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Patients who underwent PCI at an ambulatory surgery center had similar safety outcomes as those who had their procedure in a ...

Calcium signaling plays a fundamental role in cardiac development and function, orchestrating a wide array of cellular processes that are essential for ...

A Danish cohort study investigated whether long-term exposure to repeated monthly peaks of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) ...

Twelve-year-old Riddhima was gasping for breath, her fragile body battling a high fever and a severe lung infection--a rare ...

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