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Even in People Without Risk Factors, Elevated Lp(a) Increases the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

Lipoprotein(a), also known as Lp(a), is a lipid particle with pro-inflammatory properties whose blood concentration is determined mainly by genetic factors. Its involvement in the development of ather...

A New System Enables Objective Measurement of Gait Impairments

A team led by Drs. Elba Pascual-Goñi and Luis Querol, researchers from the Neuromuscular Diseases Group at the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau), has published in the journal Journal of Neuro...

Dr. Vladyslav Vyazovskiy Chairs Dissertation Committee on Sleep and Synaptic Plasticity at Sant Pau

On Tuesday, July 29, the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau) welcomed Dr. Vladyslav Vyazovskiy, professor at the University of Oxford and one of the world’s most recognized voices in sleep res...

Correcting Vitamin D Deficiency in Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis Reduces Frailty and Inflammation and Improves Working Memory

Vitamin D supplementation may have effects that go far beyond bone metabolism. In patients with decompensated cirrhosis, correcting vitamin D deficiency is associated with improvements in frailty, mus...

New Strategy Identified to Remove Cholesterol from Vascular Cells and Slow Atherosclerosis

A new study has identified a promising therapeutic pathway to restore the ability of HDL lipoproteins to remove cholesterol from vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), which are involved in the develop...