Oral bacteria may increase heart disease risk
Infection with a bacterium that causes gum disease and bad breath may increase the risk of heart disease, shows a study published today in eLife.
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Cardiovascular Diseases: News and Research on Coronary Artery Disease
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Researchers use radiomics to predict heart attacks
Researchers are using an approach called radiomics to predict future cardiac events like heart attacks, according to a study published in Radiology. Radiomics allows researchers to extract quantitative, or measurable, data ...
Feb 14, 2023
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Q&A: What research says about value of relationships to physical, mental health
Robert Waldinger, director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, says one of the biggest surprises they encountered was that what makes people happy is also what helps keep them healthy—relationships. The research project, ...
Feb 13, 2023
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Predicting the likelihood that someone has heart disease
Is it possible to know which tests have the most "bang for the buck" in determining if a patient has heart disease?
Feb 8, 2023
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Researchers clarify role of blood cell mutations in disease
More than 10% of older adults develop somatic (non-inherited) mutations in blood stem cells that can trigger explosive, clonal expansions of abnormal cells, increasing the risk for blood cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Feb 8, 2023
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Sudden chest pain: What is angina pectoris?
That feeling of crushing pain in your chest can be a medical emergency, but it can also be angina pectoris, or "stable angina"—a symptom of coronary heart disease that can be managed with medication.
Feb 7, 2023
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Elevated plasma methylmalonic acid is related to increased cardiovascular events: Study
A recent study from UiB shows that elevated plasma methylmalonic acid predicts increased risk of acute myocardial infarction and mortality in patients with suspected or verified coronary heart disease.
Feb 3, 2023
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Genes responsible for coronary artery disease identified
University of Virginia researchers and their collaborators have identified genes that play key roles in the development of coronary artery disease.
Feb 2, 2023
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Relationship between food, disease stronger than you may think
The phrase "you are what you eat" is commonly used in conversations about health and the connection between food and the body. Eating an unhealthy diet can have serious consequences and can increase someone's risk of dying ...
Jan 31, 2023
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Connections between PAD, negative social determinants of health may lead to earlier diagnosis, intervention
Peripheral artery disease, or PAD, in which impaired blood flow to the legs can make walking painful and even lead to amputation, and negative social determinants of health, like poverty and racism, both disproportionately ...
Jan 31, 2023
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