http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) have shown that the quality – not just the quantity – of adipose, or fat, tissue is a significant contributing factor in the development of inflammation and vascular disease in obese individuals. The study, which is a special feature on the iPAD version of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, provides compelling evidence that the answer to treating cardiovascular disease and other obesity-related disorders, such as type 2 diabetes and cancer, might be found in the adipose tissue itself. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-obesity-related-diseases-reside-fat-tissue.html Cardiology Mon, 04 Jul 2011 16:00:10 EST news229008823 UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers are engaging the help of professional boxers and trainers to study whether a component in red wine and grapes could help reduce the short- and long-term effects of concussions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-red-wine-compound-concussions-pro.html Health Thu, 26 May 2011 03:49:08 EST news225600526 Elderly patients with symptoms of heart failure and increased concentrations in the blood of the biomarker copeptin, or a combination of elevated concentrations of copeptin and the biomarker NT-proBNP, had an associated increased risk of all-cause death, according to a study in the May 25 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-biomarkers-death-elderly-patients-heart.html Cardiology Tue, 24 May 2011 16:48:45 EST news225474503 (Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have pinpointed a common gene variant in blacks that may be associated with the development of life-threatening heart arrhythmias. The finding may help determine which patients are likely to benefit most from implantable cardio-defibrillators (ICDs). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-gene-variant-sudden-cardiac-death.html Genetics Wed, 11 May 2011 08:01:28 EST news224319514 A NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center review of almost 500,000 cardiac cases nationally shows that the clinically indicated medical therapy reported in a widely publicized study was lost in translation to real-world heart care after its publication. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-patients-seldom-optimal-medical-therapy.html Cardiology Tue, 10 May 2011 16:23:55 EST news224263398