Cologne (Germany): Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG); 2026 Feb 22.ABSTRACTRESEARCH QUESTION: The aim of this report is toassess the benefit of diagnostics using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging as part of a diagnostic strategy, compared with a diagnostic strategy without
BMC Public Health. 2026 Feb 6. doi: 10.1186/s12889-026-26516-z. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Sleep represents a key modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Although previous studies have examined separate associations of nighttime sleep duration and napping duration w
Int J Obes (Lond). 2026 Feb 6. doi: 10.1038/s41366-025-01914-2. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The relationship between childhood maltreatment (CM) and obesity is nuanced, and recent evidence suggests stronger associations between CM and obesity-related traits in females compared to males
Probiotics Antimicrob Proteins. 2026 Feb 7. doi: 10.1007/s12602-025-10910-x. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTGassericins K7 are heterodimeric bacteriocins produced by Lactobacillus paragasseri K7. Their biological characterisation has been limited by challenges in obtaining these compounds in sufficie
Geroscience. 2026 Feb 6. doi: 10.1007/s11357-026-02135-9. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBiopsychosocial frailty, a new construct combining modifiable physical, psychological, and social domains, was associated with increased risk of dementia, mild cognitive impairment, and their subtypes. The aim of
Mol Imaging Biol. 2026 Feb 6. doi: 10.1007/s11307-026-02080-1. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMolecular imaging exhibits remarkable potential in immune cell tracking and advancing personalized clinical management, providing not only diagnostic and prognostic information but also enabling treatment ef
Mol Neurobiol. 2026 Feb 7;63(1):426. doi: 10.1007/s12035-026-05703-4.ABSTRACTOxidative stress (OS) is a hallmark of secondary brain damage after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), contributing to the progression of neurological damage and poor clinical outcomes. While mesenchymal stem cell-derived exos
Eur J Pediatr. 2026 Feb 6;185(2):123. doi: 10.1007/s00431-026-06770-4.ABSTRACTTo describe the peculiarity of preterm neonates at 33-35 weeks gestational age (GA) with mild-to-severe hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE). This single-centre retrospective study compared the background characteristics
Sci Rep. 2026 Feb 6. doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-38264-6. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAntibiotic therapy failure in scrub typhus (ST) has raised concerns about first-line antibiotic efficacy, necessitating reevaluation of recommended antibiotic therapies. A multicenter retrospective analysis included
NPJ Digit Med. 2026 Feb 6. doi: 10.1038/s41746-026-02367-1. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe clinical deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for assessing cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in 12-lead electrocardiography (ECG) is hindered by limitations in interpretability and explaina
Commun Med (Lond). 2026 Feb 6. doi: 10.1038/s43856-026-01416-w. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Desmoglein-2 (DSG2) is an essential cardiac desmosomal cadherin, and its alteration underlies a broad spectrum of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM). Yet, the clinical significance of many DSG2
Oncogene. 2026 Feb 6. doi: 10.1038/s41388-026-03686-z. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTImmunotherapy remains ineffective for a wide variety of solid tumors due to the existence of tumor immune evasion. Although the transcription factor ETV5 is recognized for its oncogenic roles in tumor progression, i
Sci Rep. 2026 Feb 7. doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-37464-4. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPatients with multiple myeloma (MM) often use cardiovascular medications due to their increased risk of cardiovascular diseases. This study investigated the associations of baseline use of these drugs with survival a
Sci Rep. 2026 Feb 6. doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-38095-5. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe pressure-volume (PV) loop illustrates the changing interaction between left ventricular (LV) pressure and volume throughout a cardiac cycle, and can be reconstructed noninvasively using either cardiac magnetic re
Nat Commun. 2026 Feb 6. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-69341-z. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe gut microbiota sustains intestinal homeostasis, yet how microbial metabolites direct epithelial repair remains unclear. Here we identify indole-3-propionic acid (IPA), a tryptophan-derived bacterial metabolite
Heart Lung Circ. 2026 Feb 5:S1443-9506(25)01656-7. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2025.09.006. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND & AIM: During the COVID-19 pandemic, cardiac rehabilitation programs (CRPs) rapidly transitioned to virtual, mostly one-to-one, care. Four years later, the lasting effects on c
Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2026 Jan 14:102507. doi: 10.1016/j.clgc.2026.102507. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Cisplatin-based chemotherapy (CBCT) is standard treatment for most men with metastatic testicular cancer (TC). The main objective was to evaluate changes in physical fitness and b
Neurotherapeutics. 2026 Feb 5:e00849. doi: 10.1016/j.neurot.2026.e00849. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTInterventional trials with high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C)-raising drugs have generally failed to demonstrate a beneficial effect on cardiovascular outcomes, although low HDL-C levels
Eur J Neurosci. 2026;63(3):e70409. doi: 10.1111/ejn.70409.ABSTRACTIndividuals with cocaine use disorder (CUD) who attempt abstinence experience craving and relapse that can benefit from multimodal treatment monitoring. Longitudinal studies linking behavioral manifestations in CUD to the blood transc
Surg Pathol Clin. 2026 Mar;19(1):45-61. doi: 10.1016/j.path.2025.08.007. Epub 2025 Nov 26.ABSTRACTCutaneous vascular tumors (CVT) encompass a spectrum of benign, intermediate and malignant tumors. Classification and nomenclature of CVTs have been evolving based on emerging clinical and molecular/gen
Clin Chest Med. 2026 Mar;47(1):105-117. doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2025.11.005. Epub 2025 Dec 22.ABSTRACTPneumonia remains a leading cause of mortality worldwide. While infectious diseases pose a greater burden in resource-limited regions, pneumonia has the highest incidence and mortality rates among all in
Atherosclerosis. 2026 Feb;413:120515. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2025.120515. Epub 2026 Jan 13.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus, smoking, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia are well-studied cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) for coronary artery disease (CAD). However, their combined and indiv
No abstractAtherosclerosis. 2026 Feb;413:120630. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2025.120630. Epub 2026 Feb 4.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41651581 | DOI:10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2025.120630
Atherosclerosis. 2026 Feb;413:120500. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2025.120500. Epub 2026 Jan 12.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND AND AIMS: Calcified plaques have traditionally been regarded as advanced and quiescent atheroma. However, pathological studies indicate lipid content within calcified plaques, sugges
