Smoking and Your Heart
Smoking and Your Heart: Smoking tobacco can cause many health problems. Did you know that it can harm your heart and blood vessels? S...
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Showing posts with label Heart. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Heart. Show all posts
Human hearts and polluted air
Deepwater Horizon well site, Louisiana. Air pollution is injurious to our lungs and our blood vessels, according to many previous studi...
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Getting closer to personalized medicine for patients with atrial fibrillation
Patients with atrial fibrillation, the most frequent cardiac arrhythmia, are closer to accessing personalized medicine. This is the cla...
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Pollution can affect the hearts of marine species and humans in similar ways
Air pollution is associated with detrimental effects on human health, including increased risk of heart disease and stroke. Research pu...
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Paramedic breathing tube insertion on first attempt could save lives of cardiac arrest patients
A newer breathing tube could save the lives of more than 10,000 sudden cardiac arrest patients a year for a simple reason: it's eas...
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Study suggests antiarrhythmic drug as potential treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension
High blood pressure in the lungs, known as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), is a potentially fatal disease caused by obstruction ...
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Low-dose aspirin not associated with reduced risk of heart attack among African Americans
Low-dose aspirin was not associated with a reduced risk of a fatal heart attack among African Americans, according to an observational ...
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Genetic variant mainly found in individuals of African ancestry increases odds of heart failure
A genetic variant in the gene transthyretin ( TTR) - which is found in about 3 percent of individuals of African ancestry- is a more si...
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Intermittent fasting may provide significant health benefits, study shows
Intermittent fasting may provide significant health benefits, including improved cardiometabolic health, improved blood chemistry and r...
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$1 million international study aims to mend a broken heart
Every 40 seconds, a person dies from heart disease in the United States, making it the single leading cause of death in that country, as...
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Researchers show why corrective surgery is not always beneficial for irregular heartbeat
Researchers at Imperial have shown how the chaotic electrical signals underlying irregular heart rhythms lead to the failure of standard...
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Focus on treating just the heart jeopardizes health of elderly in cardiac intensive care units
Medical professionals at the American Heart Association have announced that there is a pressing need to change how elderly patients in ca...
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Early emergency care by bystanders can save lives of cardiac arrest victims
Only 8% of Americans survive cardiac arrest outside a hospital, but that percentage could increase significantly if bystanders recogniz...
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New program receives national recognition for treating hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
When Kayla Green was first diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), she felt vindicated. "For years, I could feel somet...
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Many people with risk factors do not develop early signs of heart disease, studies show
Two new studies find that many people with risk factors for heart disease, such as diabetes, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure,...
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Study: Most patients do not understand or recall information they receive before heart procedures
Most patients do not understand or recall information given to them before heart procedures. For example, many patients mistakenly belie...
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Some antiarrhythmic medications for AFib less effective in obese patients
Atrial fibrillation, also known as AFib, is the most common type of irregular heartbeat, and it is associated with increased mortality....
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Researchers identify potential cause of noise-related blood vessel damage, heart disease
Long-term exposure to environmental noise - think planes, trains, and automobiles - has been linked in multiple studies to adverse heal...
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Novoheart collaborates with AstraZeneca to develop world’s first human heart-in-a-jar model of heart failure
Novoheart (“Novoheart” or the “Company”), a global stem cell biotechnology company, is pleased to announce a collaboration with global ...
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Improved optical imaging technique can help identify patients at risk of future heart attacks
Doctors need better ways to detect and monitor heart disease, the leading cause of death in industrialized countries. A team led by Mas...
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