Uncategorised - European Medical Journal

TWIST1-Driven Atherosclerotic Plaques Show Surprising Stability

TWIST1-Driven Atherosclerotic Plaques Show Surprising Stability

Endothelial Twist1 expression promoted plaque growth but simultaneously enhanced hallmarks of plaque stability, including increased collagen deposition and a greater number of ACTA2-positive smooth muscle–like cells.

A photograph of Athlone town and Shannon river, county Westmeath, Ireland

Novo Nordisk invests €432m in Irish tablet plant

Novo Nordisk is refitting its facility in Athlone, Ireland, aimed at expanding GLP-1 manufacturing capacity.

Illness Severity Alters Sepsis Survival Risk in AKI Patients

Illness Severity Alters Sepsis Survival Risk in AKI Patients

Sepsis may worsen or improve AKI survival depending on illness severity, new data suggest. Explore how risk reverses in the sickest patients. Read more.

Clinician preparing RSV vaccination for an immunocompromised patient during a respiratory virus season visit.

RSV Vaccination Guidance for Immunocompromised Patients

IDSA guidelines recommend RSV vaccination for immunocompromised adults, and advise individualized timing plus shared decisions now.

New GLP-1 Pill Outperforms Oral Semaglutide in Blood Glucose Levels

New GLP-1 Pill Outperforms Oral Semaglutide in Blood Glucose Levels

A new non-peptide GLP-1 pill proved more effective for weight loss than oral semaglutide in a recent Phase III trial.

depression and anxiety

Chronic Headaches Tied to Higher Rates of Depression and Anxiety

Adults with chronic headaches are nearly five times more likely to have clinical symptoms of depression, and at a more than seven times higher risk of clinical anxiety.

Erection Pills Under-Prescribed in Patients with Prostate Cancer

Erection Pills Under-Prescribed in Patients with Prostate Cancer

First-line treatments for erectile dysfunction are under-prescribed in patients with prostate cancer, despite favourable clinical outcomes.

Major Depressive Disorder: Biomarkers in Brain and Blood Identified

Major Depressive Disorder: Biomarkers in Brain and Blood Identified

Shared molecular changes in brain and blood may improve major depressive disorder diagnosis and guide personalised therapies.

Long COVID mouse model showing postinfectious lung fibrosis and brain neuroinflammation after SARS-CoV-2

Long COVID Drives Subchronic Lung and Brain Injury

A mouse long COVID model associates breathlessness with postinfectious fibrotic lung remodeling and neuroinflammation following clearance.

3 Mar 2026

A New Approach to Chest-X-Ray Imaging: Landmark Identification in AI Enabled ‘Smart Collimation Thorax’

Smart Collimation Thorax AI model development, validation, and performance results...