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  • Increase in adult smoking is surprising, distressing - Lancaster Eagle Gazette

    22 Nov 2009 | 3:38 am
    ABC NewsIncrease in adult smoking is surprising, distressingLancaster Eagle GazetteThe high rates of cancer, emphysema, heart disease and other smoking-rated ailments in Kentucky clearly show that the state is paying a high price for its CDC disappointed as smoking increases in USiTWireStock Photography - Stubbed Out Butt Of A Cigarette Against A White Background Examiner.comUS adult smoking rate rises slightlyChippewa HeraldWSOCtv.com -KHSL -Plain Dealerall 402 news articles »

  • Doctors Confirm Vitamin D Deficiency Increase Chances of Heart Disease - Fox 13 Now - Salt Lake City

    22 Nov 2009 | 12:12 am
    Doctors Confirm Vitamin D Deficiency Increase Chances of Heart DiseaseFox 13 Now - Salt Lake City"These sorts of numbers put vitamin D deficiency as a risk factory for heart disease in the same strength as some of the standard risk factors as high Vitamin D reduces heart riskAsiaOneall 2 news articles »

  • Uncas Health District grant to fund stroke, heart disease prevention - Norwich Bulletin

    21 Nov 2009 | 8:10 pm
    Uncas Health District grant to fund stroke, heart disease preventionNorwich BulletinThe Uncas Health District will oversee the use of a three-year grant from the state Department of Public Health that targets black residents regarding heart

  • Drinking alcohol to reduce heart risk? - Food Consumer

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:41 pm
    Drinking alcohol to reduce heart risk?Food ConsumerA Spanish study suggests that drinking any amounts of alcohol daily may reduce risk of heart disease in men, but not women. Spain is the sixth largest Study claims drinking reduces heart diseaseabc7.comThe Latest Buzz About Alcohol and Heart HealthTonicall 6 news articles »

  • Heavy drinking cuts risk of heart disease - Examiner.com

    20 Nov 2009 | 8:49 am
    Hindustan TimesHeavy drinking cuts risk of heart diseaseExaminer.comThe study was completed in Spain, a country with relatively high rates of alcohol consumption and low rates of coronary heart disease. Study finds alcohol helps lower heart disease risk for men: EURFood WeekGood News Guys! Beer is Good for Your HeartChattahBoxBooze 'can lower heart disease risk by a third'MetroBorders Today -TopNews United States -Mirror.co.ukall 175 news articles »
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  • Man guilty of causing fatal heart attack - United Press International

    21 Nov 2009 | 6:42 pm
    Man guilty of causing fatal heart attackUnited Press International21 (UPI) -- A North Carolina man faces life in prison for frightening a 79-year-old woman into a fatal heart attack when he tried to use her home as a safe Man guilty of scaring elderly woman to deathCharlotteObserver.comNC man gets life in prison for woman's fatal scareThe Associated PressWould-be bank robber convicted of scaring Belmont grandmother to death, faces Gaston Gazetteall 293 news articles »

  • Fatal Cape Coral crash blamed on heart attack - The News-Press

    21 Nov 2009 | 6:22 pm
    Fatal Cape Coral crash blamed on heart attackThe News-Press9:05 PM — Cape Coral registered its eighth traffic fatality today when a driver suffered a heart attack, lost control of his vehicle and struck a utility Cape police: Driver suffers heart attack, dies following crashPine Island Eagleall 5 news articles »

  • Bear Attack - Gaea Times

    21 Nov 2009 | 5:33 pm
    Gaea TimesBear AttackGaea TimesSeptember 30th, 2009 Actor KELSEY GRAMMER has become a video-game fanatic since his near-fatal heart attack last year (08) - he now plays the Nintendo Wii and more »

  • 911 tapes indicate Miley Cyrus' bus driver had heart attack - Zap2it.com

    20 Nov 2009 | 2:17 pm
    guardian.co.uk911 tapes indicate Miley Cyrus' bus driver had heart attackZap2it.comMiley Cyrus' bus driver -- who died last night before, during or after his bus crashed -- may have suffered a heart attack, according to Cyrus 'deeply Saddened' By Tourbus TragedyGaea TimesMiley Cyrus Tour Bus Crash Leaves One DeadSnark FoodUPDATED: Miley Cyrus' Family 'Deeply Saddened' By Fatal Tour Bus Crash; Driver Access HollywoodFox 13 Now - Salt Lake Cityall 956 news articles »

  • Alcohol Cuts Risk for Heart Disease by One Third - Medscape

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:54 am
    Hindustan TimesAlcohol Cuts Risk for Heart Disease by One ThirdMedscape[a certain amount of] years to see who has heart attacks, you can never say that 'alcohol lowers heart disease risk,' all you can say is that people who Alcohol helps cut heart disease risk for men: studyAFPAlcohol May Reduce Heart Disease Risk In MenRedOrbitINSIDERMEDICINE VIDEO: For Men, Drinking Alcohol Reduces Risk of Heart Disease Insidermedicineguardian.co.uk -WebMD -The Press Associationall 175 news articles »
 
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  • Sleep apnea may cause heart disease in kidney transplant patients

    21 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    Sleep apnea is common in individuals who receive a kidney transplant and is associated with increased risk of high blood pressure, heart disease or stroke, according to a new study. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)MedWorm Message: Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm Swine Flu RSS news feed - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.

  • Heart Disease In Kidney Transplant Patients May Be Caused By Sleep Apnea

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:00 pm
    Sleep apnea is common in individuals who receive a kidney transplant and is associated with increased risk of high blood pressure, heart disease or stroke, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). Researchers found that kidney transplant patients are just as likely to have this sleep disorder as dialyzed kidney disease patients who are on the transplant waiting list. (Source: Urology / Nephrology News From Medical News Today)

  • Heart Disease In Kidney Transplant Patients May Be Caused By Sleep Apnea

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:00 pm
    Sleep apnea is common in individuals who receive a kidney transplant and is associated with increased risk of high blood pressure, heart disease or stroke, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

  • Antioxidant found in vegetables has implications for treating cystic fibrosis

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:00 pm
    Scientists have discovered that a dietary antioxidant found in such vegetables as broccoli and cauliflower protects cells from damage caused by chemicals generated during the body's inflammatory response to infection and injury. The finding has implications for such inflammation-based disorders as cystic fibrosis, diabetes, heart disease and neurodegeneration. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)

  • Alcohol Cuts Risk for Heart Disease by One Third

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:08 am
    In the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study, Spanish participants who regularly drank alcohol had a reduced risk for serious heart disease. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
 
