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Newswise: Novel Study Finds Aspirin-free Regimen Benefits Patients with LVAD
Released: 29-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
Novel Study Finds Aspirin-free Regimen Benefits Patients with LVAD
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

The clinical trial, led by Mirnela Byku, MD, PhD, MBA, at the UNC School of Medicine, found that excluding aspirin from the antithrombotic regimen in patients with a levitated left ventricular assist device is safe.

Released: 28-Nov-2023 6:05 PM EST
Access Remains the Most Serious Barrier to Cardiac Rehabilitation
Elsevier

Noted experts in cardiovascular rehabilitation attending the Third Jim Pattison-Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute Cardiac Rehabilitation Symposium (Banff, April 21-23, 2023) observed that although cardiac rehabilitation benefits diverse groups of patients and affords the most cost-effective prevention for recurrent events, it is grossly underutilized globally.

Released: 28-Nov-2023 3:05 PM EST
New findings on long-term treatment of ADHD and its link to cardiovascular disease
Karolinska Institute

A large proportion of patients who start taking ADHD medication, especially young adults, stop within the first year. However, people who use ADHD medicine for a long time and in higher-than-average doses seem to have a higher risk of some cardiovascular diseases.

Released: 28-Nov-2023 2:05 PM EST
Access remains the most serious barrier to cardiac rehabilitation
Elsevier

Noted experts in cardiovascular rehabilitation attending the Third Jim Pattison-Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute Cardiac Rehabilitation Symposium (Banff, April 21-23, 2023) observed that although cardiac rehabilitation benefits diverse groups of patients and affords the most cost-effective prevention for recurrent events, it is grossly underutilized globally.

Newswise: Radiation therapy may be potential heart failure treatment
27-Nov-2023 3:05 PM EST
Radiation therapy may be potential heart failure treatment
Washington University in St. Louis

In diseased hearts, low-dose radiation therapy appears to improve heart function. The research, from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, could lead to new heart failure therapies.

27-Nov-2023 12:00 PM EST
Breathing highway air increases blood pressure, UW research finds
University of Washington

A new study from the UW found that unfiltered air from rush-hour traffic significantly increased passengers’ blood pressure, both while in the car and up to 24 hours later. 

Released: 27-Nov-2023 9:05 AM EST
Alarming Trends in Cardiovascular Health Among Middle-Aged Adults
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

New research helps explain the recent reversal in cardiovascular mortality among this population and underscores the need to address the social determinants of health that contribute to it.

Released: 27-Nov-2023 9:00 AM EST
Alcohol Consumption May Have Positive and Negative Effects on Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Tufts University

A new study finds that alcohol consumption may have counteractive effects on cardiovascular disease risk, depending on the biological presence of certain circulating metabolites—molecules that are produced during or after a substance is metabolized and studied as biomarkers of many diseases.

Released: 23-Nov-2023 7:00 AM EST
¿Quiénes se benefician de la administración de estatinas?
Mayo Clinic

Si usted corre el riesgo de enfermedad cardíaca, el equipo de atención médica podría utilizar la herramienta de la ecuación de cohorte agrupada para determinar su riesgo a largo plazo y si la administración de estatinas (medicamentos para reducir el colesterol) es una buena opción.

Released: 23-Nov-2023 7:00 AM EST
من الذي يستفيد من تناول أدوية خافِضة للكوليسترول؟
Mayo Clinic

مدينة روتشستر، ولاية مينيسوتا—إذا كنت مهددًا بخطرالإصابة بمرض القلب فقد يستخدم فريق الرعاية الصحية أداة معادلة تقييم المخاطر المُشتركة بين الفئات العمرية(PCE)  لتحديد خطر إصابتك على المدى الطويل وما إذا كان تناول أدوية خافِضة للكوليسترول — أدوية خفض الكوليستيرول، خيار مناسب لك أم لا.

Released: 23-Nov-2023 7:00 AM EST
Quem se beneficia com a administração de estatinas?
Mayo Clinic

Se você está sob o risco de ter uma doença cardíaca, a equipe de cuidados médicos pode usar a ferramenta de equação de coorte agrupada (PCE) para determinar o seu risco de longo prazo, e se a administração de estatinas (medicamentos para reduzir o colesterol) é uma boa opção.

