Cardiology
New stenting tool could make heart procedures cheaper and less painful
A new tool for assessing the narrowing of the heart's arteries was found to be as effective as current methods and less painful for patients.
Mar 20, 2017
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Indigenous South American group has healthiest arteries of all populations yet studied, providing clues to healthy lifes
The Tsimane people - a forager-horticulturalist population of the Bolivian Amazon - have the lowest reported levels of vascular ageing for any population, with coronary atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) being five ...
Mar 17, 2017
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Cardiology
Certain heart fat associated with higher risk of heart disease in postmenopausal women
A higher volume of a certain type of fat that surrounds the heart is significantly associated with a higher risk of heart disease in women after menopause and women with lower levels of estrogen at midlife, according to new ...
Jan 30, 2017
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Genetics
Epigenetic factors linked to obesity-related disease
Obesity has been linked to "letter" changes at many different sites in the genome, yet these differences do not fully explain the variation in people's body mass index (BMI) or why some overweight people develop health complications ...
Jan 17, 2017
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Health
A handful of nuts a day cuts the risk of a wide range of diseases
A large analysis of current research shows that people who eat at least 20g of nuts a day have a lower risk of heart disease, cancer and other diseases.
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Cardiology
Large geographic variation seen with heart failure phenotypes
There is substantial geographic variation in patient characteristics, treatment, and outcomes among patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) or mildly reduced ejection fraction (HFmrEF), according ...
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Health
Study suggests reviewing current recommendations that discourage exercise before bed
Findings of a small comparative study published in the open access journal BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine suggest resistance exercise 'activity breaks' at night may improve sleep length. Three-minute breaks every 30 minutes ...
Jul 16, 2024
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Cardiology
Women over 65 face higher mortality rates at low quality hospitals after heart surgery
Women over the age of 65 who require complex heart surgery are more likely than men to receive care at low quality hospitals—where they also die in greater numbers following the procedure, a Michigan Medicine study finds.
Jul 10, 2024
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Cardiology
Palliative care beneficial to manage symptoms, improve quality of life for people with cardiovascular disease
Implementing patient-centered palliative care therapies, including prescribing, adjusting or discontinuing medications as needed, may help control symptoms and improve quality of life for people with heart disease, according ...
Jul 1, 2024
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Dementia: Targeted prevention is a good investment
Measures to prevent dementia in at-risk groups can not only improve quality of life, but also make a lot of economic sense. This is the key finding of a recently published analysis by IMC Krems University of Applied Sciences ...
Jun 27, 2024
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