Research team discovers how Copaxone protects the heart muscle and improves its function after heart attack

byWeizmann Institute of ScienceCardiac sections of mice after an injury simulating a heart attack. In mice that were treated with Copaxone (bottom row), the sections reveal greater integrity of

Updated on: September 06,2024

Research team discovers how Copaxone protects the heart muscle and improves its function after heart attack

byWeizmann Institute of ScienceCardiac sections of mice after an injury simulating a heart attack. In mice that were treated with Copaxone (bottom row), the sections reveal greater integrity of

Updated on:September 06,2024

New trial highlights promising intervention to reduce sitting and improve blood pressure in older adults

by Kaiser PermanenteCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new Kaiser Permanente study found that a health coaching intervention successfully reduced sitting time for a group of older adults by just

Updated on: March 30,2024

New trial highlights promising intervention to reduce sitting and improve blood pressure in older adults

by Kaiser PermanenteCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new Kaiser Permanente study found that a health coaching intervention successfully reduced sitting time for a group of older adults by just

Updated on:March 30,2024

Marfan syndrome and related disorders: A genetic panel approach

by Association of Basic Medical Sciences of FBIHCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainIn a recently published study spearheaded by Giovanny Fuentevilla-Álvarez and his team at the National Institute

Updated on: June 17,2024

Marfan syndrome and related disorders: A genetic panel approach

by Association of Basic Medical Sciences of FBIHCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainIn a recently published study spearheaded by Giovanny Fuentevilla-Álvarez and his team at the National Institute

Updated on:June 17,2024

Novel approach improves heart failure outcomes in animal model

FEBRUARY 8, 2024by Ana María Rodríguez,Baylor College of MedicineCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIn 2020, heart failure affected about 6.5 million people in the U.S. and 23 million around the w

Updated on: March 25,2024

Novel approach improves heart failure outcomes in animal model

FEBRUARY 8, 2024by Ana María Rodríguez,Baylor College of MedicineCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIn 2020, heart failure affected about 6.5 million people in the U.S. and 23 million around the w

Updated on:March 25,2024

Researchers find that using patients' own blood, rather than saline, helps preserve veins in coronary bypass grafts

by Virginia TechCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIn a collaboration between the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and Carilion Clinic, researchers have learned that by preserving large

Updated on: March 30,2024

Researchers find that using patients' own blood, rather than saline, helps preserve veins in coronary bypass grafts

by Virginia TechCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIn a collaboration between the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and Carilion Clinic, researchers have learned that by preserving large

Updated on:March 30,2024

Updating allocation algorithms could help donor hearts reach the transplant patients who need them most

by Grace Niewijk,University of Chicago Medical CenterCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainReceiving a heart transplant is a matter of life and death for many patients. Every time a heart becomes ava

Updated on: March 15,2024

Updating allocation algorithms could help donor hearts reach the transplant patients who need them most

by Grace Niewijk,University of Chicago Medical CenterCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainReceiving a heart transplant is a matter of life and death for many patients. Every time a heart becomes ava

Updated on:March 15,2024

Reduced blood lead levels linked to lower blood pressure

by Columbia University's Mailman School of Public HealthCredit: CC0 Public DomainThrough the Strong Heart Family Study, researchers have found that small declines in blood lead levels were as

Updated on: March 28,2024

Reduced blood lead levels linked to lower blood pressure

by Columbia University's Mailman School of Public HealthCredit: CC0 Public DomainThrough the Strong Heart Family Study, researchers have found that small declines in blood lead levels were as

Updated on:March 28,2024

Off-the-shelf wearable trackers provide clinically-useful information for patients with heart disease

byUniversity of BirminghamOverview of the RATE-AF randomized trial wearable study. mcg = micrograms; mg = milligrams; RATE-AF = RAte control Therapy Evaluation in permanent Atrial Fibrillation.

Updated on: July 17,2024

Off-the-shelf wearable trackers provide clinically-useful information for patients with heart disease

byUniversity of BirminghamOverview of the RATE-AF randomized trial wearable study. mcg = micrograms; mg = milligrams; RATE-AF = RAte control Therapy Evaluation in permanent Atrial Fibrillation.

Updated on:July 17,2024

Details in pregnancy history shed light on risk of dying of cardiovascular disease

byUniversity of BergenCardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality by the history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) in mothers with one or two lifetime births delivering their first birth i

Updated on: March 28,2024

Details in pregnancy history shed light on risk of dying of cardiovascular disease

byUniversity of BergenCardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality by the history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) in mothers with one or two lifetime births delivering their first birth i

Updated on:March 28,2024

Single-cell profile reveals the landscape of cardiac immunity and identifies a cardio-protective Ym-1hi neutrophil

byScience China PressYm-1hi Neu exerts a cardio-protective role in MIRI by driving the polarization of macrophages toward the repair phenotype. Credit: Science China PressMyocardial ischemia-rep

Updated on: April 28,2024

Single-cell profile reveals the landscape of cardiac immunity and identifies a cardio-protective Ym-1hi neutrophil

byScience China PressYm-1hi Neu exerts a cardio-protective role in MIRI by driving the polarization of macrophages toward the repair phenotype. Credit: Science China PressMyocardial ischemia-rep

Updated on:April 28,2024

New transparent 'blood vessel-on-a-chip' could reduce animal testing

byUniversity of SydneyPAC and APPJ treatments promote HCAEC growth and function in an artery-on-a-chip. A) Schematic diagram illustrating the microfluidic assembly process and cell culture. B) C

Updated on: July 08,2024

New transparent 'blood vessel-on-a-chip' could reduce animal testing

byUniversity of SydneyPAC and APPJ treatments promote HCAEC growth and function in an artery-on-a-chip. A) Schematic diagram illustrating the microfluidic assembly process and cell culture. B) C

Updated on:July 08,2024

Placenta cells may lower blood pressure

by Sue Smethurst,La Trobe UniversityAngiotensin II induced-hypertension and aortic stiffening is reduced by administration of amnion epithelial cells. (A) Immunostaining for HLA-G in angiotensin

Updated on: March 26,2024

Placenta cells may lower blood pressure

by Sue Smethurst,La Trobe UniversityAngiotensin II induced-hypertension and aortic stiffening is reduced by administration of amnion epithelial cells. (A) Immunostaining for HLA-G in angiotensin

Updated on:March 26,2024