Peripheral Vascular Disease
Type 1 diabetes and heart disease linked by inflammatory protein
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Expert: Time to break the beta blocker habit?
First developed in the 1950s, beta blockers have been a mainstay in medicine for decades, used to treat everything from heart disease to stage fright to glaucoma. But some older classes of beta blockers are ...
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Integrated diabetes management program provides rapid improvements in patient care
In Canada alone, almost 2 million people are known to be living with diabetes. And around a million more have the disease but are not aware of that fact, and have not been given the tools they need to control their blood ...
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Oct 26, 2012 |
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Cardiac study evaluates prevalence of unrecognized heart attacks among older adults
Using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging among older adults in Iceland, researchers estimated the prevalence of unrecognized heart attacks, which was associated with an increased risk of death, according to a study in the ...
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Researchers discover molecule that may prevent atherosclerosis
Cleveland Clinic researchers have discovered that a naturally occurring molecule may play a role in preventing plaque buildup inside arteries, possibly leading to new plaque-fighting drugs and improved screening of patients ...
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Jul 11, 2012 |
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Circulating endothelial cells potential biomarker for myocardial infarction
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Mar 22, 2012 |
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Difference in left and right arm blood pressure indicates survival chances
Patients suffering from high blood pressure who have different blood pressure (BP) readings in each arm are at a reduced chance of survival over 10 years, claims a study published today in the British Medical Journal.
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Novel bioactive peptides promote wound healing in vivo
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Programming cells to home to specific tissues may enable more effective cell-based therapies
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Researchers use maggots to heal diabetic wounds
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Sep 27, 2011 |
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Experimental drug raises 'good' cholesterol, may help control diabetes
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Jul 18, 2011 |
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Hospital hypoglycemia rates up in black men with diabetes
(HealthDay)—Home diabetes regimens partially explain the increased risk of having a hypoglycemia event during hospitalization among older African-American men with diabetes, according to a study published ...
Diabetes
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Factors weighing in on long-term diabetes survival studied
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Blacks more likely to get amputations due to blocked blood flow, study finds
(HealthDay)—Race appears to play a role in determining what kind of treatment is offered to patients grappling with severely restricted blood flow to their feet, new research suggests.
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Strokes associated with surgery can be devastating
Strokes that occur during or shortly after surgery can be devastating, resulting in longer hospital stays and increased risks of death or long-term disability.
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Peripheral vascular disease (PVD), commonly referred to as peripheral arterial disease (PAD) or peripheral artery occlusive disease (PAOD), refers to the obstruction of large arteries not within the coronary, aortic arch vasculature, or brain. PVD can result from atherosclerosis, inflammatory processes leading to stenosis, an embolism, or thrombus formation. It causes either acute or chronic ischemia (lack of blood supply). Often PAD is a term used to refer to atherosclerotic blockages found in the lower extremity.
PVD also includes a subset of diseases classified as microvascular diseases resulting from episodal narrowing of the arteries (Raynaud's phenomenon), or widening thereof (erythromelalgia), i.e. vascular spasms.
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