Stem Cell Transplantation More Cost-Effective than Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease
Stem cell transplantation is the most cost-effective option for long-term care of sickle cell disease in adults when compared with gene therapy and standard of care treatment, according to new…
Experts call for women’s heart centres to tackle inequality in diagnosis & care
Women are more likely to face delays in diagnosis of cardiovascular disease and, as a result, they are more likely to die or develop more serious illness. To address this…
Common food preservatives linked to high blood pressure and heart disease
Eating foods that contain common preservative food additives may increase the risks of high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, according to research published in the European Heart Journal1 today (Thursday).…
Ancestry matters in the cardiac screening of elite footballers
Elite footballers of Black ethnicity show important ancestry-related differences in cardiac adaptation.1 These results were presented today at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2026, the annual congress of the European Association of…
Physician’s medical decisions benefit from AI, Stanford Medicine-led research finds
Artificial intelligence-powered chatbots are getting pretty good at diagnosing some diseases, even when they are complex. But how do chatbots do when guiding treatment and care after the diagnosis? For…
More children are surviving long enough for heart transplants but not enough hearts exist
Advances in pediatric heart care are helping more children survive long enough to receive a transplant—but a critical shortage of donor hearts means too many are still dying while they…
Early immune responses linked to protective HIV antibodies
Some people living with HIV develop antibodies capable of neutralizing many different strains of the virus. New research links this to immune responses that occur early in infection. The findings,…
Research alert: First large‑scale survey estimates that 2.8% of US population used psilocybin in the past year
The use of psilocybin, the hallucinogenic compound found in “magic mushrooms,” is rising in the United States alongside de‑criminalization efforts in several states and local jurisdictions, as well as heightened…
Anti-amyloid Alzheimer’s drugs show no clinically meaningful effect
People with Alzheimer’s disease have high levels of a protein known as amyloid beta in their brains, detectable before symptoms begin, but its role in disease progression is uncertain. Drugs…
Can a new heart health metric identify fracture risk in postmenopausal women?
Postmenopausal women face a high risk of bone fractures. Due to declines in estrogen levels, which can lead to an increased risk of osteoporosis, even a low-impact fall can result…