Newswise: After Multiple Organ Transplants, Grateful for 25 Extra Years
Released: 22-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
After Multiple Organ Transplants, Grateful for 25 Extra Years
Cedars-Sinai

This Thanksgiving marks a little more than 25 years since Christine Galan became the first person in the Western U.S. to have a combined organ transplant (heart and liver), and nearly five years since she returned to Cedars-Sinai for another organ transplant—this time, a kidney.

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Released: 22-Nov-2023 8:05 AM EST
Kentucky Children's Hospital puts Lexington schools to the test for Project ADAM Heart Safe designation
University of Kentucky

On his way to class, an unsuspecting student at Tates Creek High School stumbles onto a shocking scene. In an empty hallway, a figure lies motionless on the floor. The student quickly knocks on the door of the nearest classroom and informs the teacher there’s an unresponsive person who needs help.

Released: 21-Nov-2023 3:45 PM EST
It's not over until it's over. Keep up with the latest COVID research in the Coronavirus channel.
Newswise

Stay informed! Keep up with the latest research on the COVID-19 virus in the Coronavirus channel on Newswise.

Released: 21-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EST
CRF Launches Scientific Excellence Top 10 (SET-10)
Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF)

The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF), in conjunction with the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2023 conference, CRF's annual scientific symposium, announced today the launch of the CRF Scientific Excellence Top 10 (SET-10), a new global annual ranking recognizing academic contributions to interventional cardiovascular medicine.

Newswise: Type 2 diabetes: a new disease mechanism uncovered
Released: 21-Nov-2023 8:05 AM EST
Type 2 diabetes: a new disease mechanism uncovered
Universite de Montreal

Published just before World Diabetes Day, work by Dr. May Faraj, director of the Research Unit on Nutrition, Lipoproteins and Cardiometabolic Diseases at the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) and full professor at the Department of Nutrition at the University of Montreal, highlight a new mechanism and a new role for LDL – commonly called bad cholesterol – in the development of type 2 diabetes, LDL already being involved in cardiovascular diseases in the human.

Newswise: Ochsner participates in study showing aspirin may not be necessary with LVAD
Released: 20-Nov-2023 5:05 PM EST
Ochsner participates in study showing aspirin may not be necessary with LVAD
Ochsner Health

Avoiding aspirin in antithrombotic regimen with LVAD reduces bleeding events, according to a study recently published in JAMA.

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Released: 18-Nov-2023 1:05 PM EST
Benefits of adolescent fitness to future cardiovascular health possibly overestimated
Karolinska Institute

There is a well-known relationship between good physical fitness at a young age and a lower risk of cardiovascular disease later in life.

Newswise: Racial and Ethnic Disparities Evaluated in Heart Disease
Released: 17-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EST
Racial and Ethnic Disparities Evaluated in Heart Disease
Cedars-Sinai

Investigators from the Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai have found that among a cohort of women with obstructive coronary artery disease treated at academic medical centers, racial and ethnic disparities did not impact their long-term outcomes.

Released: 16-Nov-2023 6:05 AM EST
Irregular heartbeat after valve surgery increases risk of stroke, death
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Postoperative atrial fibrillation after heart valve surgery increases the risk of strokes and permanent Afib - and is linked to worse long term survival, a study shows.

Released: 15-Nov-2023 11:20 AM EST
From Farm to Newsroom: The Latest Research and Features on Agriculture
Newswise

The world’s total population is expected to reach 9.9 billion by 2050. This rapid increase in population is boosting the demand for agriculture to cater for the increased demand. Below are some of the latest research and features on agriculture and farming in the Agriculture channel on Newswise.

Released: 15-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EST
Study Reveals Link Between Neighborhood Environmental Burden and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

A national study demonstrates that neighborhood exposure to environmental hazards is significantly associated with poor cardiovascular health across the United States.

