Smokers have weaker hearts than non-smokers, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2022. The study found that the more people smoked, the worse their heart function became. Some function was restored when people ...
Aug 25, 2022
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Researchers in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai are one step closer to identifying patients at highest risk for developing sudden cardiac death—an electrical malfunction in the heart that causes it to stop beating.
Aug 22, 2022
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Spine-related pain is increasingly common in older adults. While medications play an important role in pain management, their use has limitations in geriatric patients due to reduced liver and kidney function, comorbid medical ...
Jun 28, 2022
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Krill oil may be beneficial to muscle function and size in healthy people over the age of 65, according to new research.
May 5, 2022
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The gastrointestinal hormone secretin—often associated with its role in the pancreas—increases and improves both heart and kidney function, according to a new study. Researchers write that their findings make secretin ...
Jan 27, 2022
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Weakening muscles are a natural part of the aging process, but for some people with a condition called sarcopenia, the decline is abnormally fast. A new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden suggests that the early stages ...
Nov 30, 2021
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Researchers from Kobe University's Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation/Graduate School of Medicine have succeeded in generating Leydig cells from human iPS cells. Leydig cells are responsible for producing ...
Nov 29, 2021
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Cerebral palsy and kidney disease can be deeply intertwined.
Nov 17, 2021
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Researchers Prof. Judith Haendeler from the Medical Faculty and the molecular biologist Prof. Joachim Altschmied from the Department of Biology, together with their teams, have shown for the first time in the cardiovascular ...
Oct 27, 2021
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A heart attack kills heart muscle cells, leading to a scar that weakens the heart, often leading to eventual heart failure. The lack of muscle repair is due to the very limited ability of mammalian heart muscle cells to proliferate, ...
Oct 22, 2021
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