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New guidelines can improve treatment for severe heart attack patients

New streamlined guidelines will help healthcare providers better treat patients with the most severe type of heart attacks, according to an American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology statement.

Cardiology created Dec 17, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Ordinary heart cells become 'biological pacemakers' with injection of a single gene

Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute researchers have reprogrammed ordinary heart cells to become exact replicas of highly specialized pacemaker cells by injecting a single gene (Tbx18)–a major step forward in the decade-long search ...

Medical research created Dec 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Discovery could improve screening for sudden cardiac death

Unfortunately, newspaper articles about young athletes dying suddenly on the field are not unheard of. Such reports fuel discussions about compulsory screening, for example of young footballers, for heart failure. Research ...

Cardiology created Dec 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Faulty gene linked to condition in infants

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at King's College London have for the first time identified a defective gene at the root of Vici syndrome, a rare inherited disorder which affects infants from birth, leading ...

Genetics created Dec 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

High hormone levels put young black males at risk for cardiovascular disease

Increased levels of the hormone aldosterone in young black males correlate with an unhealthy chain of events that starts with retaining too much salt and results in an enlarged heart muscle, researchers say.

Medical research created Dec 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bilirubin can prevent damage from cardiovascular disease

Each year, about 610,000 Americans suffer their first heart attack, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Heart attacks and other symptoms of cardiovascular disease can be caused when ...

Cardiology created Dec 06, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover adverse effects of Bisphenol A on calcium channels

(Medical Xpress)—Bisphenol A, a substance found in many synthetic products, is considered to be harmful, particularly, for fetuses and babies. Researchers from the University of Bonn have now shown in experiments on cells ...

Medical research created Dec 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The birth of new cardiac cells

Recent research has shown that there are new cells that develop in the heart, but how these cardiac cells are born and how frequently they are generated remains unclear. In new research from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), ...

Cardiology created Dec 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

In new study, common drug reverses common effect of Becker muscular dystrophy

Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute researchers have found in an initial clinical trial that a drug typically prescribed for erectile dysfunction or pulmonary hypertension restores blood flow to oxygen-starved muscles in patients ...

Medical research created Nov 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A novel therapeutic advancement in the search for heart muscle progenitor cells

Breakthrough in heart research: The research team from Professor Katja Schenke-Layland of the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB in Stuttgart has discovered cell surface ...

Cardiology created Nov 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Surprise origin for coronary arteries could speed advances in regenerative medicine

During embryonic development, the all-important coronary arteries arise from cells previously considered incapable of producing them, according to scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. The ...

Cardiology created Nov 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Tapping into calcium's role in a healthy heart

Australian scientists are getting closer to decoding the way molecules interact to enable regular heart function.

Cardiology created Nov 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Muscle-building teens may go to extremes, study finds

(HealthDay)—Many teenagers want a toned physique, and some use unhealthy tactics to get one, new research finds.

Pediatrics created Nov 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Umbilical cord cells outperform bone marrow cells in repairing damaged hearts

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), ...

Medical research created Nov 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Evidence that respiratory exercises before heart surgery can prevent pneumonia

Patients who practice respiratory physical therapy exercises before elective cardiac surgery may reduce serious pulmonary complications later, finds a new evidence review from The Cochrane Library

Cardiology created Nov 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0