News articles tagged with 'heart'
Newly discovered heart stem cells make muscle and bone
— 2 Dec 2011 10:08 | HealthResearchers have identified a new and relatively abundant pool of stem cells in the heart. The findings in the December issue of Cell Stem Cell, a Cell Press publication, show that…
Garlic oil component may form treatment to protect heart
— 16 Nov 2011 21:39 | HealthA component of garlic oil may help release protective compounds to the heart after heart attack, during cardiac surgery, or as a treatment for heart failure…
Device drops blood pressure in patients with difficult-to-treat hypertension
— 6 Apr 2011 18:31 | HealthA device designed to treat people with resistant hypertension helped lower blood pressure by 33 points, a substantial drop that would otherwise require patients to take an additional…
Death rates after hospitalisation down for oldest heart failure patients
— 6 Apr 2011 18:10 | HealthDeath rates after hospitalisation for heart failure have dropped for veterans age 80 and older, but rehospitalisations remain frequent, according to a study in the American Heart Association…
Measuring oxidative stress can predict risk of atrial fibrillation
— 6 Apr 2011 16:58 | HealthMeasuring oxidative stress may help doctors predict the risk of developing atrial fibrillation, the most common heart beat irregularity. Research from Emory University School of Medicine…
Alternate route to blocked arteries safe and effective for angioplasty
— 4 Apr 2011 18:42 | HealthIn the future you may hear the doctor say: 'Give me your arm and I'll do some heart surgery.' A landmark international study coordinated by the Population Health Research Institute…
Heart drug cuts prostate cancer risk; holds potential for therapeutic use
— 3 Apr 2011 11:56 | HealthJohns Hopkins scientists and their colleagues paired laboratory and epidemiologic data to find that men using the cardiac drug, digoxin, had a 24 percent lower risk for prostate cancer.…
Antidepressants linked to thicker arteries
— 3 Apr 2011 11:53 | HealthAntidepressant use has been linked to thicker arteries, possibly contributing to the risk of heart disease and stroke, in a study of twin veterans. The data is being presented Tuesday,…
Study suggests a relationship between migraine headaches in children and a common heart defect
— 31 Mar 2011 15:51 | HealthRoughly 15% of children suffer from migraines, and approximately one-third of these affected children have migraines with aura, a collection of symptoms that can include weakness, blind…
Parasite-induced genetically driven autoimmune chagas disease
— 30 Mar 2011 17:43 | HealthResearchers have shown that the Trypanosoma cruzi agent of Chagas Disease (CD) invades host embryo cells and spreads its mitochondrial DNA (kDNA) minicircles into the host's genome.…