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Thursday, 11 December 2008 |
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Medical Condition News People who have been diagnosed with panic attacks or panic disorder have a greater risk of subsequently developing heart disease or suffering a heart attack than the normal population, with higher rates happening in younger people, according to research published in Europe's... |
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Monday, 08 December 2008 |
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Medical Research News An international research team has identified 11 novel locations in the human genome where frequent variations appear to influence cholesterol or triglyceride levels, bringing the total number of lipid-associated genes to 30. |
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Monday, 08 December 2008 |
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Medical Research News A new study presages a real aim of genetics: to look at whole populations to in order determine the significance of individual genetic variants for individual health. |
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Monday, 08 December 2008 |
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Medical Research News A new study presages a real aim of genetics: to look at whole populations to in order determine the significance of individual genetic variants for individual health. |
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Friday, 05 December 2008 |
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Medical Research News Moderate alcohol intake is associated with higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids in plasma and red blood cells. |
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Wednesday, 03 December 2008 |
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Medical Research News Researchers at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research have shown in both fruit flies and humans that genes involved in embryonic heart development are also integral to adult heart function. |
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Thursday, 27 November 2008 |
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Devices/Technology In a development that researchers say is likely to quell concerns about the value of costly computed tomography (CT) scans to diagnose coronary artery blockages, an international team led by researchers at Johns Hopkins reports solid evidence that the newer, more powerful 64-CT... |
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Wednesday, 26 November 2008 |
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Medical Procedure News Dr. Leonel Fernandez Liriano, Professor of Medicine at Pontifical Catholic University School of Medicine (PCUSM), announced nine month follow up results for the first patient treated with engineered stem cells in a clinical study of primary pulmonary hypertension. |
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Wednesday, 26 November 2008 |
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Drug Trials CardioVascular BioTherapeutics, Inc. , announced today that it has dosed the first patient in North America (NA) as part of its ACORD Phase II clinical trial to treat patients with severe coronary heart disease. |
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Wednesday, 26 November 2008 |
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Women's Health News Hormone therapy could accentuate certain pre-existing heart disease risk factors and a heart health evaluation should become the norm when considering estrogen replacement, new research suggests. |
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Saturday, 22 November 2008 |
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Medical Research News While the physiological damage and social havoc made by alcohol abuse and dependency are well-known, it is also true that light-to-moderate drinking has certain health benefits. |
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Tuesday, 18 November 2008 |
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Healthcare News Financial incentives for doctors can enhance the management of coronary heart disease (CHD) and decrease ethnic differences in quality of and access to care, according to Dr. |
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Tuesday, 18 November 2008 |
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Medical Research News The temperature might not be the only thing plummeting this winter.Many people also will experience a decrease in their vitamin D levels, which can play a role in heart disease, according to a new review article in Circulation. |
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Friday, 14 November 2008 |
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Drug Trials A Harvard-led study shows that the risk of heart attack and stroke among subjects with "silent heart disease"- and normal cholesterol levels - can be dramatically decreased by the use of an already extensively prescribed class of drugs. |
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Wednesday, 12 November 2008 |
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Child Health News The neck arteries of obese children and teens look more like those of 45-year-olds, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2008. |
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Wednesday, 12 November 2008 |
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Medical Research News Naturally assembled sex hormones may influence the risk and progression of atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, Johns Hopkins researchers report in a recent study. |
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Wednesday, 12 November 2008 |
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Medical Condition News The positive U.S. health trend documented over the past 30 years of reduction in risk for heart disease is not as strong as is extensively perceived - and, indeed, the trend has flattened, according to a new study of national data by Mayo Clinic. |
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Wednesday, 12 November 2008 |
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Medical Research News Identifying a single, general variation in a person's genetic info improves prediction of his or her risk of a heart attack or other heart disease events and therefore, choice of the best treatment accordingly, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. |
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Wednesday, 12 November 2008 |
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Medical Research News Exercise training is safe in heart failure patients, does not significantly decrease hospitalization or death, but is associated with several enhanced clinical outcomes, even in those already receiving optimal medical care, researchers reported at the American Heart... |
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Tuesday, 11 November 2008 |
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Medical Research News Sleeping less than seven and a half hours per day may be associated with future risk of heart disease, according to a report in the November 10 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. |
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Tuesday, 11 November 2008 |
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Medical Research News This year, about 450,000 Americans will die of coronary heart disease - the leading cause of death for both men and women. |
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Tuesday, 11 November 2008 |
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Medical Condition News After studying the sleep characteristics of almost 11,000 adults in an overnight sleep laboratory, Mayo Clinic researchers suggest that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) - and, in particular, the low nighttime oxygen saturation of the blood it causes - may be a risk cause for... |
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Monday, 10 November 2008 |
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Devices/Technology Today at the yearly scientific sessions of the American Heart Association, the first U.S. clinical trial data on the Melody transcatheter pulmonary valve were presented. |
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Monday, 10 November 2008 |
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Medical Condition News A new 30-year study of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) database conducted by the National Lipid Association (NLA) indicates that while Americans are doing a better business of managing LDL or "bad" cholesterol, the percentage of adults with high... |
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Monday, 10 November 2008 |
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Devices/Technology GE Healthcare continues to re-invent and re-imagine cardiology and the innovations that may help fuel the field through the future. |
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Monday, 10 November 2008 |
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Medical Research News Heart failure is reaching epidemic levels among seniors in the United States, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2008. |
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Friday, 07 November 2008 |
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Medical Research News For patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) on dialysis who also must be treated for heart disease, stents provide the best one-year survival compared with other revascularization treatments, but bypass surgery provides the best long-term survival, according to a paper... |
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Wednesday, 05 November 2008 |
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Medical Research News People who survive a heart attack face the greatest risk of dying from sudden cardiac death (SCD) during the first month after leaving the hospital, according to a long-term community study by Mayo Clinic researchers of almost 3,000 heart attack survivors. |
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Wednesday, 05 November 2008 |
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Women's Health News High blood pressure experienced during pregnancy could be a woman's initial warning that she is at risk of developing heart disease- the number one murderer of Canadian women- says Queen's University professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graeme Smith. |
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Wednesday, 05 November 2008 |
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Healthcare News This discussion derives from the ongoing debate on the directive offer for the application of cross-border healthcare patients' rights presented by the European Commission (EC) in July this year. |
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