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Women with early periods more likely to experience premature menopause, study finds

A large international study has linked early puberty and childlessness with an increased risk of early menopause.

25 Jan 2017

Women with high blood pressure benefit greatly from Football Fitness, study shows

The Danish concept Football Fitness has proved to be just as effective as tablets for countering high blood pressure. Furthermore, women participating in the project have also benefited from improved physical fitness, decreased body fat percentage and stronger bones.

25 Jan 2017

Study identifies key molecule that may pave way for personalized heart failure treatment

An international multicenter study has identified a molecule that will open the door to personalized treatment for heart failure.

25 Jan 2017

New Iowa State study shows that people with gym membership exercise more

If your New Year's resolution was to exercise more in 2017, chances are you've already given up or you're on the verge of doing so. To reach your goal, you may want to consider joining a gym, based on the results of a new study from a team of Iowa State University researchers.

24 Jan 2017

Study identifies early signs of heart changes for women with preeclampsia

In a study to be presented Friday, Jan. 27, in the oral concurrent session at 1:15 p.m. PST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™, researchers with the Maternal and Child Health Research Center and the Department of Cardiology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, will present findings of a study titled Cardiac Dysfunction in Preeclampsia is Present at Diagnosis and Persists Postpartum.

23 Jan 2017

Aluminum cookware made from scrap metal poses serious and unrecognized health risk

Aluminum cookware made from scrap metal in countries around the world poses a serious and previously unrecognized health risk to millions of people according to a new study.

23 Jan 2017

Study provides scientific insight into metastatic patterns of EGFR mutated NSCLCs

The discovery of several different subtypes of Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), the most frequent form of lung cancer, has been a major breakthrough in the fight against the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide.

20 Jan 2017

Study provides link between common mutations in blood cells of older adults and atherosclerosis

A new study provides some of the first links between relatively common mutations in the blood cells of elderly humans and atherosclerosis.

19 Jan 2017

UC biologists use frog models to study how early stressors may play role in onset of adult diseases

UC biologists have turned to amphibian sources -- specifically frogs and tadpoles -- to help shed light on how early stressors in the womb and shortly after birth may play a part in the onset of adult diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

19 Jan 2017

Statins could reduce threat of venous thromboembolism, research shows

Statins could hold the key to eradicating one of the most preventable causes of hospital deaths after researchers uncovered a new role for the cholesterol-lowering pill.

19 Jan 2017

Scientists identify 'molecular barcode' in blood samples that can predict survival of Ebola patients

Scientists have identified a 'molecular barcode' in the blood of patients with Ebola virus disease that can predict whether they are likely to survive or die from the viral infection.

19 Jan 2017

Disadvantaged women more likely to suffer heart attack than men, new study finds

Women from low socioeconomic backgrounds are 25 per cent more likely to suffer a heart attack than disadvantaged men, a major new study has found.

19 Jan 2017

Sedentary lifestyle may hasten biological aging

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that elderly women who sit for more than 10 hours a day with low physical activity have cells that are biologically older by eight years compared to women who are less sedentary.

18 Jan 2017

UIC chemists pinpoint role of cholesterol in cells

Scientists have long puzzled over cholesterol. It's biologically necessary; it's observably harmful - and nobody knows what it's doing where it's most abundant in cells: in the cell membrane.

18 Jan 2017

Study finds link between obesity-related disease and epigenetic modifications

Obesity has been linked to "letter" changes at many different sites in the genome, yet these differences do not fully explain the variation in people's body mass index (BMI) or why some overweight people develop health complications while others don't.

18 Jan 2017

New report highlights trends in heart disease care in the U.S.

Over 93 percent of heart attack patients are receiving stents within the guideline-recommended threshold of 90 minutes after arriving at the hospital, with the median time to stenting only 59 minutes, according to a broad report on trends in heart disease care from the American College of Cardiology's National Cardiovascular Data Registry published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

18 Jan 2017

Cardiovascular Disease News and Research

Latest Cardiovascular Disease News and Research

Women with early periods more likely to experience premature menopause, study finds

Women with high blood pressure benefit greatly from Football Fitness, study shows

Study identifies key molecule that may pave way for personalized heart failure treatment

New Iowa State study shows that people with gym membership exercise more

Study identifies early signs of heart changes for women with preeclampsia

Aluminum cookware made from scrap metal poses serious and unrecognized health risk

Study provides scientific insight into metastatic patterns of EGFR mutated NSCLCs

Study provides link between common mutations in blood cells of older adults and atherosclerosis

UC biologists use frog models to study how early stressors may play role in onset of adult diseases

Statins could reduce threat of venous thromboembolism, research shows

Scientists identify 'molecular barcode' in blood samples that can predict survival of Ebola patients

Disadvantaged women more likely to suffer heart attack than men, new study finds

Sedentary lifestyle may hasten biological aging

UIC chemists pinpoint role of cholesterol in cells

Study finds link between obesity-related disease and epigenetic modifications

New report highlights trends in heart disease care in the U.S.

Calorie restriction helps rhesus monkeys lead longer and healthier lives, report shows

People with metabolic syndrome may need more vitamin E, new research shows

Chemotherapy-induced senescent cells promote side effects and cancer relapse

Heart CT scans can help personalize treatment for patients with mild high blood pressure

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