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Medicine & Health

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 15-May-2025 15:10 ET (15-May-2025 19:10 GMT/UTC)

30-Jan-2025

ECG tests may someday be used by AI model to detect premature aging and cognitive decline

American Heart Association
Reports and Proceedings

An artificial intelligence (AI) model designed to predict a person’s biological age (age of body cells and tissues) based on electrocardiogram (ECG) data found a strong association between ECG-age and cognitive performance.

Meeting: ASA International Stroke Conference 2025

30-Jan-2025

Stroke warning sign acronyms drive 911 calls, F.A.S.T. leads in symptom recall for public

American Heart Association
Reports and Proceedings

Both F.A.S.T. and BE-FAST acronyms motivated people to call 911 right away for a possible stroke, and this impact lasted for 30 days.

Meeting: ASA International Stroke Conference 2025

30-Jan-2025

Regular dental flossing may lower risk of stroke from blood clots, irregular heartbeats

American Heart Association
Reports and Proceedings

People who regularly floss their teeth (one or more times per week) may lower their risk of stroke caused by a blood clot traveling from the heart and a stroke associated with an irregular heartbeat such as atrial fibrillation (AFib).

Meeting: ASA International Stroke Conference 2025

30-Jan-2025

A common mouth and gut bacteria may be linked with increased stroke risk

American Heart Association
Reports and Proceedings

Increased levels of Streptococcus anginosus, a common type of bacteria that usually lives in the mouth and gut, was found in the gut of recent stroke survivors in Japan.

Meeting: ASA International Stroke Conference 2025

30-Jan-2025

New light-tuned chemical tools control processes in living cells

Umea University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research group at Umeå University has developed new advanced light-controlled tools that enable precise control of proteins in real time in living cells. This groundbreaking research opens doors to new methods for studying complex processes in cells and could pave the way for significant advances in medicine and synthetic biology.

Journal: Angewandte Chemie

30-Jan-2025

Infant gut bacteria and food allergies: the good, the bad, and the ugly

RIKEN
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) shows that certain gut bacteria found in one-month-old infants are associated with future development of food sensitivities and the development of food allergies, particularly to eggs, while other types of bacteria are not. The study also found factors that predicted which type of bacteria would be present in the guts of newly born babies. Together, the findings suggest that certain probiotic supplements might be a good early defense for preventing food allergies, especially for at-risk infants. The study was published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Journal: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

30-Jan-2025

Improving the performance of biosensors: developing new materials for effectively harnessing the power of enzymes

University of Tsukuba
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have developed a new material that harnesses the power of enzymes more effectively. These materials have improved the reaction efficiency and long-term stability of enzymes in electrochemical biosensors used in health care and other applications. Furthermore, the researchers significantly enhanced device performance.

Journal: Materials Horizons