Waist-to-height ratio predicts heart failure incidence, according to research presented today at Heart Failure 2025,1 a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
Obesity affects a substantial proportion of patients with…
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Mohammed Sinwar killed in precision IDF op based on ‘golden intel tip’ – Defense News
The IDF was able to target Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar based on information that Israeli intelligence gathered information that the terror leader was planning a meeting of the military wing’s leadership in an underground complex beneath…
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"We anticipated this…did a counter drone exercise to tackle attacks at Army chief's behest": Top Army Air Defence officer
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Director General of Army Air Defence Lt Gen Sumer Ivan D’Cunha, on Monday highlighted India’s preparedness in modern warfare, particularly in neutralising drones and other advanced technologies during Operation…
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Survival trick: Pathogen taps iron source in immune cells
The body defends itself against pathogens by depriving them of vital iron. However, this strategy doesn’t always succeed against Salmonella. Researchers at the University of Basel have discovered that these bacteria specifically target iron-rich…
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Fast food, fast impact: How fatty meals rapidly weaken our gut defenses
A study led by researchers from WEHI (Melbourne, Australia) has become the first in the world to unravel the immediate effects of a high-fat diet on our gut health.
The pre-clinical study found even a few meals high in saturated fats can cause…
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After cardiac event, people who regularly sit for too long had higher risk of another event
People who sit or remain sedentary for more than 14 hours a day, on average, may have a higher risk of a cardiovascular event or death in the year after treatment at a hospital for symptoms of a heart attack such as chest pain, according to new…
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More donor hearts by extending the preservation time
A new discovery by Mayo Clinic researchers could mean more donor hearts are available for heart transplant, giving more people a second chance at life. In findings published in Nature Cardiovascular Research, a team led by Mayo Clinic cardiac…
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Putin says Russia prepared to discuss ‘compromises’ on Ukraine after ‘frank’ Trump call – latest
For a frustrated Trump, this is a high-stakes callpublished at 16:19 British Summer Time
Bernd Debusmann Jr
Reporting from the White House
Image source, Getty ImagesThis is an extremely high-stakes call for President Trump, who has made…
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A first blueprint of chemical transport pathways in human cells
An unprecedented international effort to decode how cells manage the transport of chemical substances has culminated in four groundbreaking studies published in Molecular Systems Biology. Led by Giulio Superti-Furga at CeMM, the Research Center…
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Scientific breakthrough: We can now halve the price of costly cancer drug
The demand for the widely used cancer drug Taxol is increasing, but it’s difficult and expensive to produce because it hasn’t been possible to do it biosynthetically. Until now, that is. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have cracked…
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