Madonna thanks fans for support, shares new photos since hospitalization for bacterial infection

Madonna is thanking her fans again for their continued support following her hospitalization. On Tuesday, the star shared a photo of herself hugging a bouquet of roses.  “‘A single rose can be my garden. A single friend my world,’” the “Material Girl” wrote in a quote attributed to writer Leo Buscaglia. “Thank you.” On her […]

Sask. university researchers using AI to measure ‘biological age’, help reduce risk of cardiovascular disease

Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan are using artificial intelligence (AI) to better predict risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). The technology is being used to gather more information from common diagnostic imaging like CT scans. Dr. Scott Adams is a cardiothoracic radiologist and assistant professor at the University of Saskatchewan. He is part of […]

New “Smart” Implant Coatings Warn of Early Failure and Resist Infections

Smart coatings on orthopedic implants, developed at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, have bacteria-killing nanopillars on one side and strain-mapping flexible electronics on the other. This could help physicians guide patient rehabilitation and repair or replace devices before they fail. Credit: Beckman ITG, University of Illinois Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have recently […]

Weekend Warriors Get Same Cardiovascular Benefit as Regular Exercisers

TUESDAY, July 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Physical activity concentrated within a few days is associated with a similarly lower risk for cardiovascular outcomes as more evenly distributed activity, according to a study published in the July 18 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Shaan Khurshid, M.D., M.P.H., from Massachusetts General Hospital […]

Terrifying Tale: 41-Year-Old Mailman Suffered ‘Constant Thirst’ & ‘Extreme Fatigue’: It Turned Out To Be a Brain Tumor

Jonathan Plummer, a 41-year-old postman from Falmouth, Cornwall, initially thought he had diabetes as he was struggling with “constant thirst” and “extreme fatigue.” However, an MRI scan ultimately revealed he had a brain tumor. Following various doctors visits that led to inconclusive test results, a mass was found during a routine eye exam, prompting the […]

American College of Cardiology chooses next president, vice president

Two other new members of the ACC’s board of trustees were announced: Bonnie Ky, MD, director of the Penn Center for Quantitative Echocardiography at Penn Medicine, and Lee R. Goldberg, MD, chief of advanced heart failure and cardiac transplant with Penn Medicine. “The next year will be pivotal for the College as we kick off […]

Researchers report on intrathoracic synovial sarcoma with BRAF V600E mutation

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