Late bedtimes are linked to higher heart disease risk

Night owls may face higher risks to their heart, especially later in life, with women appearing particularly affected. Adults in midlife and older age who tend to be most active in the evening, especially women, showed poorer overall heart health than those without a strong preference for mornings or evenings,…

The early turning point when men’s heart risk accelerates

A decades-long study tracking people from young adulthood has uncovered an early and unexpected shift in heart disease risk. Men reached a 5% risk of cardiovascular disease roughly seven years earlier than women, revealing a clear and early gap in heart health. Coronary heart disease accounted for most of this…

Teheran: ‘Gli eserciti europei saranno considerati terroristi’ – Notizie – Ansa.it

“L’Unione Europea sa certamente che, secondo la risoluzione dell’assemblea consultiva islamica, gli eserciti dei Paesi coinvolti nella recente risoluzione dell’Ue contro il Corpo delle Guardie della Rivoluzione Islamica (Irgc) sono considerati terroristi”: lo afferma il segretario del Supremo consiglio per la sicurezza nazionale dell’Iran Ali Larijani in un post sul…

Breakthrough sepsis drug shows promise in human trial

Researchers at Griffith University report encouraging progress toward treating sepsis after a Phase II clinical trial in China produced positive results. The study suggests a new drug candidate may reduce the severity of sepsis, a condition that affects millions of hospitalized patients worldwide each year. The experimental treatment, known as…

Gray wolves are hunting sea otters and no one knows how

On Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, gray wolves are showing an unusual behavior: they are hunting sea otters. This unexpected shift in diet could have wide-ranging effects on coastal ecosystems and on the wolves themselves. However, scientists still know very little about how these predators manage to catch prey in…

A breakthrough that could make ships nearly unsinkable

More than 100 years after the sinking of the Titanic, the idea of ships that cannot sink continues to motivate engineers. Researchers at the University of Rochester’s Institute of Optics have now taken a significant step toward that long-standing goal. They have developed a technique that makes ordinary metal tubes…

Scientists find hidden pathways pancreatic cancer uses to spread

A new study from Brazil, published in the journal Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, sheds light on how pancreatic cancer gains the ability to spread at an early stage. Researchers found that a protein called periostin, along with stellate cells in the pancreas, plays a crucial role in helping cancer cells…