Heart Disease :: Use Folic Acid to Cut Heart Disease
The scientific evidence is strong enough to justify using folic acid as a cheap and simple way of reducing heart disease and strokes, say researchers in this week?s BMJ.
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Heart Attack :: Act fast on chest pain – British Heart Foundation
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) today launches its Doubt Kills campaign, urging people to call 999 immediately if they experience chest pain. The campaign aims to help reduce death and disability from coronary heart disease, which remains the UK?s single biggest killer.
Heart Attack :: Blood thinner Angiomax, bivalirudin – safe & better heart attack care
The blood-thinning drug anticoagulant Angiomax works better with 47 percent less risk of major bleeding, to maintain blood flow in patients who have had a heart attack or severe chest pain, according to study results published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Heart Disease :: Researchers find insect protein effective for treating heart enlargement, arrythmias
Compounds known to play an important role in how insects develop from larvae to adults have been shown in a mouse model for congestive heart failure to be effective in preventing and reducing cardiac cell overgrowth and irregular heart rhythms, according to UC Davis research published in the early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Heart Disease :: Researchers Find Enzyme Inhibitor that Prevents, Reduces Heart Enlargement, Arrythmias
An enzyme inhibitor that regulates insect larvae development reduces heart enlargement and irregular heart rhythms in a mouse model, a 16-member University of California, Davis research team has discovered. The work, published in the current edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could lead to important new medications to treat human heart patients.
Dialysis :: Framingham Score Underestimates Cardiovascular Risk for Dialysis Patients
A standard tool for predicting cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk greatly underestimates the true rate of heart disease among patients receiving dialysis for end-stage renal disease (ESRD), reports a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology’s 39th Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in San Diego.
Cholesterol :: Intensive Lipitor Therapy Reduced Heart Attack
Results of a new analysis showed that patients who have heart disease and chronic kidney disease who took Lipitor? (atorvastatin calcium) Tablets (80 mg) reduced their risk of heart attack and stroke by 32 percent compared with patients taking the 10 mg dose of Lipitor. This analysis of a subset of patients from the five-year TNT (Treating to New Targets) study was designed and completed after the end of the trial. The data were presented here today at the Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association.
Stent :: Studies led by Rhode Island Hospital confirm safety and efficacy
Following two studies of patients who were treated with cardiac stents, physicians at Rhode Island Hospital continue to recommend drug-eluting stents (DES) as a safe and effective treatment.
Heart Disease :: Adult heart cells learn to heal
Cells in the outermost layer of the heart can be guided by a specific protein to move deeper inside and help to repair a failing adult heart. Research published today by Nature, reveals how thymosin ?4, a protein already known for its ability to reduce muscle cell loss after heart attack, can instruct the heart to heal itself.
Heart :: Study helps explain heart benefits from daily – but small – dose of chocolate
Some chocoholics who just couldn?t give up their favorite treat to comply with a study to test blood stickiness have inadvertently done their fellow chocolate lovers – and science – a big favor.