Released: 15-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EST
Investigators at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Find Heart Complications in Many Children Treated for MIS-C
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Investigators at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles recently published a paper in the journal Pediatrics showing that many children treated for MIS-C had some degree of cardiac injury.

Newswise:Video Embedded uk-researcher-helps-solve-60-year-mystery-inside-heart-publishes-in-nature
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Released: 15-Nov-2023 9:30 AM EST
UK researcher helps solve 60-year mystery inside heart, publishes in Nature
University of Kentucky

One University of Kentucky researcher has helped solve a 60-year-old mystery about one of the body’s most vital organs: The heart. The research team has microscopically mapped out part of the heart. To put this microscopic level into perspective, if the heart is a continent, UK's Kenneth S. Campbell and fellow researchers are looking at single strands of hair.

Newswise: FDA approval for Zepbound: FSU researcher available for context on newly approved weight loss treatment
Released: 14-Nov-2023 3:05 PM EST
FDA approval for Zepbound: FSU researcher available for context on newly approved weight loss treatment
Florida State University

By: Bill Wellock | Published: November 14, 2023 | 2:43 pm | SHARE: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved the medication Zepbound for weight management treatment.Tirzepatide, the active ingredient in the Eli Lilly and Company’s trademarked Zepbound, was already approved to help improve blood sugar (glucose) in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

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Released: 14-Nov-2023 2:05 PM EST
University of Kentucky researcher helps solve 60-year mystery inside heart, publishes in Nature
University of Kentucky

One University of Kentucky researcher has helped solve a 60-year-old mystery about one of the body’s most vital organs: The heart. Kenneth S. Campbell, Ph.D., the director of translational research in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine in the UK College of Medicine, helped map out an important part of the heart on a molecular level. The study titled “Cryo-EM structure of the human cardiac myosin filament” was published online in the prestigious journal Nature earlier this month.

Newswise: Cedars-Sinai Investigators Move Closer to Predicting Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Released: 14-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EST
Cedars-Sinai Investigators Move Closer to Predicting Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Cedars-Sinai

Sudden cardiac arrest remains a deadly and complex condition, but investigators in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai have discovered a new method—using a widely available cardiovascular test—for predicting the heart malfunction.

Newswise: Mount Sinai Bioengineers Send Cardiac Muscle Samples Into Space to Study Heart Cell Biology in Microgravity
Released: 14-Nov-2023 7:30 AM EST
Mount Sinai Bioengineers Send Cardiac Muscle Samples Into Space to Study Heart Cell Biology in Microgravity
Mount Sinai Health System

Findings will help scientists understand how microgravity impacts the ability of human heart cells to withstand the stresses of space travel

Released: 13-Nov-2023 3:05 PM EST
Ground-breaking discovery could pave the way for new therapies to prevent cardiovascular disease and stroke
University of Leicester

Researchers at the University of Leicester have discovered the mechanism by which cholesterol in our diet is absorbed into our cells

Released: 13-Nov-2023 1:05 PM EST
Managing Congenital Aortic Stenosis in the Operating Room
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles hosted a special educational symposium on “Aortic Valve Stenosis: From Fetus to Adult” at the 8th World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery in Washington, D.C.

Newswise: UTSW findings could lead to more effective CPR delivery
Released: 13-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
UTSW findings could lead to more effective CPR delivery
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Simple changes in patient ventilation procedures during out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) could lead to a dramatic improvement in cardiac arrest survival rates, according to a landmark study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Released: 13-Nov-2023 8:30 AM EST
Appropriate Statin Prescriptions Increase Sixfold With Automated Referrals
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

The odds of prescribing the appropriate dose of statins—a medicine used to lower “bad” cholesterol levels—increased sixfold when automated referrals were made to pharmacy services, instead of relying on traditional prescribing methods, according to researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

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7-Nov-2023 8:05 AM EST
Any activity is better for your heart than sitting – even sleeping
University College London

Replacing sitting with as little as a few minutes of moderate exercise a day tangibly improves heart health, according to new research from UCL and the University of Sydney.

