Heart Disease News and Research

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Raman spectroscopy for faster body-fluid tests

University of Rochester researchers announce in the current issue of Applied Optics a technique that in 60 seconds or less measures multiple chemicals in body fluids, using a laser, white light, and a reflective tube.

4 Apr 2007

People without health insurance more likely to forego routine physical exams

The lack of health insurance prompts people to forego routine physical exams and have a reduced awareness of cardiovascular risk factors and is associated with increased rates of stroke and death, researchers have concluded.

4 Apr 2007

Inhaled corticosteroids deserve further consideration for lung cancer chemoprevention

Among a group of mostly older male veterans suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), an illness that offers a greater susceptibility to lung cancer, researchers found that regular use of high dose inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) lowered the risk of developing lung cancer.

4 Apr 2007

TGF-beta found to be a major player in causing bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, in collaboration with scientists from the Genzyme Corporation, have identified a potential treatment for a chronic lung disease affecting premature infants.

4 Apr 2007

For overweight and obese individuals, the incidence of asthma increases by 50 percent

Asthma, a respiratory disease characterized by recurrent episodes of difficult breathing, wheezing, cough and thick mucus production, affected approximately 20.5 million Americans in 2004. Some common asthma triggers are allergic stimuli, infections, stress or strenuous exercise.

4 Apr 2007

Walk your way to better health

What if someone told you, you could walk your way to better health?

4 Apr 2007

Researchers identify new player in the 'fat from food' game

UCLA investigators have identified a new molecule that may help regulate the delivery of fats to cells for energy and storage.

4 Apr 2007

Women who initiate hormone therapy closer to menopause tend to have a reduced risk of coronary heart disease

Studies examining the effects of the use of postmenopausal hormone therapy on coronary heart disease (CHD) have yielded mixed results, depending on the type of study conducted. There may be a number of reasons for the differences, including the timing of initiation of hormone therapy, according to background information in the article.

4 Apr 2007

Scientists identify new molecule that may help regulate the delivery of fats to cells

Published in the April issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, the finding could lead to a better understanding of how we utilize fats from the foods we eat.

4 Apr 2007

New 'platform' for processing dietary fat discovered

A new "platform" with a crucial role in the body's ability to process and take up fat from the diet has been found, according to a report in the April issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, published by Cell Press.

3 Apr 2007

Heart muscle cell death is an active and ongoing process in heart failure

Using a nuclear medicine technique and molecular imaging to "see" programmed cell loss, the body's normal way of getting rid of unneeded or abnormal cells, may help in early identification of those individuals who are at risk of developing heart failure, say researchers in the April Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

3 Apr 2007

Postmenopausal hormone therapy and risk of cardiovascular disease by age and years since menopause

Secondary analyses of findings from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) suggest that women who begin hormone therapy within 10 years of menopause may have less risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) due to hormone therapy than women farther from menopause.

3 Apr 2007

Risedronate versus Alendronate study

The largest retrospective, observational study comparing two osteoporosis therapies on the basis of fracture reduction was presented today at the Seventh European Congress on Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ECCEO) in Porto, Portugal.

3 Apr 2007

Researchers discover factor that controls blood sugar's manufacture in a novel way

Researchers have discovered a factor that controls blood sugar's manufacture in a novel way: by limiting the supply of its building blocks. The findings are reported in the April issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, published by Cell Press.

3 Apr 2007

Filtering white cells from donor blood before transfusion is much safer for patients

The practice of removing the white cells from blood is called leukoreduction. But despite the recommendations of two national advisory committees in 10 years that voted in favor of all patients in the United States receiving leukoreduced blood, ("universal leukoreduction"), the practice is still not wholly supported in the medical community, nor recommended by the Food and Drug Administration. Part of the reason is fear of increased cost.

3 Apr 2007

Antisocial behaviour in boys leads to poor health in men

A study of over 500 men born in the early 70s in Dunedin reveals that the costs associated with antisocial behaviour may be much higher than previously thought. The research led by scientists from the MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre based at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London is published in Archives of General Psychiatry.

3 Apr 2007

Embolic protection and platelet inhibition during renal artery stenting

High blood pressure is the most common chronic medical condition in the United States, and the most common identifiable cause is narrowing of a kidney artery, called renal artery stenosis.

3 Apr 2007

Long-term safety of drug-eluting stents in off-label use

Research presented at the American College of Cardiology's Innovation in Intervention: i2 Summit 2007 in New Orleans, La, paints a picture of the "real world" use of drug-eluting stents and offers new insight into the connection between blood clotting, or thrombosis, in the stent - a dangerous complication - and adherence and responsiveness to anti-clotting medication.

3 Apr 2007

Advances in clinical cardiology

Three studies being presented at the American College of Cardiology's Innovation in Intervention: i2 Summit 2007 in New Orleans, La., highlight the breadth of research propelling advances in clinical cardiology.

3 Apr 2007

Sodium Bicarbonate vs. Sodium Chloride in persons undergoing coronary angiography

In patients undergoing cardiac catheterization, contrast dye injection can sometimes cause contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN), otherwise known as acute renal failure.

3 Apr 2007

Heart Disease News and Research

Latest Heart Disease News and Research

Raman spectroscopy for faster body-fluid tests

People without health insurance more likely to forego routine physical exams

Inhaled corticosteroids deserve further consideration for lung cancer chemoprevention

TGF-beta found to be a major player in causing bronchopulmonary dysplasia

For overweight and obese individuals, the incidence of asthma increases by 50 percent

Walk your way to better health

Researchers identify new player in the 'fat from food' game

Women who initiate hormone therapy closer to menopause tend to have a reduced risk of coronary heart disease

Scientists identify new molecule that may help regulate the delivery of fats to cells

New 'platform' for processing dietary fat discovered

Heart muscle cell death is an active and ongoing process in heart failure

Postmenopausal hormone therapy and risk of cardiovascular disease by age and years since menopause

Risedronate versus Alendronate study

Researchers discover factor that controls blood sugar's manufacture in a novel way

Filtering white cells from donor blood before transfusion is much safer for patients

Antisocial behaviour in boys leads to poor health in men

Embolic protection and platelet inhibition during renal artery stenting

Long-term safety of drug-eluting stents in off-label use

Advances in clinical cardiology

Sodium Bicarbonate vs. Sodium Chloride in persons undergoing coronary angiography

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