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  • Antisense oligonucleotide therapeutics for iron–sulphur cluster deficiency myopathy

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:37 am
    Abstract: Iron–sulphur cluster deficiency myopathy is caused by a deep intronic mutation in ISCU resulting in inclusion of a cryptic exon in the mature mRNA. ISCU encodes the iron–sulphur cluster assembly protein IscU. Iron–sulphur clusters are essential for most basic redox transformations including the respiratory-chain function. Most patients are homozygous for the mutation with a phenotype characterized by a non-progressive myopathy with childhood onset of early fatigue, dyspnoea and palpitation on trivial exercise. A more severe phenotype with early onset of a slowly progressive…

  • Late enhancement and myocardial perfusion in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (comparison betw een groups)

    20 Nov 2009 | 4:54 am
    CONCLUSION: The thickest ventricular segments are the septal ones. The hypertrophic regions are associated to a greater extension of late enhancement. There was a positive correlation between the areas of ventricular hypertrophy and altered myocardial perfusion and these findings were more evident in the obstructive group. (Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia)

  • Molecular pathogenetic mechanisms and new therapeutic perspectives in anthracycline-induced cardiomyopathy

    19 Nov 2009 | 3:00 pm
    This article reports possible subcellular molecular alterations of anthracycline-induced cardiomyopathy (reactive oxygen species formation, apoptosis, inflammatory signalling, altered expression of cardiomyocytes specific genes, etc) and indicates some new therapeutic perspectives resulting from a better understanding of the molecular pathogenetic mechanisms. (Source: Italian Journal of Pediatrics)

  • One-Size-Fits-All Approach Doesn't Work for Cardiac Resynchronization

    19 Nov 2009 | 8:20 am
    In patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy, the left ventricular (LV) pacing site is a key determinant of the hemodynamic response to resynchronization - but contrary to common belief, the lateral LV wall and the coronary sinus are rarely the best sites, an international team of cardiologists has found. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)

  • Increased plasma retinol binding protein 4 levels in patients with inflammatory cardiomyopathy

    19 Nov 2009 | 7:06 am
    Conclusion Elevated RBP 4 plasma concentrations, induced by IL-8, might be one mechanism leading to a higher incidence of diabetes in patients with DCMi. (Source: European Journal of Heart Failure)
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  • Novel de novo Mutation in the KCNJ2 Gene in a Patient With Andersen-Tawil Syndrome

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:37 am
    Andersen-Tawil syndrome is a rare autosomal-dominant disease characterized by episodic muscle weakness, cardiac arrhythmias, and dysmorphic features. Mutations in the KCNJ2 gene (which encodes an inward-rectifying potassium channel protein, Kir2.1) have been reported to be responsible for this disorder. Reported here is a novel de novo mutation in the KCNJ2 gene in a patient with Andersen-Tawil syndrome. This mutation predicts the substitution of alanine for glycine at position 146 (Gly146Ala, c.437G > C) of Kir2.1 and is located at the extracellular pore loop region that serves as a…

  • Genotype–Phenotype Relationship in the Long QT Syndrome: Brimming With Knowledge but Thirsting for a Therapeutic Solution⁎

    19 Nov 2009 | 4:52 am
    Since it was first reported 50 years ago, the long QT syndrome (LQTS) is now recognized as a genetic disease caused by mutations of ion channel genes encoding a cardiac channel essential for the control of ventricular repolarization (). The LQTS is not only the most common and extensively researched genetic cardiac arrhythmia (), it has also attracted premier scientists and scholars in single-cell electrophysiology and molecular genetics. In turn, they have produced seminal discoveries that shaped our understanding of the syndrome. The mutated genes in LQTS patients cause delayed…

  • Does This Patient With Palpitations Have a Cardiac Arrhythmia? [The Rational Clinical Examination]

    17 Nov 2009 | 11:51 am
    Conclusions  While the presence of a regular rapid-pounding sensation in the neck or visible neck pulsations associated with palpitations makes the diagnosis of atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia likely, the reviewed studies suggest that the clinical examination is not sufficiently accurate to exclude clinically significant arrhythmias in most patients. Thus, prolonged electrocardiographic monitoring with demonstration of symptom-rhythm correlation is required to make the diagnosis of a cardiac arrhythmia for most patients with recurrent palpitations. (Source: JAMA)

  • Transgenic simulation of human heart failure-like L-type Ca2+-channels: implications for fibrosis and heart rate in mice

    16 Nov 2009 | 11:06 am
    Conclusion Cardiac overexpression of a Ca2+-channel β2a-subunit alone is sufficient to induce Ca2+-channel properties characteristic of chronic human heart failure. β2a-overexpression by itself did not induce cardiac hypertrophy or contractile dysfunction, but aggravated the development of arrhythmia and fibrosis in Cav1.2-transgenic mice. (Source: Cardiovascular Research)

  • Ca(V)1.2 channelopathies: from arrhythmias to autism, bipolar disorder, and immunodeficiency.

    14 Nov 2009 | 3:00 pm
    Authors: Liao P, Soong TW Mutations of human Ca(V)1.2 channel gene were identified only recently. The gain-of-function mutations were found at two mutually exclusive exons in patients with Timothy syndrome (TS). These patients exhibit prolonged QT interval and lethal cardiac arrhythmias. In contrast, the loss-of-function mutations of Ca(V)1.2 channel in patients with Brugada syndrome produce short QT interval that could result in sudden cardiac death. TS patients also suffer from multi-organ dysfunction that includes neurological disorder such as autism and mental retardation reflecting the…
 
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  • High Blood Pressure Easy To Miss In Children With Kidney Disease

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Spot blood pressure readings in children with chronic kidney disease often fail to detect hypertension even during doctor's office visits increasing a child's risk for serious heart problems, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center and other institutions. A report of the findings appears online in the Journal of American Society of Nephrology. (Source: Hypertension News From Medical News Today)MedWorm Sponsor Message: Looking for a medical communications company? MedWrite International specializes in delivering global strategic medical marketing communications. Visit…

  • Positive Results From Chronic Study With Bayer's Rivaroxaban Will Be Presented As A Late Breaker At ASH 2009

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Findings from the Phase III EINSTEIN-Extension study will be presented in the Late Breaking Abstract Session on December 8, 2009, (7:30 am EST, Hall F, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center) at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Source: Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today)

  • Journal Scan: Cardiovascular and Noncardiovascular Mortality Among Patients Starting Dialysis (JAMA 2009;302:1782-1789.)