Newswise: UTHealth Houston researchers awarded $2.6M NIH grant to study molecular pathways and potential strategies for treatment of myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury
Released: 9-Nov-2023 4:05 PM EST
UTHealth Houston researchers awarded $2.6M NIH grant to study molecular pathways and potential strategies for treatment of myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

A four-year, $2.6 million grant to study circadian rhythm and novel therapies to protect the heart during a heart attack or cardiac surgery has been awarded to UTHealth Houston by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health.

Newswise: Cardiologists Dr. Carlos Ince and Dr. Kate Elfrey of The Heart Center at Mercy are Featured Guests for the November 2023 edition of “Medoscopy”
Released: 9-Nov-2023 3:05 PM EST
Cardiologists Dr. Carlos Ince and Dr. Kate Elfrey of The Heart Center at Mercy are Featured Guests for the November 2023 edition of “Medoscopy”
Mercy Medical Center

Cardiologists Carlos Ince, M.D., FACC, and M. Kate Elfrey, D.O., both of The Heart Center at Mercy, are the featured guests on Mercy Medical Center’s monthly talk show, “Medoscopy,” airing Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 15th and 16th at 5:30 p.m. EST.

Released: 9-Nov-2023 1:05 PM EST
Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine Expand Multi-center National Study on Blood Pressure Interventions to Advocate Health Sites
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

In 2021, researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, the academic core of Advocate Health, received a $29.9 million, six-and-a-half-year award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) and launched a multi-center, patient-randomized control trial, which is now expanding its footprint with the addition of two Advocate Health sites.

Newswise: Antibodies to Cow’s Milk Linked to Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Death
9-Nov-2023 4:05 AM EST
Antibodies to Cow’s Milk Linked to Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Death
University of North Carolina Health Care System

Analyses led by Corinne Keet, MD, PhD, at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, of two longitudinal studies reveal how an increased level of an antibody called immunoglobin (IgE) to cow’s milk is associated to cardiovascular-related death.

Released: 8-Nov-2023 2:05 PM EST
Jana Care, Inc. Announces Initial Closing of a $6 Million Financing Round to Complete Commercialization of its Self-administered Blood Tests for Kidney and Heart Disease
Jana Care

Jana Care has secured funding to expand its at-home testing platform for chronic kidney and heart disease management.

Newswise: What Proteins Can Tell Us About Our Health
Released: 8-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EST
What Proteins Can Tell Us About Our Health
Cedars-Sinai

Imagine mailing a blood sample to a laboratory and a scientist being able to tell you if you have hidden cancer or whether your arteries are blocked.

Released: 7-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
ECHO Discovery Series: November Presentation on Children's Heart Health by Dr. Wei Perng
N/A

Learn about ECHO Cohort-specific findings and funding pursuits to prevent heart issues in young people.

Released: 7-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EST
Off Duty UNM Hospital Employees Save a Bicyclist’s Life on the Bosque Trail
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

The morning of Sunday Oct. 29th wasn’t too different for Albuquerque resident Nicholas Juskiewicz and Brandon Behrens, MD, a trauma surgeon at The University of New Mexico Hospital. Jusckiewicz put on his cycling kit and headed to Albuquerque’s Old Town area to start the Day of the Tread 61-mile bicycle ride.

Newswise: World’s First Dual-Chamber Leadless Pacemaker Now Available for Patients with Abnormally Slow Heart Rhythm
Released: 7-Nov-2023 9:00 AM EST
World’s First Dual-Chamber Leadless Pacemaker Now Available for Patients with Abnormally Slow Heart Rhythm
MedStar Washington Hospital Center

MedStar Washington Hospital Center is one of a select few institutions nationwide now offering patients with abnormally slow heart rates breakthrough technology that delivers treatment by two tiny leadless pacemakers implanted within the heart. The Aveir™ DR Leadless Pacemaker System, each smaller than a AAA battery, are implanted with the upper and lower chambers of the heart, to normalize its rhythm.

Released: 6-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
High biological age may increase the risk of dementia and stroke
Karolinska Institute

People who have a higher biological age than their actual chronological age have an increased risk of stroke and dementia. The findings suggest that by slowing down the body's aging processes, it may be possible to reduce or delay the onset of disease.



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