LSTM’s Senior Clinical Lecturer, Dr Shevin Jacob is corresponding author on a perspective piece published in the New England Journal
Real cost of heart attacks and strokes: Double the direct medical expense
The full financial cost of a heart attack or stroke is twice as much as the medical costs when lost
Smart speaker technology harnessed for hospital medical treatments: Research demonstrates value of Amazon Echo and Google Home during medical procedures
-Smart speakers that are customarily used in your living room can be programmed to act as an aid to physicians
Lowering blood pressure prevents worsening brain damage in elderly: Study suggests more aggressive hypertension treatment could help preserve brain function as well as reduce cardiovascular events
Elderly people with high blood pressure, or hypertension, who took medicine to keep their 24-hour systolic blood pressure around 130
The power of gratitude in the workplace
If you knew that expressing gratitude to a colleague would improve their life and yours, would you do it more
Experimental drug lowers serum phosphate in phase 3 trial of hemodialysis patients: Tenapanor blocks intestinal phosphate absorption
An investigational drug that blocks intestinal phosphate absorption may help reduce the dangerously high blood levels of phosphate commonly seen
States with strict gun laws see more homicides when they border states with lax ones: Over a 5-year period, most guns found in states with strict gun laws were obtained from less restrictive states
Gun-related homicide rates in states with strict gun laws increase when neighboring states have less restrictive laws as a result
Engineers create rubbery ‘smart’ material to treat open wounds, infections and cancer
Researchers in the Syracuse University College of Engineering and Computer Science have developed a material — a new kind of
People with osteoporosis should avoid spinal poses in yoga, study says
Yoga postures that flex the spine beyond its limits may raise the risk of compression fractures in people with thinning
American drug overdose death rates the highest among wealthy nations
In the most comprehensive international comparison of its kind, a USC study found that the United States has the highest