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:49 pm
    Using data from between January 1, 1994 and January 1, 2007, the authors age-stratified mortality in a European cohort of 123,407 adults starting dialysis and receiving follow-up for a mean of 1.8 (standard deviation, 1.1) years. The outcome measure of death was compared with the European general po. . . (Source: Cardiosource)

  • Sg2 introduces INSIGHT, an enterprise-wide clinical performance tool

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:31 am
    Sg2, a company that provides solutions for advanced analytics, released INSIGHT, a system that measures clinical performance across the full patient continuum, including community-based, acute, and recovery and rehabilitation care settings. (Source: Cardiovascular Business News)

  • Editorial Board.

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:16 am
    Authors: PMID: 19923554 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology)
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  • Mummies had heart disease too

    19 Nov 2009 | 8:25 am
    Modern-day imaging techniques have allowed scientists to find evidence of hardening of the arteries in mummies up to 3,500 years old, a finding that disputes the commonly held notion that heart disease is only a problem of today's society.

  • Two tests needed to screen young athletes for heart defects: study

    19 Nov 2009 | 8:18 am
    Student athletes should be given both an EKG and an ECHO to screen for heart defects that could lead to sudden cardiac death, a new study has found.

  • New drug Pradaxa beats warfarin in new study

    19 Nov 2009 | 7:56 am
    Swedish researchers have found that a new clot-busting drug called Pradaxa may be more safe and more effective than the commonly used drug warfarin at preventing clots and strokes in people who suffer from atrial fibrillation.

  • Fish heart benefits depends on how it's prepared: study

    19 Nov 2009 | 7:50 am
    Results from a new study suggest that people can get more heart-health benefits from the omega-3 fatty acids in fish if it is baked or boiled fish instead of fried, dried, or salted.

  • Higher losartan doses beneficial in heart failure patients

    19 Nov 2009 | 7:44 am
    High doses of the angiotensin-receptor blocker (ARB) losartan can reduce hospital admissions and death in people who suffer from heart failure, new research suggests.
 
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  • "On-pump" heart bypass surgery beats out beating-heart technique

    5 Nov 2009 | 12:38 pm
    The best bypass surgery choice may be to use a heart–lung machine, after all, according to a new study published Thursday in The New England Journal of Medicine . [More]

  • Sneezes Provoke Fears Beyond Illness

    4 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am
    [The following is an exact transcript of this podcast.] With H1N1 on the rise and flu shots hard to find, few things are as terrifying as [sneeze sound]. But now a report in the journal Psychological Science suggests that coughing and sneezing can spread more than viruses. They also spread fear, of germs and more. [More]

  • Hearing Our Heartbeats

    3 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pm
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  • Could Eating Too Much Soy Be Bad for You?

    2 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Seeking healthful foods, Americans are eating more soy than ever. But recent research with animals shows that consuming large amounts could have harmful effects on female fertility and reproductive development. [More]

  • TED MED: The power of the mind over the body

    31 Oct 2009 | 5:36 am
    TED MED[www.tedmed.com] wrapped up with compelling personal stories that celebrated the power of the human mind to help the body endure or to reach physical achievements. The sold-out meeting in San Diego, held for the first time in five years, had during the past four days covered a spectrum of themes, including research on engineering life to create cures and regenerative medicine , the need to collect information about a patient’s environment , the personalization of health care , the quest to slow aging , and technologies, such as robots , to make it more practical for the elderly…
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    Cholesterol Management 101

  • Advanced Lipoprotein Testing

    3 Nov 2009 | 2:33 am
    I originally posted on this topic 16 months ago after the untimely death of Tim Russert. Since that time, thousands of people have died from cardiovascular disease. It is the number one killer in the USA and approximately over 2600 people die each die from it each day.Last week, the book that I co-authored with Tom Dayspring M.D. and William Cromwell M.D., two noted lipidologists, was published. It is titled Lipid and Lipoprotein Disorders: Current Clinical Solutions. I thought it was apropos to try and draw attention again to this most important topic.Hyperlipidemia is the most modifiable…

  • Heart Disease in Women - Where Do We Stand?

    5 Oct 2009 | 12:51 pm
    I wanted to interrupt our series on "Markers of Cardiovascular Risk" to write about heart disease in women. I have a large number of female patients who still do not know the extent of heart disease in women. They are often told by their primary care physician that if they take estrogen replacement therapy then they are protected from heart disease. Nothing could not be further from the truth.Atherothrombotic disease is the number one cause of morbidity and mortality in American women. Real progress in both our understanding and making therapeutic progress in women began in the mid 1990s, as…

  • Elevated Homocysteine: Cardiovascular Risk Factor or Hype?

    14 Sep 2009 | 1:27 pm
    Homocysteine is an amino acid that cannot be synthesized by the human body. It is synthesized from the essential amino acid called methionine in the body. An essential amino acid means that it is indispensable for life. Methionine must be supplied in the diet. High levels of methionine can be found in sesame seeds, brazil nuts, fish, meats and some other plant seeds. Most fruits and vegetables contain very little of it. Most legumes are also low in methionine.Although at first not generally accepted, epidemiologic trials conducted over the past 25 years have provided ample support for the…

  • Markers of Cardiovascular Risk - PLAC Test

    12 Aug 2009 | 5:39 am
    Lp-PLA2(PLAC TEST)I have received several calls over the past several months asking if I did the PLAC test. In thinking what I would write about, I decided that I would begin a series devoted to explaining the newest risk factors that can be used as markers of increased cardiovascular risk. The first marker I want to discuss is Lipoprotein-associated Phospholipase A2( Lp-PLA2). Lp-PLA2 can be measured using a widely available laboratory test called the PLAC test. It is an enzyme that, in humans, is bound to the lipoprotein particles. Liporotein particles are the vehicles that drive…

  • Noninvasive Methods to Assess Atherosclerosis: Part 4

    7 Jul 2009 | 8:42 am
    We are going to finish up our series discussing two modalities which most people are not familiar with as way to assess for atherosclerosis.Cardiac Magnetic Resonance ImagingMRI uses radio waves and magnets to create images of your organs and tissues. Unlike computed tomography scans (also called CT scans) or conventional x-rays, MRI imaging doesn't use ionizing radiation or carry any risk of causing cancer.Cardiac MRI is a sophisticated powerful imaging system tool that provides superb anatomic, functional, and tissue images. Since MRI is done for nearly everything, many centers now perform…
 
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    About.com Heart Disease

  • December Heart Attacks Are the Most Deadly

    19 Nov 2009 | 11:05 pm
    Studied now confirm what many cardiologists have long suspected - patients admitted to the hospital with heart attacks during the month of December have a significantly higher chance of dying than during other months. There's a good reason for this, it turns out - and here's a case where patients really do have control over their own destiny. Read about it here. December Heart Attacks Are the Most Deadly originally appeared on About.com Heart Disease on Friday, November 20th, 2009 at 07:05:37.Permalink | Comment | Email this

