News tagged with blood vessels

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Heart repair breakthroughs replace surgeon's knife

(AP)—Have a heart problem? If it's fixable, there's a good chance it can be done without surgery, using tiny tools and devices that are pushed through tubes into blood vessels.

Cardiology created Mar 24, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Eating too much salt led to 2.3 million heart-related deaths worldwide in 2010

Eating too much salt contributed to 2.3 million deaths from heart attacks, strokes and other heart-related diseases throughout the world in 2010, representing 15 percent of all deaths due to these causes, according to research ...

Cardiology created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

What you eat before surgery may affect your recovery

According to a new study, the last few meals before surgery might make a difference in recovery after surgery. Fat tissue is one of the most dominant components that make up the body, and fat tissue is always ...

Surgery created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers study use of dasatinib for patients with high-risk MDS

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have completed a phase II clinical trial to determine the safety and efficacy of dasatinib for patients with higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, ...

Cancer created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Close-to-the-heart catheters safer for hospitalized children

Location, location, location. A new Johns Hopkins Children's Center study shows the real-estate mantra also holds true when it comes to choosing correct catheter placement in children.

Pediatrics created Mar 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fasting time for tumour cells

(Medical Xpress)—Tumours need a steady supply of sufficient nutrients to be able to grow. In order to secure the nutrient availability, they secrete messenger compounds to stimulate neighbouring blood vessels ...

Cancer created Mar 15, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Green tea, coffee may help lower stroke risk

Green tea and coffee may help lower your risk of having a stroke, especially when both are a regular part of your diet, according to research published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Cardiology created Mar 14, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Evidence supports blocking immune response to enhance viral therapy against solid tumors

Following several years of study, investigators have found more evidence that viral therapy to treat solid tumors can be enhanced by blocking the body's natural immune response.

Cancer created Mar 13, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Updated 'stereo EEG' workflow simplifies planning of epilepsy surgery

For patients with "drug-resistant" epilepsy requiring surgery, an updated stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) technique provides a more efficient process for obtaining critical data for surgical planning, according to a study ...

Surgery created Mar 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Repairing the nose after skin cancer in just one step

The skin cancer growing on Carolyn Bohlmann's nose was not a very aggressive variety. But it was deep and located right on her nostril. The tricky part was not so much removing it – MOHS surgery, the procedure ...

Surgery created Mar 12, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Heart-lung machines prove safe even in the elderly

One of the scariest parts of bypass surgery—having your heart stopped and going on a heart-lung machine while doctors fix your clogged arteries—is safe even in the elderly and doesn't cause mental decline as many people ...

Cardiology created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breathtaking: New treatments for a fatal lung disease

Research paves the way for new approaches in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension, a progressive lung disease that can lead to heart failure within three years.

Medical research created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Store donated blood for more than three weeks? Say NO (nitric oxide)

Transfusion of donated blood more than three weeks old results in impaired blood vessel function, a new study of hospital patients shows. Blood banks now consider six weeks to be the maximum permitted storage time of blood ...

Medical research created Mar 10, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Secrets of a t-haplotype gene revealed: Decade-long hunt turns up key gene involved in early mammalian development

The t haplotype in mice—a block of linked genes occupying the proximal half of mouse chromosome 17—is one of the best-studied examples of a selfish genetic element. Through an elaborate sperm-poisoning ...

Genetics created Mar 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Novel marker helps identify preeclampsia risk in pregnancy

Pregnant women who have a reduced number of capillaries under their skin during pregnancy may be at heightened risk for preeclampsia, according to research being presented at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual ...

Cardiology created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0