News articles tagged with 'arterial'
NIH researchers identify genetic cause of new vascular disease
— 3 Feb 2011 17:21 | HealthClinical researchers at the National Institutes of Health's Undiagnosed Diseases Program (UDP) have identified the genetic cause of a rare and debilitating vascular disorder not previously…
Florida State study finds watermelon lowers blood pressure
— 14 Oct 2010 10:48 | HealthNo matter how you slice it, watermelon has a lot going for it - sweet, low calorie, high fibre, nutrient rich - and now, there's more. Evidence from a pilot study led by food scientists…
Vitamin D deficiency linked to arterial stiffness in black teens
— 30 Jul 2010 09:22 | HealthVitamin D deficiency is associated with arterial stiffness, a risk factor for heart disease and stroke, in black teens according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine…
Epigenetic gene silencing may hold key to fatal lung vascular disease
— 8 Jun 2010 12:18 | HealthA rare but fatal disease of blood vessels in the lung may be caused in part by aberrant silencing of genes rather than genetic mutation, new research reports…
Low umbilical cord pH at birth linked to death and brain damage
— 14 May 2010 13:13 | HealthLow umbilical cord blood pH at birth is strongly associated with serious outcomes such as infant death, brain damage and the development of cerebral palsy in childhood, concludes a…
Secondhand smoke raises risk of hardened arteries among 13-year-olds
— 16 Mar 2010 05:46 | HealthFrequent exposure to environmental tobacco smoke among 13-year-olds is associated with an increased risk of future blood vessel hardening and greater risks of other heart disease factors,…
New computer model could lead to safer stents
— 3 Dec 2009 10:06 | HealthMIT scientists including Elazer R. Edelman, the Thomas D. and Virginia W. Cabot Professor of Health Science and Technology (HST), and HST postdoctoral associate Vijaya B. Kolachalama,…
Engineers, doctors at UCLA develop novel material that could help fight arterial disease
— 26 Nov 2009 09:57 | HealthA fortuitous discovery that grew out of a collaboration between UCLA engineers and physicians could potentially offer hope to the nearly 10 million Americans who suffer from peripheral…
Vitamin B niacin offers no extra benefit to statin therapy in seniors already diagnosed with CAD
— 21 Nov 2009 10:12 | HealthThe routine prescription of extended-release niacin, a B vitamin (1,500 milligrams daily), in combination with traditional cholesterol-lowering therapy offers no extra benefit in correcting…
First near-total face and upper-jaw transplant appears successful
— 17 Nov 2009 13:04 | HealthMore than a year and a half following the first near-total face and upper jaw transplant, the donor tissue appears successfully integrated, according to a report in the November/December…