Monthly Archives: June 2023

Health Bosses Warn of Heart Disease Emergency in England

England is engulfed in a cardiovascular disease emergency, health bosses have said, as stark figures reveal there have been almost 100,000 excess deaths since the start of the Covid pandemic. Analysis of official government data suggests that more than 500 people a week are dying needlessly from heart disease, heart attacks or strokes. There have […]

Use of Ambroxol as Therapy for Gaucher Disease

Key Points Question  What are the biochemical changes associated with ambroxol repurposing among patients with Gaucher disease who have not received any disease-specific treatment? Findings  In this case series of 28 unselected participants, significant improvements in hematologic parameters, visceral volumes, and plasma biomarkers were observed for 26 patients after a mean (SD) treatment duration of […]

Study Reveals That Wine Consumption Has an Inverse Relationship to Cardiovascular Mortality

In a recent study published in the Nutrients Journal, researchers aimed to understand the association between wine consumption and cardiovascular mortality, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and coronary heart disease (CHD). The researchers performed a systematic review and meta-analysis using longitudinal studies, including cohort and case-control studies retrieved from multiple databases, which they searched from their inception […]