For high-risk patients, the method could offer a safer alternative to open-heart surgery. In a world first, a team of researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, has successfully performed a coronary artery bypass — a normally open-heart surgery — without cutting the chest wall. The team employed a novel
Research by scientists at the University of Vermont Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine provides novel insights into the mechanisms that regulate brain blood flow and highlight a potential therapeutic strategy to correct vascular dysfunction. Their preclinical findings, published December 22 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggest that adding a missing phospholipid back into a
An international team has published NeuMap, the first atlas to reveal the global architecture of neutrophils, showing how this “first line of defense” reorganizes to protect, remember, and heal. Neutrophils are the most abundant immune cells in the body and the first to respond to infection or tissue damage. Yet despite their importance, until now
A new study reveals that 16% of teens exposed to both phases of the Russo-Ukrainian war experience symptoms of PTSD compared to 1% of non-exposed teens, and more than 10% experience severe depressive symptoms compared to 3% of non-exposed peers. Adolescents exposed to both phases of war also reported significantly higher levels of suicide attempts.
New analysis from a WHO global expert committee on vaccine safety has found that, based on available evidence, no causal link exists between vaccines and autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The conclusion reaffirms WHO’s position that childhood vaccines do not cause autism. The Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS), established in 1999, brings together international
A new study tracking the mental health of adults in the Gaza Strip suggests that psychological distress has tripled over the past five years, with a sharp increase following the conflict escalation in October 2023. The research, published in eClinicalMedicine, analyzed data from 677 people aged 40 and older who participated in three household surveys conducted
Mount Sinai study shows that traditional risk scores and symptoms such as chest pain should not be solely relied upon to prevent cardiovascular events Current cardiac screening tools used to prevent heart attacks fail to identify nearly half of the people who are actually at risk of having one, according to a new study led
First-ever discovery by Hina Chaudhry, MD of Mount Sinai could lead to new and less invasive treatments A naturally occurring gene called Cyclin A2 (CCNA2), which turns off after birth in humans, can actually make new, functioning heart cells and help the heart repair itself from injury including a heart attack or heart failure when
Detecting acute heart failure in the future could be as simple as testing a saliva sample. Australian scientists have developed a biosensor that can rapidly detect the heart failure biomarker S100A7 in saliva, offering a simple, non-invasive way to identify the disease. The breakthrough, published in Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X could make heart failure screening more accessible,
Trial led by Mount Sinai researcher could lead to safer and easier treatment for patients with coronary in-stent restenosis A new drug-eluting balloon can perform just as well as the standard treatment for patients with coronary in-stent restenosis (ISR) undergoing repeated percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). These breakthrough findings of an international clinical trial led by a