  • Treating Coronary Artery Disease - An Overview

    15 Nov 2009 | 9:15 pm
    We have talked a lot about treating coronary artery disease on this site over the years, and there are so many options for treatment that sometimes it's easy to overlook the big picture. So here's an article that summarizes the various approaches to treating coronary artery disease, and that provides numerous links if you are interested in more details. Treating Coronary Artery Disease - An Overview originally appeared on About.com Heart Disease on Monday, November 16th, 2009 at 05:15:38.Permalink | Comment | Email this

  • A Post-Heart-Attack Checklist

    8 Nov 2009 | 10:42 pm
    After you've survived a heart attack, you've got a lot to learn about and a lot to think about. While in the good old days you might have had a week or two of hospitalization to go through all the testing, risk assessment, education, and initiation of therapy necessary to optimize your long-term prognosis, today whatever is going to get done must happen in the first three (or four, if you've got a liberal health plan) days. Doctors and hospitals have mobilized nicely to provide adequate acute care for the patient showing up with an acute heart attack. But too often, many have dropped the ball…

  • Does Daylight Savings Time Cause Heart Attacks?

    4 Nov 2009 | 10:26 pm
    Now that we've said goodbye to Daylight Savings Time for another 6 months, perhaps (according to researchers reporting in the New England Journal of Medicine last year), we'd be better off saying goodbye forever. That's because, they say, there is an association between switching to DST in the spring, and heart attacks. Do we really need to add Daylight Savings Time to the long list of useful, enjoyable or fattening pleasures of life that we're supposed to give up? Read about it here. Does Daylight Savings Time Cause Heart Attacks? originally appeared on About.com Heart Disease on Thursday,…

  • Statins Might Be Helpful With Flu, and Other Serious Infections

    31 Oct 2009 | 10:57 pm
    This weekend at the Infectious Diseases Society of America in Philadelphia, researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that statins (drugs prescribed for reducing cholesterol levels) may be associated with a reduced risk of dying from influenza. The study was conducted by reviewing data from the CDC's Emerging Infections Program. Among 2800 patients from 10 states admitted to the hospital with confirmed cases of severe influenza in 2007-2008, those who were taking statins had a mortality rate that was half that of patients not taking statins. This result…
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  • bundle branch block

    22 Nov 2009 | 3:59 am
    bundle branch block: bundle branch block electrocardiogram ecg bundle branches distinctive changes electrical impulses

  • Credentials

    22 Nov 2009 | 3:59 am
    checking your doctors credentials

  • Palpitations

    22 Nov 2009 | 3:59 am
    When you're heartbeat feels unusually strong, or odd, it's known as a palpitation. Is it serious?

  • Multislice CT Scans

    22 Nov 2009 | 3:59 am
    Multislice CT scans, MSCT scans, are the latest in noninvasive imaging fo the coronary arteries

  • Chest pain

    22 Nov 2009 | 3:59 am
    Chest pain - its causes, and how it should be evaluated
 
 
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    Scientific American Topic - Heart Attacks

  • "On-pump" heart bypass surgery beats out beating-heart technique

    5 Nov 2009 | 12:38 pm
    The best bypass surgery choice may be to use a heart–lung machine, after all, according to a new study published Thursday in The New England Journal of Medicine . [More]

  • Sneezes Provoke Fears Beyond Illness

    4 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am
    [The following is an exact transcript of this podcast.] With H1N1 on the rise and flu shots hard to find, few things are as terrifying as [sneeze sound]. But now a report in the journal Psychological Science suggests that coughing and sneezing can spread more than viruses. They also spread fear, of germs and more. [More]

  • Hearing Our Heartbeats

    3 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pm
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  • Could Eating Too Much Soy Be Bad for You?

    2 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Seeking healthful foods, Americans are eating more soy than ever. But recent research with animals shows that consuming large amounts could have harmful effects on female fertility and reproductive development. [More]

  • TED MED: The power of the mind over the body

    31 Oct 2009 | 5:36 am
    TED MED[www.tedmed.com] wrapped up with compelling personal stories that celebrated the power of the human mind to help the body endure or to reach physical achievements. The sold-out meeting in San Diego, held for the first time in five years, had during the past four days covered a spectrum of themes, including research on engineering life to create cures and regenerative medicine , the need to collect information about a patient’s environment , the personalization of health care , the quest to slow aging , and technologies, such as robots , to make it more practical for the elderly…
 
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    Scientific American Topic - Cardiology

  • "On-pump" heart bypass surgery beats out beating-heart technique

    5 Nov 2009 | 12:38 pm
    The best bypass surgery choice may be to use a heart–lung machine, after all, according to a new study published Thursday in The New England Journal of Medicine . [More]

  • Sneezes Provoke Fears Beyond Illness

    4 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am
    [The following is an exact transcript of this podcast.] With H1N1 on the rise and flu shots hard to find, few things are as terrifying as [sneeze sound]. But now a report in the journal Psychological Science suggests that coughing and sneezing can spread more than viruses. They also spread fear, of germs and more. [More]

  • Hearing Our Heartbeats

    3 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pm
    [More]

  • Could Eating Too Much Soy Be Bad for You?

    2 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Seeking healthful foods, Americans are eating more soy than ever. But recent research with animals shows that consuming large amounts could have harmful effects on female fertility and reproductive development. [More]

  • TED MED: The power of the mind over the body

    31 Oct 2009 | 5:36 am
    TED MED[www.tedmed.com] wrapped up with compelling personal stories that celebrated the power of the human mind to help the body endure or to reach physical achievements. The sold-out meeting in San Diego, held for the first time in five years, had during the past four days covered a spectrum of themes, including research on engineering life to create cures and regenerative medicine , the need to collect information about a patient’s environment , the personalization of health care , the quest to slow aging , and technologies, such as robots , to make it more practical for the elderly…
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  • Baseline and follow-up assessment of regional left ventricular volume using 3-dimensional echocardiography: comparison with cardiac magnetic resonance

    Carly Jenkins
    18 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    The assessment of regional volumes is an option for analysis of the response of LV segments to interventions such as revascularization or cell therapy. We sought to compare regional volumes from 3D-echocardiography (3DE) with cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) over follow-up.CMR regional volumes were assessed at baseline and after one year follow-up in 30 unselected patients (28men, 65+/-11years) presenting for evaluation of cardiac function with previous infarction. 3DE images were also gathered over 4 cardiac cycles and measurements were performed off-line. CMR images were obtained using a…

