One of the world's most extensive birth cohorts is now entering later adulthood. At the University of Oulu in Finland, the ...

Lung development and function is notoriously difficult to study. Both are affected by a range of environmental factors, such as first- and second-hand smoke, air pollution, and infections and genetic ...

Background Aortic stenosis (AS) frequently coexists with heart failure (HF), but its prevalence, prognostic impact and management across the full HF spectrum remain incompletely characterised. Methods ...

Alzheimer’s may be driven far more by genetics than previously thought, with one gene playing an outsized role. Researchers ...

Researchers traced Alzheimer's risk variants in largest study to date ...

Objective For most children with kidney failure, a decision is made to commence kidney replacement therapies (KRT); however, ...

Retrospective studies show elevated risks, especially for glomerular or proteinuric kidney disease, but absolute risk remains ...