Three men who had heart failure caused by the build-up of sticky, toxic proteins are now free of symptoms after their condition spontaneously reversed in an unprecedented case described by a team at UCL (University College ...
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Cardiologists at the UW Medicine Heart Institute recently performed a first-in-the-world procedure, detaching and retrieving a clip device from a patient's mitral valve and placing a replacement biologic valve—all through ...
May 12, 2023
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I am 35 and in good health. I am diligent about getting an annual physical. At my last one, the doctor said that while my numbers look good, since high blood pressure and high cholesterol run in my family, I should consider ...
May 11, 2023
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) and atherosclerosis both involve an abnormal hardening of body tissue, and recent research suggests they may be linked.
Mar 22, 2023
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An interdisciplinary collaboration 10 years in the making used a materials science approach to "fingerprint" the calcium mineral deposits known as microcalcifications that reveal pathological clues to the progression of breast ...
Feb 22, 2023
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A novel nuclear medicine imaging protocol can take the place of two separate imaging scans for the evaluation of brain changes linked to cognitive impairment, cutting costs and radiation exposure for patients as well as providing ...
Feb 8, 2023
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Lecanemab: It's an experimental medication that's been shown in trials to slow cognitive decline in people with Alzheimer's disease.
Jan 6, 2023
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A new study has determined that approximately three percent of all bone scan patients have markers of cardiac amyloidosis, which can lead to heart failure and increased mortality. Published in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, ...
Jan 3, 2023
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Two people have now died from brain hemorrhages that may be linked to an experimental Alzheimer's drug, calling into question the medication's safety.
Nov 29, 2022
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Patients with a specific form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in the United States, are also highly likely to have either underlying heart damage from heart failure and heart attacks, ...
Nov 17, 2022
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