http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A study published this month by researchers at the University of Toronto and Toronto's Princess Margaret Hospital has shown that cells derived from the umbilical cord, "Human Umbilical Cord PeriVascular Cells" (HUCPVCs), are more effective in restoring heart function after an acute myocardial infarction (in common parlance, a heart attack) in a pre-clinical model than a similar cell population derived from bone marrow. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-umbilical-cord-cells-outperform-bone.html Medical research Thu, 15 Nov 2012 12:29:11 EST news272204941 Millions of adults with peripheral artery disease are not receiving the medications needed to reduce their risk of heart attack, stroke and death, according to research in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-millions-peripheral-artery-disease-vital.html Cardiology Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:01:12 EST news227793503