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Researchers prevent heart failure in mice

(Medical Xpress)—Cardiac stress, for example a heart attack or high blood pressure, frequently leads to pathological heart growth and subsequently to heart failure. Two tiny RNA molecules play a key role ...

Cardiology created Sep 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fluorescent protein helps scientists with heart, stem cell research

(Medical Xpress)—A fluorescent protein from a deep-sea jellyfish has helped scientists isolate heart cells in the laboratory, creating an invaluable aid to work on heart disease treatments and extraordinary ...

Medical research created Sep 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists discover how an out-of-tune protein leads to muscle demise in heart failure

A new Johns Hopkins study has unraveled the changes in a key cardiac protein that can lead to heart muscle malfunction and precipitate heart failure.

Cardiology created Sep 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Results from world's first registry of pregnancy and heart disease

Results from the world's first registry of pregnancy and heart disease have shown that most women with heart disease can go through pregnancy and delivery safely, so long as they are adequately evaluated, counselled and receive ...

Cardiology created Sep 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research yields two 'firsts' regarding protein crucial to human cardiac function

Florida State University researchers led by physics doctoral student Campion Loong have achieved significant benchmarks in a study of the human cardiac protein alpha-tropomyosin, which is an essential, molecular-level ...

Cardiology created Aug 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Protein linked to increased risk of heart failure and death in older adults

A protein known as galectin-3 can identify people at higher risk of heart failure, according to new research supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health. This ...

Cardiology created Aug 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Early use of stents better than medical therapy alone for certain patients

For patients with stable coronary artery disease who have at least one narrowed blood vessel that compromises flow to the heart, medical therapy alone leads to a significantly higher risk of hospitalization and the urgent ...

Cardiology created Aug 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Continuous spinal cord stimulation improves heart function

Spinal cord stimulation improves heart function and could become a novel treatment option for heart failure, according to research presented at the ESC Congress 2012 today, August 25, by Professor Hung-Fat Tse from Hong Kong.

Cardiology created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Copeptin predicts prognosis in HF patients

Copeptin predicts prognosis in patients with heart failure, according to research presented at the ESC Congress today, August 25, by Professor Stefan Störk from Germany.

Cardiology created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Heart separation device improves 3 year outcomes in heart failure patients

A novel non-invasive device which separates healthy and damaged heart muscle and restores ventricle function improves 3 year outcomes in patients with ischemic heart failure, according to research presented at the ESC Congress ...

Cardiology created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cholesterol study points to new drugs

(Medical Xpress)—Insight into how our bodies make cholesterol could lead to treatments with fewer side-effects than existing drugs.

Cardiology created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Triclosan -- chemical widely used in antibacterial hand soaps -- may impair muscle function: study

Triclosan, an antibacterial chemical widely used in hand soaps and other personal-care products, hinders muscle contractions at a cellular level, slows swimming in fish and reduces muscular strength in mice, according to ...

Medical research created Aug 13, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Heart muscle cell grafts suppress arrhythmias after heart attacks in animal study

Researchers have made a major advance in efforts to regenerate damaged hearts.

Medical research created Aug 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Embryonic blood vessels that make blood stem cells can also make beating heart muscles

UCLA stem cell researchers have found for the first time a surprising and unexpected plasticity in the embryonic endothelium, the place where blood stem cells are made in early development.

Medical research created Aug 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New drug shows promise for long QT syndrome

(Medical Xpress) -- Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered a new drug that may be useful in treating a heart rhythm condition called long QT syndrome. The study was published online on June 28 in the Early ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast