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Overweight Causes Heart Failure: Large Study With New Method Clarifies the Association
June 25, 2013 Scientists have used a new method to investigate obesity and overweight as a cause of cardiovascular disease. Strong association have been found previously, but it has not been clear whether it was ... > full story -
Vietnam Vets With PTSD More Than Twice as Likely to Have Heart Disease
June 25, 2013 Male twin Vietnam veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were more than twice as likely as those without PTSD to develop heart disease during a 13-year period, according to a new ... > full story -
Heart Failure Survivors at Greater Risk for Cancer, Study Shows
June 25, 2013 Heart failure patients are surviving more often with the heart condition but they are increasingly more likely to be diagnosed with cancer, a trend that could be attributed to increased surveillance, ... > full story -
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Varied Quality of CPR Among EMS, Hospitals Hurts Survival
June 25, 2013 The quality of CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) you receive may vary, depending on the EMS department or hospital administering it, according to new ... > full story -
Exercise Benefits Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
June 25, 2013 Moderate-intensity exercise reduces fat stored around the heart, in the liver and in the abdomen of people with type 2 diabetes mellitus, even in the absence of any changes in diet, according to a ... > full story -
New 'Biowire' Technology Matures Human Heart by Mimicking Fetal Heartrate
June 24, 2013 A new method of maturing human heart cells that simulates the natural growth environment of heart cells while applying electrical pulses to mimic the heart rate of fetal humans has led researchers to ... > full story -
A Valve Inside a Valve: A New Heart Valve Can Be Implanted in People Suffering With Adult Congenital Heart Disease Without Open Heart Surgery
June 24, 2013 A new heart valve that can be implanted inside an existing valve will help adults with congenital heart disease avoid open heart ... > full story -
Study on Fragile Newborns Challenges Current Practices
June 20, 2013 One of the largest clinical trials done in infants with congenital heart diseases shows that the increasingly common practice of using the drug clopidogrel (Plavix) to reduce shunt-related blood flow ... > full story -
One in Four Stroke Patients Suffer PTSD
June 19, 2013 One in four people who survive a stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) suffer from symptoms of PTSD within the 1st year post-event, and one in nine experience chronic PTSD more than a year later. ... > full story -
Fate of the Heart: Researchers Track Cellular Events Leading to Cardiac Regeneration
June 19, 2013 Scientists have visually monitored the dynamic cellular events that take place when cardiac regeneration occurs in zebrafish after cardiac ventricular injury. Their findings provide evidence that ... > full story
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