Cardiology
Reducing the damage of a heart attack
In a heart attack, a series of biochemical processes leave the heart damaged, much like a car after an accident.
Jun 23, 2020
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Cardiology
Muscle protein abundant in the heart plays key role in blood clotting during heart attack
A prevalent heart protein known as cardiac myosin, which is released into the body when a person suffers a heart attack, can cause blood to thicken or clot—worsening damage to heart tissue, a new study shows.
Apr 2, 2020
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Medical research
Researchers reduce heart-attack-caused cardiac tissue damage by 30% in mice
Each year, heart attacks kill almost 10 million people around the world, and more than 6 million die from stroke. A heart attack is caused by clots that block arterial blood flow. Tissues are deprived from blood-borne oxygen. ...
Oct 15, 2019
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Cardiology
Heart cells respond to heart attack and increase the chance of survival
The heart of both humans and mice does not completely recover after a heart attack. It now turns out that cells close to the area of the heart attack respond to the damage resulting from the heart attack, and that this response ...
Sep 18, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mayo Clinic Q&A: Heart disease and kidney disease—what's the connection?
Dear Mayo Clinic: My 78-year-old mother had a heart attack three weeks ago. She was feeling better for a bit, but became ill again and was told she has an acute kidney injury. Are the two conditions somehow related? Is she ...
Jul 17, 2019
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Cardiology
Novel 5-minute workout improves blood pressure, may boost brain function
Could working out five minutes a day, without lifting a single weight or jogging a single step, reduce your heart attack risk, help you think more clearly and boost your sports performance?
Apr 8, 2019
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Cardiology
Potential new treatment for heart attack
Scientists have found a potential new drug for treating the heart damage caused by a heart attack by targeting the way the heart reacts to stress, according to new research published in the journal, Cell Stem Cell and part-funded ...
Mar 7, 2019
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Diabetes
Our bodies may cure themselves of diabetes in the future
Diabetes is the inability to produce insulin, a hormone that regulates blood sugar levels, due to damaged or non-existing insulin cells. Many diabetes patients take insulin supplements to regulate these levels.
Jan 7, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Breast cancer patients who take heart drug with trastuzumab have less heart damage
Breast cancer patients who take a heart drug at the same time as trastuzumab have less heart damage, according to a study presented today at EuroEcho-Imaging 2018.1
Dec 5, 2018
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Cardiology
Breast cancer patients who take heart drug with trastuzumab have less heart damage
Breast cancer patients who take a heart drug at the same time as trastuzumab have less heart damage, according to a study presented today at EuroEcho-Imaging 2018.
Dec 5, 2018
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