http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a procedure traditionally used during cardiac surgeries and in the ICU that functions as an artificial replacement for a patient's heart and lungs, has also been used to resuscitate cardiac arrest victims in Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea. Now, a novel study of this technique in the U.S. has been completed by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, indicating a potential role for this intervention to save patients who are unable to be resuscitated through conventional measures. The new findings will be presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine annual meeting in Atlanta, Ga. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-role-ecmo-patients-cardiac-profound.html Cardiology Fri, 17 May 2013 09:50:01 EST news288002074 Drugs that combat ageing may be available within five years, following landmark work led by an Australian researcher. The work, published in the March 8 issue of Science, finally proves that a single anti-ageing enzyme in the body can be targeted, with the potential to prevent age-related diseases and extend lifespans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-anti-ageing-drug-breakthrough.html Medical research Fri, 08 Mar 2013 08:10:59 EST news281952653 (Medical Xpress)—Muscular dystrophy is caused by the largest human gene, a complex chemical leviathan that has confounded scientists for decades. Research conducted at the University of Missouri and described this month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has identified significant sections of the gene that could provide hope to young patients and families. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-scientists-needle-haystack-muscular-dystrophy.html Medical research Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:11:27 EST news278089867 Australian scientists are getting closer to decoding the way molecules interact to enable regular heart function. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-calcium-role-healthy-heart.html Cardiology Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:44:26 EST news272709848 University of Guelph researchers have found the location and effect of abnormal heart proteins that can cause cardiac failure, a discovery that points to potential new ways to treat the most costly health problem in the world. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-discovery-heart-disease-treatments.html Cardiology Tue, 08 May 2012 17:00:01 EST news255710608 (Medical Xpress) -- Researchers have identified genetic causes in nearly 1 in 5 patients who suffer a type of heart failure called dilated cardiomyopathy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-genetic-patients-dilated-cardiomyopathy-heart.html Cardiology Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:52:23 EST news252053513 In a small study that included 25 patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (a genetic disorder that leads to abnormalities of blood vessels) and severe liver involvement with this disease, patients who received the drug bevacizumab had improved cardiac output and a reduction in the duration and number of episodes of nose bleeds, a potentially life-threatening complication for patients with this disorder, according to a study in the March 7 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-bevacizumab-patients-hereditary-blood-vessel.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:00:01 EST news250269569 Based on a review of the latest evidence, the Guidelines Committee of the Heart Failure Society of America now recommends that the use of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) be expanded to a larger group of patients with mild heart failure symptoms. Recommendations for integrating new evidence into clinical practice appear in the February issue of the Journal of Cardiac Failure. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-hfsa-cardiac-resynchronization-therapy.html Cardiology Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:08:54 EST news249588527