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Researchers of the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) have discovered that patients with heart failure who have anorexia are also more affected in their physical functional capacity and have worse prognosis. Factors that encourage anorexia are the intake of diuretic...

Researchers of the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) and the Leipzig Heart Center have discovered that in the setting of an acute coronary syndrome without ST elevation an early invasive coronary angiography could reduce the number of fatalities – however, only in...

Common salt reduces the number of certain lactic acid bacteria in the gut of mice and humans according to a study published in Nature by Berlin’s Max Delbrück Center and Charité. This has an impact on immune cells which are partly responsible for autoimmune diseases and...

A healthy heart beats about two billion times during a lifetime – thanks to the interplay of more than 10,000 proteins. Researcher from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB) and the German Heart Centre at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have now determined...

Heart attacks pose a greater threat to women than to men. A team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), a member organisation of the DZHK, has determined that in the first year after a heart attack women are subject to a significantly higher mortality risk than men with...