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Soft Robotic Cardiac Sleeves Show Promise for Future of Heart Failure

Soft robotic cardiac sleeves may offer physiological, non-blood-contact support for heart failure, but clinical translation challenges remain.

Low-Dose Chest CT in Common Variable Immunodeficiency

Pulmonary complications represent a major cause of morbidity in patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID), frequently…

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Chronic Sinusitis Inflammation Remains Difficult to Control

Chronic sinusitis inflammation remains difficult to control, despite therapies that can suppress key inflammatory mediators.

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Kidney Transcriptomic Signatures Reflect Donor Diabetes Changes

A prospective study identified kidney transcriptomic signatures associated with donor diabetes and found that four transcripts attenuated after transplantation into non-diabetic recipients.

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Lung Cancer Screening Discussed With Just 1 in 6 Patients

Lung cancer screening discussions occurred with only one in six at-risk U.S. adults in a national analysis.

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Vegetarian Diet and 14-Hour Fast Improve Type 2 Diabetes Control

A lacto-vegetarian diet with 14-hour fasting significantly improved blood glucose control in women with Type 2 diabetes.

Key Risk Factors for Pouchitis After Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis

A systematic review identified primary sclerosing cholangitis and preoperative steroid use as the most reliable risk factors for pouchitis after IPAA.

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Rectal Spacers Show Safety in Advanced Prostate Cancer

A prospective study found rectal spacers were feasible and safe in cT3 prostate cancer, achieving comparable rectal separation and low toxicity.

ESC 2026 Interview: Felix Mahfoud

I think what makes the ESC Congress unique is the combination of science, education, and a truly global cardiovascular community…

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Antiseizure Medicines Linked to Foetal Growth Differences

Prospective international study found antiseizure medication exposure during pregnancy was associated with foetal growth differences.