MDI Biological Laboratory scientist Viravuth P. Yin, Ph.D., with zebrafish. Scientists at the MDI Biological Laboratory and Novo Biosciences have identified a drug candidate to restore heart muscle function following a heart attack.
Scientists at the MDI Biological Laboratory and Novo Biosciences have identified a drug candidate to restore heart muscle function following a heart attack. Their research on the role of MSI-1436 in regenerating heart muscle tissue in zebrafish and mice was described in a paper in the peer-reviewed journal, npj Regenerative Medicine. Read Entire Article: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170316151703.htm Patients on statins should not stop taking the cholesterol-lowering medication before heart surgery—even on the day of surgery, according to an article posted online today in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. The new research shows that continuation of statins may significantly improve survival following the operation.
"Patients frequently forget to take their pills on the day of surgery, or they've been told to stop certain medications," said Wei Pan, MD, a cardiovascular anesthesiologist at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston. "This study shows that not taking your statin for even 1 day before cardiac surgery may increase your risk of death after surgery. Based on our findings, we would advise patients to continue taking their statin medication all the way up to and including the day of surgery." Dr. Pan and colleagues examined data from 3,025 patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) between July 2005 and May 2011 at the Texas Heart Institute, Catholic Health Initiatives St. Luke's Health-Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center to determine the optimal dose and timing of preoperative statin administration. Read Entire Article: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20170316/Continuation-of-statins-may-improve-survival-following-heart-surgery-research-shows.aspx Heart Disease
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. – 1 in every 4 deaths is due to heart disease. Severe chest pain may be an obvious sign something is wrong. But heart disease can be deadly because many people don't recognize some early signs and symptoms and they don't seek treatment until it may be too late. Read Article: http://www.medicinenet.com/heart_disease_pictures_slideshow_visual_guide/article.htm Useful and easy to implement ways to improve the health of your heart and prevent heart disease.3/24/2017
Do you take care of your family? Goes without saying. Do you take care of your home? Of course. Do you take care of your heart? Probably not.
It may not be at the top of most women’s to-do lists, but caring for your heart through a healthy diet and regular physical activity is the secret weapon to preventing heart disease. While many may assume that popping a few pills that your healthcare provider prescribed is enough to quell symptoms or prevent a heart attack, the real preventative power lies with real changes to your lifestyle – which can reduce the risk for heart disease by as much as 80 percent. Read on to find out how. Read Article: www.goredforwomen.org/fight-heart-disease-women-go-red-women-official-site/live-healthy/prevent-heart-disease/ Useful and easy to implement ways to improve the health of your heart and prevent heart disease.3/24/2017
Do you take care of your family? Goes without saying. Do you take care of your home? Of course. Do you take care of your heart? Probably not.
It may not be at the top of most women’s to-do lists, but caring for your heart through a healthy diet and regular physical activity is the secret weapon to preventing heart disease. While many may assume that popping a few pills that your healthcare provider prescribed is enough to quell symptoms or prevent a heart attack, the real preventative power lies with real changes to your lifestyle – which can reduce the risk for heart disease by as much as 80 percent. Read on to find out how. Read Article: https://www.goredforwomen.org/fight-heart-disease-women-go-red-women-official-site/live-healthy/prevent-heart-disease/ A man from Whitehall, Ohio is the first in the United States (US) to receive a new treatment designed to remove excess fluid from hospitalized patients who have congestive heart failure (CHF). The procedure was performed last week at The Ohio State University Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital in Columbus, OH.
Ohio State is the first institution to conduct the procedure and, with Advocate Christ Hospital in Chicago, is one of only two test sites in the US. In the study, researchers examined the safety and feasibility of inserting a catheter that was designed to remove excess fluid from the lymphatic system. Lymphatic vessels help remove fluid from tissues and return it to the body’s circulation system, researchers explained. This excess fluid is then eliminated by the kidneys. The lymphatic system typically drains up to two gallons of fluid per day. In acute CHF, this process is restricted, allowing fluid build-up, or edema, to occur in the lungs and other areas of the body. Edema is a major symptom in heart failure, and this novel therapy was created to treat one of the underlying causes. Read Article: https://www.mdlinx.com/cardiology/article/755 NEW ORLEANS -- The tiniest electronic gadgets have nothing on a new data-storage device. Each bit is encoded using the magnetic field of a single atom — making for extremely compact data storage, although researchers have stored only two bits of data so far.
“If you can make your bit smaller, you can store more information,” physicist Fabian Natterer of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland said March 16 at a meeting of the American Physical Society. Natterer and colleagues also reported the result in the March 9 Nature. Read Article: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/single-atom-magnets-store-bits-data A healthy diet and lifestyle are your best weapons to fight cardiovascular disease. It’s not as hard as you may think! Remember, it's the overall pattern of your choices that counts. Make the simple steps below part of your life for long-term benefits to your health and your heart.
Use up at least as many calories as you take in.
Regular physical activity can help you maintain your weight, keep off weight that you lose and help you reach physical and cardiovascular fitness. If it’s hard to schedule regular exercise sessions, try aiming for sessions of at last 10 minutes spread throughout the week. If you would benefit from lowering your blood pressure or cholesterol, the American Heart Association recommends 40 minutes of aerobic exercise of moderate to vigorous intensity three to four times a week. Read Article: http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/HealthyLiving/HealthyEating/Nutrition/The-American-Heart-Associations-Diet-and-Lifestyle-Recommendations_UCM_305855_Article.jsp#.WM9yPDvyuHs An 80 year old from the Tsimane (pronounced chee-MAH-nay) group had the same vascular age as an American in their mid-fifties, suggests a new report. The Tsimane people -- a forager-horticulturalist population of the Bolivian Amazon -- have the lowest reported levels of vascular aging for any population, with coronary atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) being five times less common than in the US, the research shows.
Read Article: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170317132004.htm Painkillers considered harmless by the general public are associated with increased risk of cardiac arrest, according to research published today in the March issue of European Heart Journal -- Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy.
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