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Heart Healthy Lifestyle May Cut Kidney Disease Patients’ Risk of Kidney Failure• Compared with kidney disease patients who had zero or one heart healthy lifestyle component in the ideal range, those with two, three, and four ideal factors had progressively lower risks for kidney failure over four years. • No kidney disease patients with five to seven ideal factors developed kidney failure. • Patients’ risk of dying during the study followed a similar trend |
Embargo expired: 5/23/2013 5:00 PM EDT
Released: 5/17/2013 7:00 AM EDT
American Society of Nephrology (ASN) |
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Living a Heart Healthy Lifestyle Can Lower Kidney Failure RiskNew research from the UAB School of Public Health shows that patients with chronic kidney disease may improve their health by making lifestyle behavior changes. |
Released: 5/23/2013 1:00 PM EDT
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
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Death Rates Decline for Advanced Heart Failure Patients, but Outcomes are Still not IdealUCLA researchers examining outcomes for advanced heart-failure patients over the past two decades have found that, coinciding with the increased availability and use of new therapies, overall mortality has decreased and sudden cardiac death, caused by the rapid onset of severe abnormal heart rhythms, has declined. However, the team found that even today, with these significant improvements, one-third of patients don’t survive more than three years after being diagnosed with advanced disease. |
Released: 5/23/2013 12:00 PM EDT
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences |
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Mild Hypothyroidism Raises Mortality Risk among Heart Failure PatientsPatients with underlying heart failure are more likely to experience adverse outcomes from mild hypothyroidism, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). |
Embargo expired: 5/22/2013 1:00 PM EDT
Released: 5/21/2013 9:00 AM EDT
Endocrine Society |
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Antidepressant Reduces Stress-Induced Heart ConditionA drug commonly used to treat depression and anxiety may improve a stress-related heart condition in people with stable coronary heart disease, according to researchers at Duke Medicine. |
Embargo expired: 5/21/2013 4:00 PM EDT
Released: 5/16/2013 3:50 PM EDT
Duke Medicine |
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Study Finds Air Pollution and Noise Pollution Increase Cardiovascular RiskBoth fine-particle air pollution and noise pollution may increase a person’s risk of developing cardiovascular disease, according to German researchers who have conducted a large population study, in which both factors were considered simultaneously. |
Embargo expired: 5/20/2013 2:00 PM EDT
Released: 5/13/2013 1:00 PM EDT
American Thoracic Society (ATS) |
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Meta-Analysis Suggests Newer Diabetes Medications Have Additional Cardiovascular BenefitsA newer class of medications used to control blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetics may also improve cardiovascular health, researchers from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center reported. |
Released: 5/17/2013 8:05 AM EDT
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center |
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Researchers Identify Target to Prevent Hardening of Arteries
The gene Dkk1 encodes a protein that plays a key role in increasing the population of connective-tissue cells during wound repair, but prolonged Dkk1 signaling in cells lining blood vessels can lead to fibrosis and a stiffening of artery walls. |
Released: 5/16/2013 4:00 PM EDT
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute |
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Jekyll Into Hyde: Breathing Auto Emissions Turns HDL Cholesterol From 'Good' to 'Bad"Academic researchers have found that breathing motor vehicle emissions triggers a change in high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, altering its cardiovascular protective qualities so that it actually contributes to clogged arteries. The finding, shown in mice, reveals how car emissions activate the early cell and tissue damage called oxidation that causes inflammation leading to hardening of the arteries and HDL cholesterol may play a key role. |
Released: 5/15/2013 4:40 PM EDT
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences |
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Four Genes Identified That Influence Levels of 'Bad' CholesterolScientists at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio have identified four genes in baboons that influence levels of “bad” cholesterol. This discovery could lead to the development of new drugs to reduce the risk of heart disease. |
Released: 5/15/2013 12:00 PM EDT
Texas Biomedical Research Institute |