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Can Mammograms Help Detect Heart Disease Risk? A New Look at Breast Arterial Calcifications

As more people get mammograms every year to screen for breast cancer, an additional benefit may be emerging: heart disease risk detection. With advanced technology and artificial intelligence, some imaging centers now offer screenings for cardiovascular risks based on breast arterial calcification visible in mammogram images. This additional test, offered by some radiology practices, could… Read More »

Synspective and GCRS Announce Partnership for SAR Satellite-Based Risk Analysis Solutions in South Asia

2022 November 15, Tokyo – Geo Climate Risk Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (GCRS), a solution provider, consultancy, and advisory services firm that focuses on natural hazards risk analytics and environmental and sustainability challenges, and Synspective, a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite data and solutions provider, are pleased to announce a new partnership for SAR-based analysis solutions… Read More »

Chemsex is top of the list of risk factors for HIV infection in gay and bisexual men in England

A study tracking new cases of HIV among gay and bisexual men in London and Brighton has identified the key risk factors predicting subsequent HIV infection in recent years. By far the most important was injecting drugs, largely in a chemsex context. Although only 3% of the men in the study reported injecting drugs, 16% of… Read More »

AstraZeneca finds no evidence of increased blood clot risk from vaccine

The review covered more than 17 million people vaccinated in the European Union and United Kingdom. “A careful review of all available safety data of more than 17 million people vaccinated in the European Union and UK with COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca has shown no evidence of an increased risk of pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis… Read More »