Early placement of a microaxial flow pump (mAFP) provides significant left ventricular unloading in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction-related cardiogenic shock (STEMI-CS) by red

The degree of ischemia detected on dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) strongly predicts the efficacy of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with stable coronary artery disease (

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Compared with men, women face a higher risk of death after mitral valve surgery for severe degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR), at smaller left ventricular end-systolic dimension (LVESD) and higher ejection fraction (EF), a new analysis of patient…

Despite important advancements over the past decade, bleeding remains frequent and potentially fatal in patients undergoing transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), according to a new analysis of pooled patient-level trial data.

Transradial access (TRA) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is associated with significantly lower incidence of in-hospital major bleeding, mortality, vascular complications and new dialysis, compared with transfemoral access (TFA) in patients…

Authors suggest ISCHEMIA-EXTEND’s finding of lower cardiac death with revascularization ‘likely due to a statistical Type I error’ There is no significant difference in non-cardiac mortality between revascularization plus medical therapy (MT)…

When it comes to maintaining muscle mass and fighting the risk of frailty, it’s not just about how much protein you get but how often you get it, new research suggests. A new Canadian study suggest that spreading protein equally among the three daily…

The growing demand for nutraceutical-based functional foods that are claimed to have health benefits over and above their normal nutritional function has also seen manufacturers pay increasing attention to the design and development of food products…

‘High fibre’ claims are traditionally the realm of bakery products, but has recent growing demand for fibre by consumers resulted in a shift away from bread-based products? Fibre is rising. While the use of ‘high fibre’ claims on pack seems to be…

A new consensus definition on postbiotics, published by the International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP), aims to clear up ambiguities in the use of the term and provide a framework for academics and industry to continue…

The ‘road map’ for safety assessment of Live Biotherapeutic Products (LBPs) sets out recommendations to tackle regulatory and technical challenges when evaluating safety, including discussing the importance of the risk analysis in LBP development,…

As consumer and industry interest in prebiotics continues to explode, so does the supportive research. But where does the evidence sit, and what opportunities might present from where it is heading? Growing public and industry interest in gut…

Last week, Ferring-owned microbiome firm Rebiotix reported positive preliminary findings from its phase 3 trial for RBX2660 – an investigational, non-antibiotic, microbiome-based therapy developed to reduce Clostridioides difficile (C. diff)…

Much anticipated changes to the taxonomy of the Lactobacillus genus were finally published recently … but what to the changes mean for industry activities? Who will be affected, and what will you have to change? In the simplest essence, the…

The trial results, reported together in the Journal of the American Heart Association, show that adding a combination of three natural extracts to standard pharmacological treatments could help to fight hypertension and improve cardiovascular…

The studies, both published on pre-print server bioRxiv, conclude that our the mix of microbes in our gut can reveal the presence of many diseases better than our own genes can – and can even predict our risk of dying within the next 15 years. In the…

The team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Morgridge Institute for Research believe the ‘tremendous’ range of metabolic health information contained in our urine could herald a new revolution in health monitoring and…

The findings, published in Journal of Applied Physiology​, could mean athletes are soon fuelling up on spuds during important races - as the industry looks to innovate new products and sports people look for new ways to fuel up. "Potatoes are a…

The mouse data, published in Science Translational Medicine, ​could open new doors to fight age-related skeletal muscle loss by altering the microbial make up in our gut. Led by Professor Sven Pettersson from the Nanyang Technological University…