people's frailty and intervene earlier.

Tick bites are a growing problem in the Netherlands, especially in Overijssel and Gelderland. Lyme disease is transmitted by ticks and is difficult to recognise.

Giving Day donations widen impact of collaboration event expected to attract dozens of experts on April 15 Can a brief conversation ignite a flame of innovation in health care? An upcoming McCaig Inst

Predator-prey relationships are found in virtually all'ecosystems. Even microorganisms in their world, which is invisible to the naked eye, engage in these interactions when fighting for the survival of their species.