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A 240-year-old drug called digoxin could save the National Health Service (NHS) at least £100 million each year when treating older patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure. This was compared to usual treatment with a beta-blocker according to a new study from the University of Birmingham, the city where digoxin was first used in 1785.

Public health officials are closely monitoring the latest bird flu outbreak that has sickened or killed millions of birds, chicken and cattle in the U.S. The virus, also known as avian influenza or H5N1, has spread to dozens of humans, mostly farm and dairy workers.

Random noise, such as background hubbub on a phone call, is usually thought of as unwanted interference. Now researchers at Columbia Engineering find the brain may harness unavoidable random fluctuations of its activity to perform useful computations, particularly in tasks relying on memory.

People hospitalized for infections—almost any infections—are at substantially increased risk years later for heart failure, according to collaborative research by the University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic.

A study led by Dr. Peter Canoll’s lab, in collaboration with researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Zuckerman Institute, and Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics, along with multiple other researchers at other universities, provides novel insights into how gliomas—aggressive brain tumors—cause debilitating neurological symptoms such as seizures and cognitive impairments.

A significant advancement in knowledge of the link between cognition and genetics has been made thanks to a study led by Université de Montréal graduate students Guillaume Huguet and Thomas Renne, working under the supervision of medical geneticist Sébastien Jacquemont, an associate professor of pediatrics and a researcher at the UdeM-affiliated CHU Saint-Justine.

Older adults’ visual functions— eye movement reaction time, speed, and accuracy—are acutely impaired by alcohol, and those with chronic alcohol use disorder (AUD) are not immune to these impairments when imbibing.

From early ocean dips to ice-cold polar plunges, cold-water immersion is increasingly popular among athletes and wellness warriors. But how much of the hype is backed by science?

Misinformation has circulated for years on social media about how coughing forcefully can treat a heart attack. Health experts are quick to debunk that myth and warn that “cough CPR” is ineffective.

Linus Pauling was a Nobel Prize winner and considered by some to be the founding father of molecular biology. According to the Linus Pauling Institute—a research center founded in his honor at Oregon State University—his work helped set the stage for the field of biotechnology.