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The American College of Physicians (ACP) today unveiled two evidence-based interventions and two videos to improve the health outcomes of patients in the first year following an initial acute coronary syndrome (ACS) event such as heart attack and unstable angina (chest pain or discomfort but no part of the heart muscle dies), the most common indications of ACS. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-american-college-physicians-unveils-tools.html Cardiology Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:25:44 EST news285002734 Following the American Heart Association's Life's Simple 7 steps to reduce your risk for heart disease can also help prevent cancer, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-heart-healthy-lifestyle-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:00:09 EST news282828950 University of California, San Diego bioengineers have demonstrated in a study in pigs that a new injectable hydrogel can repair damage from heart attacks, help the heart grow new tissue and blood vessels, and get the heart moving closer to how a healthy heart should. The results of the study were published Feb. 20 in Science Translational Medicine and clear the way for clinical trials to begin this year in Europe. The gel is injected through a catheter without requiring surgery or general anesthesia—a less invasive procedure for patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-hydrogel-regeneration-functionality-heart.html Medical research Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:04:52 EST news280591485 Heart disease continues to be the leading cause of death in the United States, and a sedentary lifestyle is often cited as a major contributing factor. Among the Tsimane, an indigenous population in the lowlands of Bolivia's Amazon basin, however, indicators of heart disease are practically non-existent –– cholesterol is low, obesity is rare, and smoking is uncommon. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-anthropologists-effects-modernization-physical-heart.html Health Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:26:36 EST news278936693 February is American Heart Month, a perfect time to remind people that small steps can reduce their risk of heart disease, the No. 1 killer of men and women. Mayo Clinic cardiologists offer several simple tips to reduce the risk. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-simple-daily-heart-disease-experts.html Cardiology Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:48:25 EST news278830096 (Medical Xpress)—When it comes to matters of a healthy heart women may benefit more from eating oily fish than men, a new study has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-fish-oils-healthier-women-hearts.html Health Fri, 12 Oct 2012 07:58:20 EST news269247439 Having a healthy heart and lungs may be one of the most important factors for middle school students to make good grades in math and reading, according to findings presented at the American Psychological Association's 120th Annual Convention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-students-strong-hearts-lungs-grades.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:12:47 EST news263211160 Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that a single protein molecule may hold the key to turning cardiac stem cells into blood vessels or muscle tissue, a finding that may lead to better ways to treat heart attack patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-master-molecule-stem-cell-treatment.html Cardiology Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:35:50 EST news259424199 (Medical Xpress) -- While current heart-attack treatments mainly try to preserve healthy heart tissue, scientists have been finding compounds that can stimulate growth of new tissue – either by getting heart muscle cells (cardiomyocytes) to replicate, or by stimulating other nearby cells to become cardiomyocytes. The challenge lies in getting these regenerative factors into the damaged heart tissue. Now, researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital report success getting a sponge-like gel, soaked with one of these factors, to slowly release the medication into the space surrounding the heart, and from there into the damaged tissue. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-drug-delivery-platform-regenerate-heart.html Cardiology Mon, 21 May 2012 07:23:08 EST news256803774 Hypnotherapist Dick Yu has a mission that seems unthinkable to some Hong Kong people: he wants to make the Asian financial hub's seven million residents laugh. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-laughter-clubs-stressed-out-hong-kong.html Psychology & Psychiatry Sun, 01 Apr 2012 05:41:22 EST news252477673 Results from a Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute clinical trial show that treating heart attack patients with an infusion of their own heart-derived cells helps damaged hearts re-grow healthy muscle. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-first-of-its-kind-stem-cell-re-grows-healthy.html Cardiology Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:30:01 EST news248371179 Heart disease is the nation's No. 1 killer for both men and women. But what's most astonishing is that almost 80 percent of heart disease is preventable, and even small lifestyle changes can have a big impact. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-mayo-clinic-action-heart-disease.html Health Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:39:49 EST news247149577 OK, couch potatoes. As if the promise of a healthy heart and a trim waistline weren’t enough to get you moving, researchers at the University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health have found another reason to hit the gym: an energized brain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-regular-brain-fatigue.html Health Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:26:38 EST news235988789