Trial profile. Credit: The Lancet Healthy Longevity (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.lanhl.2024.07.008 A new study across five European countries is the largest randomized controlled trial to date evaluating the efficacy of a combined hearing and vision rehabilitation intervention for people with dementia living at home. The new study led by Trinity College and the Global Brain Health
MedPage Today) — For a range of hospitalized patients at risk of worsening heart failure (HF), tying medical interventions to cardiac monitoring seemed safe thus far according to the small ALLEVIATE-HF trial. There were no serious adverse events…
MedPage Today) — A nonselective extracorporeal blood purification (EBP) device connected to the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit during surgery reduced the risk of cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (CSA-AKI), a randomized trial found…
Palliative care has proven to be one of the most promising fields for research on interventions with psychedelic substances. One of the most prominent researchers in this area was the American psychopharmacologist Dr Roland Griffiths. In 2016, Griffiths and his team at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore published one of the most relevant contributions to
MedPage Today) — Continuous rhythm monitoring showed the timeline in which heart rate and atrial tachycardias typically arise after binge drinking by young adults, researchers reported. In people with no known history of cardiac arrhythmias…
MedPage Today) — There may be a future for cardiac myosin inhibitors in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), according to the proof-of-concept EMBARK-HFpEF trial. An established cardiac myosin inhibitor for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy…
MedPage Today) — Following the launch of an integrated suicide prevention program across Washington state, researchers observed a 25% drop in the rate of attempted suicides in secondary analysis of a randomized stepped-wedged trial. Once a suicide…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Understanding the neurobiological underpinnings of suicidal ideation and identifying biomarkers could help doctors identify those at risk and researchers develop effective interventions. Although studies using functional MRI (fMRI) have connected suicidal ideation with dysfunction in neuronal networks in the brain, the high cost of fMRI prevents it from being used as
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The two public health interventions that have had the greatest impact on the world’s health are clean water and vaccines. Professors Susan Goldstein and Haroon Saloojee assess South Africa’s child vaccination program. Why are childhood vaccinations so important? What are some essential ones? A recent study published in The Lancet estimated
An innovative analysis of shared segments within the genome—an indication of distant “relatedness”—has identified undiagnosed cases of Long QT syndrome, a rare disorder that can lead to abnormal heart rhythms, fainting and sudden cardiac death…