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Global life expectancy forecasts have had varied results, some more doom and gloom while others are more optimistic. Keep in mind, that they are all just estimated predictions, and nothing is “set in stone”, the future is hard to determine for absolute certainty. Any estimates/forecasts as grim or positive as they may be, are not …
A study called: “Sex Differences in Association of Physical Activity With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality” published in the open-access Journal of the American College of Cardiology, suggests that women get more cardiovascular benefit from less exercise compared to men. Research involving data from the National Health Interview Survey database of 412,413 American adults from Smidt …
According to a study published in the BMJ, a person’s chance of surviving cardiac arrest while receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in a hospital is 22%, but that declines rapidly after only one minute to less than 1% after 39 minutes. The likelihood of leaving with no major brain damage is similar, declining from 15% after …
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a novel immunotherapy combination, targeting checkpoints in both T cells and myeloid suppressor cells, that successfully reprogrammed the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) and significantly improved anti-tumor responses in preclinical models of pancreatic cancer. In this study, published today in Nature Cancer, researchers used …
Practice-changing research from Cedars-Sinai Cancer shows that a combination of androgen deprivation therapy — a commonly used hormone injection — plus pelvic lymph node radiation, kept nearly 90% of clinical trial patients’ prostate cancer at bay for five years. The findings were published in the peer-reviewed journal The Lancet. The study also shows that patients …
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have examined long-term outcomes in patients who received pacemaker implantations after transcatheter aortic valve replacement through their groin. The result showed no significant difference in mortality for the patients with pacemakers compared to those without. The study is published in the journal JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. The use of transcatheter …
The experience of a fruit fly dying from cancer may seem worlds away from that of a human with a life-threatening tumor, yet University of California, Berkeley, researchers are finding commonalities between the two that could lead to ways to prolong the lives of cancer patients. Fruit fly research is already pointing to a new …
Using an ECMO life support machine on patients who suffered from cardiac arrest arrived at a hospital improved the patients’ chances of survival; findings may lead to new emergency care treatment interventions and improved outcomes. More than 340,000 people die of cardiac arrest each year in the United States. The condition occurs when the heart …
Using a life support machine to replicate the functions of the heart and lungs significantly improved the survival of people who suffered from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, according to a new study published in The Lancet. The treatment program involving the life support machine called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) proved so much more effective than the …
According to a recent study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, having intercourse after a heart attack may boost survival. “Sexuality and sexual activity are the markers of well-being,” said the lead researcher. Data was analyzed from 500 sexually active people with a median age of 53 years old who were 90% male …