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New treatment may improve cardiac pump function in heart failure patients:
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden discovered that the hunger hormone ghrelin can boost the heart's pump capacity in patients with heart failure in a clinical investigation. The findings were published in the European Heart Journal.
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Study: Right timing of physical activity increases fat metabolism
Updated : 1 month ago IST
According to a recent study from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, mice who exercised during an early active phase, which is comparable to morning exercise in humans, had higher metabolisms than mice who exercised during a time when they would t
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Study: Doing physical activity at right time of the day increases fat meta
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Physical activity at the appropriate time of day appears to be able to enhance fat metabolism. According to a recent study from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, mice who exercised during an early active phase, which is comparable to morning exe
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Heart failure places significant load on healthcare: Study
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
An international study published in Heart reports found that patients with heart failure frequently suffer co-morbidities, putting significant pressure on healthcare resources. The researchers, based at Karolinska Institutet, identify an urgent need to improve risk management of the disease.
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Study reveals antibody therapy for treating liver disease
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
There is presently no medication available to treat non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, which affects many patients with type 2 diabetes and can lead to other serious liver illnesses. A therapeutic candidate for the treatment of fatty liver has been identified in a study headed by Karolinska
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Researchers find hereditary factors in new type of eating disorder
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
A twin study exploring this relatively new type of eating disorder found that hereditary factors had a significant impact on ARFID. The study was conducted by researchers at Karolinska Institutet.
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Study discovers link between poor co-parenting, depression in fathers
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
According to a new study from Sweden's Karolinska Institutet, men who have bad co-parenting relationships in the months following delivery are more likely to be depressed when their children are infants.
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Study reveals poor co-parenting association with depression in dads
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
According to a new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, fathers are more likely to feel depressed when their children are toddlers if their co-parenting relationships are poor in the months following birth.
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Study reveals same genes may cause risk of cardiometabolic diseases, demen
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
A significant increase in the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease is associated with various cardiometabolic disorders, such as diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. Researchers from the Karolinska Institutet have recently conducted a twin study that raises the possibility that dementia
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Cellular messengers improve cancer therapy: Research
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Nano-sized membrane bubbles known as extracellular vesicles activate the immune system in mice and seem to render their tumours sensitive to a type of immunotherapy drug called a checkpoint inhibitor. This is according to a new study published in Cancer Immunology Research by researchers at
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Study suggests cancer therapy can be improved by cellular messengers
Updated : 3 months ago IST
The findings of a new study suggest that nano-sized membrane bubbles known as extracellular vesicles activate the immune system in mice and seem to render their tumours sensitive to a type of immunotherapy drug called a checkpoint inhibitor.
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Researchers identify origins of serious illnesses in children
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
The origins of the serious cancer-like disease LCH have been identified by researchers from Karolinska Institutet in collaboration with Karolinska University Hospital. The findings presented in Science Immunology may lead to new, targeted treatments.
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