Genetics

Researchers advance knowledge on debilitating genetic disease

A team of researchers at the University of Georgia has identified the source of several symptoms in patients suffering from familial dysautonomia (FD), a rare and debilitating genetic disease that primarily affects children. ...

Cardiology

Too little sodium can be harmful to heart failure patients

For people with heart failure, restricting dietary sodium intake to levels below the standard recommended maximum of about 2.3 grams per day does not bring additional benefits and may increase the risk of death, according ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Speeding up heart rate helps heart failure patients with stiff hearts

New research published in JAMA Cardiology from the University of Minnesota Medical School and University of Vermont's Larner College of Medicine found evidence that speeding up the heart rate with pacemakers may help patients ...

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