Sometimes, when you're fighting off a virus or bacterial infection, your immune system starts a fight with your heart. When that happens, the heart muscle may become inflamed, a condition called myocarditis.
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How does COVID-19 affect the heart?
Oct 29, 2020
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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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(HealthDay)—The new coronavirus may be a respiratory bug, but it's becoming clear that some severely ill patients sustain heart damage. And it may substantially raise their risk of death, doctors in China are reporting.
Mar 26, 2020
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The commonly used chemotherapy drug doxorubicin can damage heart muscle, in some cases leading to severe or lethal heart failure. A new study led by Albert Einstein College of Medicine researchers and involving zebrafish ...
Mar 4, 2020
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When children experience brachial plexus injury at birth, or are born with cerebral palsy, some of the most disabling problems that follow are muscle contractures, or tightness of muscles, that severely restrict limb function.
Oct 29, 2019
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Diabetes causes subtle structural changes to the heart, according to new British Heart Foundation-funded research. One of the earliest signs of heart disease in people with diabetes may be that all four chambers of the heart ...
Sep 19, 2019
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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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Consumption of dietary supplements sold for weight loss, muscle building, and energy was associated with increased risk for severe medical events in children and young adults compared to consumption of vitamins, according ...
Jun 5, 2019
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The recurrent vibrations caused by snoring can lead to injuries in the upper airways of people who snore heavily. This, in turn, can cause swallowing dysfunction and render individuals more vulnerable for developing the severe ...
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