  • Influence of involvement of anterior leaflet versus posterior leaflet on residual regurgitation as assessed by transesophageal echocardiography in patients undergoing valve repair for mitral regurgitation due to mitral valve prolapse

    Laureta Sulcaj
    16 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    Background: Repair of anterior leaflet prolapse is technically more challenging and this might influence outcomes as compared to the repair of posterior leaflet prolapse in patients undergoing surgical correction of mitral regurgitation. We investigated the association of anterior leaflet prolapse with minor residual mitral regurgitation (MR) in patients with mitral valve prolapse (MVP) who underwent valve repair. Methods: Eligible for this study were consecutive patients with severe MR due to MVP, who underwent mitral valve repair with residual MR by postpump transesophageal echocardiography…

  • Functional measurements based on feature tracking of cine magnetic resonance images identify left ventricular segments with myocardial scar

    Eva Maret
    15 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    Background: The aim of the study was to perform a feature tracking analysis on cine magnetic resonance (MR) images to elucidate if functional measurements of the motion of the left ventricular wall may detect scar defined with gadolinium enhanced MR.Myocardial contraction can be measured in terms of the velocity, displacement and local deformation (strain) of a particular myocardial segment. Contraction of the myocardial wall will be reduced in the presence of scar and as a consequence of reduced myocardial blood flow. Methods: Thirty patients (3 women and 27 men) were selected based on the…

  • The ischemic preconditioning effect of adenosine in patients with ischemic heart disease

    Bita Sadigh
    4 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    IntroductionIn vivo and in vitro evidence suggests that adenosine and its agonists play key roles in the process of ischemic preconditioning. The effects of low-dose adenosine infusion on ischemic preconditioning have not been thoroughly studied in humans.AimsWe hypothesised that a low-dose adenosine infusion could reduce the ischemic burden evoked by physical exercise and improve the regional left ventricular (LV) systolic function.Materials and methodsWe studied nine severely symptomatic male patients with severe coronary artery disease. Myocardial ischemia was induced by exercise on two…

  • Predictors of right ventricular function as measured by tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion in heart failure

    Jesper Kjaergaard
    3 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    IntroductionTricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion (TAPSE) has independent prognostic value in heart failure patients but may be influenced by left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction. The present study assessed the association of TAPSE and clinical factors, global and regional LV function in 634 patients admitted for symptomatic heart failure.Methods & ResultsTAPSE were correlated with global and regional measures of longitudinal LV function, segmental wall motion scores and measures of diastolic LV function as measured from transthoracic echocardiography.LV ejection fraction, wall…
 
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    BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

  • Characterisation of heart failure with normal ejection fraction in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria

    Adedeji Adebayo
    17 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    Background: The study aimed to determine the frequency and characteristics of heart failure with normal EF in a native African population with heart failure. Methods: It was a hospital-based study. Subjects were 177 consecutive individuals with heart failure and ninety apparently normal control subjects. All the subjects underwent transthoracic echocardiography. The group with heart failure was further subdivided into heart failure with normal EF (EF [greater than or equal to]50) (HFNEF) and heart failure with low EF(EF <50)(HFLEF). Results: The subjects with heart failure have a mean age…

  • The impact of renal insufficiency and anaemia on survival in patients with cardiovascular disease: a cohort study

    Jocelyn Anderson
    11 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    Background: The simultaneous occurrence of cardiovascular disease (CVD), kidney disease, and anaemia is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. In the community setting, little data exists about the risk associated with milder levels of anaemia when it is present concurrently with CVD and chronic kidney disease (CKD). The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence of CKD and anaemia in patients with CVD in the community and to examine whether the presence of anaemia was associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Methods: This study was designed as a retrospective…

  • Beta-2 adrenergic receptor gene polymorphisms Gln27Glu, Arg16Gly in patients with heart failure

    Alfredo Jose Mansur
    2 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    Background -Beta-2 adrenergic receptor gene polymorphisms Gln27Glu, Arg16Gly and Thr164Ile were suggested to have an effect in heart failure. We evaluated these polymorphisms relative to clinical characteristics and prognosis of alarge cohort of patients with heart failure of different etiologies.Methods -We studied 501 patients with heart failure of different etiologies. Mean age was 58 years (standard deviation 14.4 years), 298 (60%) were men. Polymorphisms were identified by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism.Results -During the mean follow-up of 12.6 months…

  • Cardiac insulin-like growth factor-1 and cyclins gene expression in canine models of ischemic or overpacing cardiomyopathy

    Maryam Mahmoudabady
    8 Oct 2009 | 5:00 pm
    Background: Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) and cyclins are thought to play a role in myocardial hypertrophic response to insults. We investigated these signaling pathways in canine models of ischemic or overpacing-induced cardiomyopathy. Methods: Echocardiographic recordings and myocardial sampling for measurements of gene expressions of IGF-1, its receptor (IGF-1R), TGFβ and of cyclins A, B, D1, D2, D3 and E, were obtained in 8 dogs with a healed myocardial infarction, 8 dogs after 7 weeks of overpacing and in 7 healthy control dogs. Results:…

  • Variation in the human soluble epoxide hydrolase gene and risk of restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention

    Silke Kullmann
    7 Oct 2009 | 5:00 pm
    Background: Restenosis represents the major limiting factor for the long-term efficacy of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Several genetic factors involved in the regulation of the vascular system have been described to play a role in the pathogenesis of restenosis. We investigated whether the EPHX2 K55R polymorphism, previously linked to significantly higher risk for coronary heart disease (CHD), was associated with the occurrence of restenosis after PCI. The association with incident CHD should have been confirmed and a potential correlation of the EPHX2 K55R variant to an…
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  • High Blood Pressure Easy to Miss in Children with Kidney Disease-11/20/09

    21 Nov 2009 | 6:09 am
    Spot blood pressure readings in children with chronic kidney disease often fail to detect hypertension – even during doctor’s office visits — increasing a child’s risk for serious heart problems, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and other institutions. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)MedWorm Message: Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm Swine Flu RSS news feed - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.

