Inter-arm difference in kids’ blood pressure
Kids’ blood pressure measurements substantially different between arms, potential for misdiagnosis: Blood pressure measurements in children and adolescents should be taken…
Heart & Lung
Healthy Diet Index supports diet quality and health
Healthy Diet Index supports diet quality assessment and dietary counselling in healthcare: The Healthy Diet Index developed by Finnish nutrition experts…
Detailed insight into new born babies’ lungs at birth
Melbourne researchers have captured the first detailed images of new born babies’ lungs as they take their first breaths. The…
Support for COVID-19 policy in Australia
Support for COVID-19 policy response and willingness to get vaccinated high, according to new survey in Australia. Support among Australians…
University of Bradford professor is leading UK-wide awareness campaign
University of Bradford students and staff are being urged to get behind a UK-wide public health trial in the search…
Heartbeat secrets unlocked as cardiac rhythm gene role identified
Heartbeat secrets unlocked as cardiac rhythm gene role identified: Researchers have used the zebrafish (Danio rerio) to identify the role…
Alzheimer’s: Elective revascularisation
People with and without Alzheimer's have a different threshold for elective revascularisation, but outcomes are similar. The risk of both…
Aspirin preferred to prevent blood clots in kids after heart surgery
Aspirin should be favoured over warfarin to prevent blood clotting in children who undergo a surgery that replumbs their hearts,…
Cholesterol: New drug could revolutionise treatment
A revolutionary new treatment was used for the first time in the world at the Division of Cardiology of Vienna…
Peripheral artery disease: Walking can relieve leg pain
Exercise has been used in the treatment of many medical conditions, including heart and lung diseases. But it can also…