http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Brain function in adults as young as 35 may decline as their heart disease risk factors increase, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Stroke. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-heart-disease-factors-decrease-brain.html Cardiology Thu, 02 May 2013 17:12:01 EST news286733511 Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have revealed the precise order and timing of hundreds of genetic "switches" required to construct a fully functional heart from embryonic heart cells—providing new clues into the genetic basis for some forms of congenital heart disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-scientists-genomic-blueprint-heart.html Medical research Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:46:15 EST news266759167 A meta-analysis of eight previously published clinical trials suggests that initial stent implantation for patients with stable coronary artery disease is not associated with improved outcomes compared with initial medical therapy for prevention of death, nonfatal heart attacks, unplanned revascularization or angina, according to a study published in the Feb. 27 Archives of Internal Medicine. The article is part of the journal's Less is More series. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-stent-implantation-medical-therapy-stable.html Cardiology Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:00:05 EST news249573666