  • Health News of the Day

    21 Nov 2009 | 2:10 am
    is a daily summary made from the selected links I post on Twitter. It is in a bullet points format with links to the original sources which include 350 RSS feeds that produce about 2,500 items per day:"The brains of human beings seem built to process stories better than other forms of input. Without numbers, stories are just anecdotes, but without stories, numbers are just dry statistics" http://bit.ly/4u93VJHow Much Do Doctors in Other Countries Make? NYT - http://bit.ly/3DDrz5 - Contrary to expectations, the U.S. doesn't top the list for specialists.75% of Italian and Canadian doctors…

  • Sleep apnea may cause heart disease in kidney transplant patients

    21 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    Sleep apnea is common in individuals who receive a kidney transplant and is associated with increased risk of high blood pressure, heart disease or stroke, according to a new study. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)

  • High Blood Pressure Easy To Miss In Children With Kidney Disease

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Spot blood pressure readings in children with chronic kidney disease often fail to detect hypertension even during doctor's office visits increasing a child's risk for serious heart problems, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center and other institutions. A report of the findings appears online in the Journal of American Society of Nephrology. (Source: Hypertension News From Medical News Today)

  • High Blood Pressure Easy To Miss In Children With Kidney Disease

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Spot blood pressure readings in children with chronic kidney disease often fail to detect hypertension even during doctor's office visits increasing a child's risk for serious heart problems, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center and other institutions. A report of the findings appears online in the Journal of American Society of Nephrology. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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    Cardiovascular Diabetology

  • Diabetes and hypertension markedly increased the risk of ischemic stroke associated with high serum resistin concentration in a general Japanese population: the Hisayama Study

    Haruhiko Osawa
    17 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    Background: Resistin, secreted from adipocytes, causes insulin resistance in mice. The relationship between resistin and coronary artery disease is highly controversial, and the information regarding resistin and ischemic stroke is limited. In the present study, the association between serum resistin concentration and cardiovascular disease (CVD) was investigated in a general Japanese population. Methods: A total of 3,201 community-dwelling individuals aged 40 years or older (1,382 men and 1,819 women) were divided into quintiles of serum resistin, and the association between resistin and CVD…

  • Elevated plasma levels of TNF-alpha and Interleukin-6 in patients with diastolic dysfunction and glucose metabolism disorders

    Wilfried Dinh
    11 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) has reached epidemic proportions and is an important risk factor for heart failure (HF). Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) is recognized as the earliest manifestation of DM-induced LV dysfunction, but its pathophysiology remains incompletely understood. We sought to evaluate the relationship between proinflammatory cytokine levels (TNF-alpha, IL-6) and tissue Doppler derived indices of LVDD in patients with stable coronary artery disease. Methods: We enrolled 41 consecutive patients (mean age 65+/-10 years) submitted for coronary angiography.

  • Cardiovascular risk factors in Assyrians/Syrians and native Swedes with type 2 diabetes: a population-based epidemiological study

    Marina Taloyan
    11 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    Background: A large number of people throughout the world have diabetes and the prevalence is increasing. Persons with diabetes have a twice higher risk of cardiovascular disease than those without diabetes. There is a lack of studies focusing on cardiovascular risk factors in Assyrians/Syrians with type 2 diabetes. The aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of some cardiovascular risk factors among Assyrians/Syrians and native Swedes with type 2 diabetes and to study whether the association between ethnicity and cardio-vascular risk factors remains after adjustment for age, gender,…

  • Lack of benefits for prevention of cardiovascular disease with aspirin therapy in type 2 diabetic patients - a longitudinal observational study

    Wilson Leung
    29 Oct 2009 | 5:00 pm
    Background: The risk-benefit ratio of aspirin therapy in prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains contentious, especially in type 2 diabetes. This study examined the benefit and harm of low-dose aspirin (daily dose < 300 mg) in patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods: This is a longitudinal observational study with primary and secondary prevention cohorts based on history of CVD at enrolment. We compared the occurrence of primary composite (non-fatal myocardial infarction or stroke and vascular death) and secondary endpoints (upper GI bleeding and haemorrhagic stroke) between…

  • Nitric oxide and superoxide dismutase modulate endothelial progenitor cell function in type 2 diabetes mellitus

    Saher Hamed
    29 Oct 2009 | 5:00 pm
    Background: The function of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs), which are key cells in vascular repair, is impaired in diabetes mellitus. Nitric oxide (NO) and reactive oxygen species can regulate EPC functions. EPCs tolerate oxidative stress by upregulating superoxide dismutase (SOD), the enzyme that neutralizes superoxide anion (O2-). Therefore, we investigated the roles of NO and SOD in glucose-stressed EPCs. Methods: The functions of circulating EPCs from patients with type 2 diabetes were compared to those from healthy individuals. Healthy EPCs were glucose-stressed, and then treated…
 
 
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    European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

  • Aprotinin in cardiac surgery patients: is the risk worth the benefit? [Original articles]

    Stamou, S. C., Reames, M. K., Skipper, E., Stiegel, R. M., Nussbaum, M., Geller, R., Robicsek, F., Lobdell, K. W.
    27 Oct 2009 | 3:26 pm
    Background: Aprotinin is the only Food and Drug Administration-approved agent to reduce haemorrhage related to cardiac surgery and its safety and efficacy has been extensively studied. Our study sought to compare the efficacy, early and late mortality and major morbidity associated with aprotinin compared with e-aminocaproic acid (EACA) in cardiac surgery operations. Methods: Between January 2002 and December 2006, 2101 patients underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), valve surgery or CABG and valve surgery in our institution with the use of aprotinin (1898 patients) or EACA (203…

  • Use of aprotinin in cardiac surgery: effectiveness and safety in a population-based study [Original articles]

    Jakobsen, C.-J., Sondergaard, F., Hjortdal, V. E., Johnsen, S. P.
    27 Oct 2009 | 3:26 pm
    Objective: The effectiveness and safety of aprotinin use in cardiac surgery have been questioned. More data reflecting everyday clinical practice from large-scale, unselected populations are needed. We compared the effectiveness and safety of aprotinin in cardiac surgery with those of tranexamic acid in a follow-up study using the population-based Danish health-care databases. Methods: We identified a total of 3535 patients who underwent cardiac surgery at the Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2006; of these, 635 patients were treated with aprotinin…

  • Releasable annuloplasty ring insertion -- a novel experimental implantation model [Original articles]

    Bothe, W., Chang, P. A., Swanson, J. C., Itoh, A., Arata, K., Ingels, N. B., Miller, D. C.
    27 Oct 2009 | 3:26 pm
    Objective: Experimental testing of annuloplasty ring (AR) effects requires a control group if the AR is implanted conventionally. Our goal was to develop a reversible AR insertion method that allows for beating heart assessment with and without an AR, providing the ability to evaluate the effects of an AR in the same animal (internal control). We tested the feasibility of this technique in an in vivo ovine model using four-dimensional (4-D) radiopaque marker tracking. Methods: Before the operation, a rigid AR (Edwards Geoform®, Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA, USA) was prepared by…

