Sleep deprivation is associated with risk of atherosclerosis in adults: JAHA

Published Date: 17 Feb 2023

United States: Infrequent sleep, particularly chronic sleep, in adults aged 45 and older is associated with numerous measures of...

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In Lombardy, the risk of suffering cardiac arrest may increase on days recording high levels of air pollution. This emerges from a study conducted by the Politecnico di Milano and published in the journal Global Challenges.

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A joint study by the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) and the University Hospital Würzburg provides new insights into why heart muscle cells lose their rhythm in atrial fibrillation. Disrupted calcium signaling ...

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