Andrea Chipman

Elevated IL-6 levels sharply increase the coronary risk tied to high lipoprotein(a), but the same inflammatory marker made no difference to aortic stenosis risk, a Biobank study has found.

Exercise training should become a core strategy to protect the hearts of people with cancer, according to a new statement from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

A liquid nitrogen spray delivered through a bronchoscope failed to hit its main target in patients with COPD and chronic bronchitis, but eased their symptoms and improved lung scans, a new UK and Netherlands trial has found.

Focal therapy using high-intensity focused ultrasound or cryotherapy is as safe as surgery or radiotherapy for non-metastatic prostate cancer, a major study suggests.

Minimally invasive surgery (MICS) coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) via small thoracotomy can improve postoperative recovery compared to sternotomy CABG in selected patients treated by experienced teams, researchers report.

Being underweight at the time of an atrial fibrillation (AF) diagnosis is associated with higher mortality, a large UK observational study has shown.

The choice of antiseizure medication (ASM) may be a modifiable factor associated with clinical outcomes in adults with epilepsy who are also taking direct oral anticoagulants, a retrospective study suggests.

Long-course chemoradiotherapy (LCCRT) appears more effective than short-course radiotherapy (SCRT) at preserving the rectum in early-stage and

Oral anticoagulation could reduce major clinical events in patients with atrial fibrillation and intermediate stroke risk, new study data suggest.

Three separate trajectories of cognitive and physical fatigue relating to relapsed-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) can be predicted using MRI, new research suggests.