  • Is it possible to improve the accuracy of EuroSCORE? [Original articles]

    Nissinen, J., Biancari, F., Wistbacka, J.-O., Loponen, P., Teittinen, K., Tarkiainen, P., Koivisto, S.-P., Tarkka, M.
    27 Oct 2009 | 3:26 pm
    Objective: We derived a new risk-scoring method by modifying some of the risk factors included in the EuroSCORE algorithm. Methods: This study includes 3613 patients who underwent cardiac surgery at the Vaasa Central Hospital, Finland. The EuroSCORE variables, along with modified age classes (<60 years, 60–69.9 years, 70–79.9 years and ≥80 years), eGFR-based chronic kidney disease classes (classes 1–2, class 3 and classes 4–5) and the number of cardiac procedures, were entered into the regression analysis. Results: An additive risk score was calculated according…

  • An initial evaluation of post-cardiopulmonary bypass acute kidney injury in swine [Original articles]

    Murphy, G. J., Lin, H., Coward, R. J., Toth, T., Holmes, R., Hall, D., Angelini, G. D.
    27 Oct 2009 | 3:26 pm
    Objective: Acute kidney injury (AKI) post-cardiac surgery is associated with mortality rates approaching 20%. The development of effective treatments is hindered by the poor homology between rodent models, the mainstay of research into AKI, and that which occurs in humans. This pilot study aims to characterise post-cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) AKI in an animal model with potentially greater homology to cardiac surgery patients. Methods and results: Adult pigs, weighing 50–75 kg, underwent 2.5 h of CPB. Pigs undergoing saphenous vein grafting procedures served as controls. Pre-CPB…
 
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    Medical News Today: Hypertension

  • High Blood Pressure Easy To Miss In Children With Kidney Disease

    21 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    Spot blood pressure readings in children with chronic kidney disease often fail to detect hypertension even during doctor's office visits increasing a child's risk for serious heart problems, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center and other institutions. A report of the findings appears online in the Journal of American Society of Nephrology.

  • Highlights Of NHLBI-Supported Research Presented At American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    New education strategies for better controlling hypertension and research suggesting a possible link between short-term and long-term exposure to air pollution and increased risk of constricted blood vessels are among the research highlights from studies supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) at the American Heart Association's 2009 Scientific Sessions in Orlando held Nov. 14-18.

  • Increased Obesity Hindering Success At Reducing Heart Disease Risk

    18 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am
    The dramatic increase in overweight and obesity in adult Americans over the past 20 years has undermined public health success at reducing risk for heart disease, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009. In a new study, researchers analyzed data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 1988-2006, representing 8,264 adult men and women, 20 to 85 years old.

  • At-Risk College Students Reduce HBP, Anxiety, Depression Through Transcendental Meditation

    18 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    The Transcendental Meditation technique may be an effective method to reduce blood pressure, anxiety, depression, and anger among at-risk college students, according to a new study to be published in the American Journal of Hypertension, December 2009.

  • New Consortium Paves The Way For Improved Treatment Of Hypertension And Associated Vascular Complications

    18 Nov 2009 | 3:00 am
    Top Institute Pharma (TI Pharma) has formed a consortium with Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Erasmus Medical Centre and Maastricht University to define new modalities for the treatment of hypertension (high blood pressure) and associated vascular complications such as heart and kidney failure, myocardial infarction and stroke.
 
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    Medical News Today: Statins

  • Vitamin B Niacin Offers No Additional Benefit To Statin Therapy In Seniors Already Diagnosed With Coronary Artery Disease

    19 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    The routine prescription of extended-release niacin, a B vitamin (1,500 milligrams daily), in combination with traditional cholesterol-lowering therapy offers no extra benefit in correcting arterial narrowing and diminishing plaque buildup in seniors who already have coronary artery disease, a new vascular imaging study from Johns Hopkins experts shows.

  • Role Of Statins In Reducing H1N1 Mortality Rates Studied

    13 Nov 2009 | 2:00 am
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers are studying statins, the class of drugs long associated with lowering cholesterol, as a way to reduce H1N1-related deaths. Gordon Bernard, M.D., associate vice-chancellor for Research at Vanderbilt and a critical care pulmonologist, believes statins may reduce flu-related deaths in the intensive care unit by as much as half.

  • Testing New Treatments For Severe H1N1 Infection

    12 Nov 2009 | 3:00 am
    Quick 'bench-to-bedside' clinical trial would enroll 1,400 influenza patients to test corticosteroids and statins as potential treatments An important, ground-breaking initiative is unfolding in the global critical care community in response to the H1N1 pandemic.

  • UCLA Researchers Reconstitute Enzyme That Synthesizes Cholesterol Drug Lovastatin

    5 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have for the first time successfully reconstituted in the laboratory the enzyme responsible for producing the blockbuster cholesterol-lowering drug lovastatin. The research, published Oct. 23 in the journal Science, could potentially lead to the development of other compounds with similarly beneficial effects.

  • Statins May Prevent Blood Clots In Patients With Cardiovascular Disease

    4 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am
    Statins may provide potentially life-saving benefits for patients with cardiovascular disease by helping reduce the incidence of blood clots.
 
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    MedWorm Tags: heart attack

  • Famous Diabetes Friends on Heart Health (Vlogs)

    10 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    Ooh, lucky me. I ran into two of my diabetes heroes at the Diabetes Technology Society Meeting late last week. More soon on the new developments I heard about there.  But for today, please enjoy these video testimonials on diabetes & heart health. First, from Francine Kaufman, MD, a world-renown pediatric endocrinologist at USC, former ADA president, [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine)

  • Dental – Heart Health Link Extends Past Periodontal Disease

    23 Oct 2009 | 6:24 am
    A recent study published in Journal of Dental Research, held by the Indiana University School of Dentistry, evaluated a group of people with healthy gum tissue to study the differences between people with good and poor oral hygiene. The subjects were from various ethnic groups and included women and men. Black, male participants who neglected daily oral care showed a unique response. Those in this group who accumulated plaque were found to have a white blood cell response (neutrophils). When an infection exists in the body, neutrophils move from bone marrow to the affected part of the body as…

  • My First Vlog - from the Heart

    20 Oct 2009 | 5:00 am
    I was tempted to call this post, “I’m better in writing.” I really don’t like seeing myself on film. But I know, it’s time to get with the program. That, and the American Heart Association provided the members of its Heart of Diabetes Connected Council group with free Flip video recorders - pretty cool! See Scott Johnson’s [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine)

  • Preventing Heart Attacks?

