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Phasing out fossil fuels could save millions of lives

The mortality burden attributable to air pollution from fossil fuel use is considerably higher than most previous estimates - a phaseout of fossil fuels would have tremendous, positive health outcomes

05-Dec-2023 - A new study by an international team of scientists provides new evidence to motivate rapid fossil fuel phaseout. The science team determined exposure to ambient air pollution and its health impacts using an updated atmospheric composition model, a newly developed relative risk model and recent ...

Allergic responses to common foods could significantly increase risk of heart disease, cardiovascular death

Surprising new research: Antibodies to allergens such as dairy, peanuts may up risk even for people without obvious food allergies

14-Nov-2023 - Sensitivity to common food allergens such as dairy and peanuts could be an important and previously unappreciated cause of heart disease, new research suggests – and the increased risk for cardiovascular death includes people without obvious food allergies. That increased risk could be comparable ...

Are ultra-processed foods a risk to health?

High intake of several emulsifier E numbers linked to increased cardiovascular disease risk

10-Nov-2023 - High intake of several emulsifiers (part of the ‘E numbers’ group of food additives), widely used in industrially processed foods to improve texture and extend shelf-life, is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), suggests a study published byThe BMJ. Given that these ...

The weight of pollution: exposure linked to obesity

Chronic exposure to environmental pollutants found to increase risk of cardiovascular disease

08-Nov-2023 - In an era where exposure to commonly used pollutants present in our environment, in our homes and in our food, is virtually inevitable, ground-breaking research conducted by Professor Brice Appenzeller of the Luxembourg Institute of Health has unveiled a profoundly surprising health outcome of ...

HeartBeat.bio raises € 4.5 million in Pre-Series A financing

New funds to drive development of organoid screening platform for cardiac drug discovery

03-Nov-2023 - HeartBeat.bio AG, a biotech company building a highly scalable human organoid and AI-supported drug discovery platform for heart disease, announced the closing of a € 4.5 million Pre-Series A round co-led by i&i Biotech Fund, Invest AG, aws Gründungsfonds II, and Tensor Ventures. The financing ...

Do bacteria make you fat?

Prizewinner Maria Luisa Balmer is looking for answers

19-Oct-2023 - The winner of this year’s Marie Heim-Vögtlin Prize is Maria Luisa Balmer. The SNSF is awarding her the prize for her research into intestinal bacteria and their role in the development of diabetes and morbid obesity. In Switzerland, approximately one child in six is overweight, and the number is ...

Evolutionary history of three-finger snake toxins decoded

Hope for treatments for type 2 diabetes and hypertension

11-Oct-2023 - Snakebites cause around 100,000 deaths worldwide every year. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have investigated how the toxin emerged between 50 and 120 million years ago through the modification of a gene that also occurs in mammals and other reptiles. The results could ...

Increased deep sleep benefits your heart

Setting up a start-​up to further develop the findings and transfer them into practice

10-Oct-2023 - Stimulating the brain with gentle sounds during deep sleep significantly enhances cardiac function, according to a new study. This discovery could have implications not only for cardiovascular diseases but also for competitive sports, among other areas. Sleep is a vital aspect of human life, with ...

Can education and occupation influence cardiovascular health and mortality?

05-Oct-2023 - Researchers of the Department of Cardiology – Cardiology I at the University Medical Center Mainz have shown that people with low socioeconomic status (SES) had a higher risk of developing a cardiovascular disease. They also had an increased risk of death. Educational attainment and employment ...

Younger generation gets sick earlier and more often than older generation

In spite of their advanced age, they are in the middle of life, healthy, active and mentally alert – they are referred to as the “young old”

06-Sep-2023 - A research group in the sociology of medicine studies the development of health in the population and comes to surprising results. Improvements in living conditions, advances in medicine and general knowledge about healthy lifestyles are of particular benefit to the older generation. The younger ...