    13 Oct 2009 | 5:00 am
    I’m off to Dallas today to take part in a special patient advisory council* for the American Heart Association, which is desperately trying to reach out to people with diabetes about heart health. They’ve created a program called Heart of Diabetes (sponsored by Takeda Pharmaceuticals) and are busy gathering patient stories in video format. Now they’re [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine)

  • 2 Low-Cost Drugs May Prevent Strokes

    2 Oct 2009 | 6:59 pm
    A three-year study of 170,024 patients has found that two low-cost medications – one for lowering cholesterol and one for lowering blood pressure – taken for two years reduced their risk of having a heart attack or stroke by more than 60% for the following year. The patients were divided into three groups at the start of the study. The high-exposure group was composed of 21,292 patients. They took both medications  (40 milligrams of lovastatin and 20 milligrams of lisinopril) more than half the time throughout the two years. The amount of time they took the medications was…
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  • Coiling for very small aneurysms ‘feasible and effective’

    21 Nov 2009 | 5:35 am
    Endovascular treatment of very small intracranial aneurysms is feasible and effective in more than 90% of cases, a meta-analysis of seven published studies suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Stroke)MedWorm Message: Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm Swine Flu RSS news feed - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.

  • Prevalence of prothrombotic polymorphisms in a selected cohort of cryptogenic and noncryptogenic ischemic stroke patients

    21 Nov 2009 | 5:34 am
    In this study population under 55 years of age there was no significant difference in the prevalence of various genetic polymorphisms, factor V, prothrombin, 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, and human platelet alloantigens) in patients with cryptogenic ischemic stroke and in patients with ischemic stroke of determined cause. (Source: Neurology India)

  • Patient-driven loop control for ambulation function restoration in a non-invasive functional electrical stimulation system.

    21 Nov 2009 | 2:52 am
    Conclusions. According to the experiment results, this patient-driven loop control can be beneficial for patient with hemiplegia to restore their ambulation functions such as dorsi-flexion and plantar-flexion. The control strategy of this study has the potential to be employed not only in the FES system but also in other assistive devices. PMID: 19925278 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Disability and Rehabilitation)

  • Sleep apnea may cause heart disease in kidney transplant patients

    21 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    Sleep apnea is common in individuals who receive a kidney transplant and is associated with increased risk of high blood pressure, heart disease or stroke, according to a new study. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)

  • Radiation overdoses found at second hospital

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:00 pm
    Glendale Adventist says 10 patients received excess doses during CT scans. A second hospital in Los Angeles County has discovered that patients were receiving overdoses of radiation from CT scans used to diagnose strokes. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
 
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    The Heart Scan Blog

  • Angioplasty Special: Get it while it's hot!

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:45 pm
    Graphic courtesy Parsemus Foundation

  • Even mummies do it

    19 Nov 2009 | 6:36 pm
    Lady Rai, nursemaid to Queen Nefertari of Egypt, died in 1530 BC, somewhere between the age of 30 and 40 years. Her mummy is preserved in the Egyptian National museum of Antiquities in Cairo. A CT scan of her thoracic aorta revealed calcium, representing aortic atherosclerosis, reported by Allam et al (including my friend from The Wisconsin Heart Hospital, Dr. Sam Wann, who provided me a blow-by-blow tale of this really fascinating project). Ladi Rai and 14 other Egyptian mummies were found to have vascular calcification of a total of 22 mummies scanned. (The hearts of the mummies were too…

  • Life Extension article on iodine

    16 Nov 2009 | 8:17 pm
    Here's a link to my recent article in Life Extension Magazine on iodine: Halt on Salt Sparks Iodine Deficiency Iodized salt, a concept introduced into the U.S. by the FDA in 1924, slowly eliminated goiter (enlarged thyroid glands), along with an enormous amount of thyroid disease, heart attack, mental impairment, and death. The simple addition of iodine to salt ensured that salt-using Americans obtained enough iodine sufficient to not have a goiter. Now that the FDA, goiters long forgotten from their memories, urges Americans to reduce salt, what has happened to our iodine? I talk at length…

  • The healthiest people are the most iodine deficient

    16 Nov 2009 | 4:55 am
    Here's an informal observation. The healthiest people are the most iodine deficient. The healthier you are, the more likely you are to:--Avoid junk foods--30% of which have some iodine from salt--Avoid overuse of iodized salt--Exercise--Sweating causes large losses of iodine.So the healthy-eating, exercising person is the one most likely to show iodine deficiency: gradually enlarged thyroid gland (in the neck), declining thyroid function. Over time, if iodine deficiency persists, excessive sensitivity to iodine develops, as well as abnormal thyroid conditions like overactive nodules. Even…

  • It's the score, stupid

    14 Nov 2009 | 5:28 am
    Sal has had 3 heart scans. (He was not on the Track Your Plaque program.) His scores:March, 2006: 439April, 2007: 573October, 2009: 799Presented with the 39% increase from April, 2007 to October, 2009, Sal's doctor responded, "I don't understand. Your LDL cholesterol is fine." This is the sort of drug-driven, cholesterol-minded thinking that characterizes 90% of primary care and cardiologists' practices: "Cholesterol is fine; therefore, you must be fine, too." No. Absolutely not. The data are clear: Heart scan scores that continue to increase at this rate predict high risk for cardiovascular…
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    CholesterolNetwork.com

  • Cholesterol tests can be simplified: study

    17 Nov 2009 | 4:10 pm
    British researchers say people's good and total cholesterol levels can be tested without requiring patients to fast, and without measuring their levels of triglycerides.

  • Statins may prevent gallstones

    17 Nov 2009 | 4:04 pm
    Results from a new study suggest that taking cholesterol-lowering statins may reduce the development of gallstones and the need for surgery to treat them.

  • Questions raised about Zetia in new study

    17 Nov 2009 | 8:03 am
    A recent clinical trial on the bad cholesterol-lowering drug Zetia was stopped early after scientists found that a combination of this drug and a statin was less effective at reducing cholesterol buildup in the arteries than a combo of a statin and Niaspan, a drug that raises good cholesterol.

  • What to expect for Medicare Part D open enrollment

    15 Nov 2009 | 4:46 pm
    An analysis by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation has found that monthly premiums will rise an average 11 percent, though the premium changes vary widely by which plan seniors select.

  • Yahoo, Google want more leeway for drug advertising

    15 Nov 2009 | 4:24 pm
    Drugmakers say the current FDA guidelines requiring both benefits and risks of drugs on ads hampers advertising on the Internet given the space constraints for ads on Web pages.
 
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