heart attacks

Genetic Factors Prmise Treatment For Vascular Diseases

harminka — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:10:58 -0500

Researchers at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease have discovered a key switch that makes stem cells turn into the type of muscle cells that reside in the wall of blood vessels. The same switch might be used in the future to limit growth of vascular muscle cells that cause narrowing of arteries leading to heart attacks and strokes, limit formation of blood vessels that feed cancers, or make new blood vessels for organs that are not getting enough blood flow.

Oral bacterias increase the risk of heart attack

harminka — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:32:59 -0500

Several studies have suggested there is a connection between organisms that cause gum disease, known scientifically as periodontal disease, and the development of heart disease, but few studies have tested this theory.

Smokers putting their loved ones at risk of heart attacks

harminka — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:49:49 -0600

Researchers at University College London and St George's, University of London measured recent exposure to tobacco smoke in non-smoking middle-aged men taking part in the British Regional Heart Study by measuring the levels of cotinine - a compound carried in the blood - at two time points 20 years apart.

Less severe heart attacks linked to heart disease death reductions

harminka — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:33:01 -0600

The severity of first heart attacks has dropped significantly in the United States — propelling a decline in coronary heart disease deaths, researchers reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Deadly lung disease also linked to heart attacks

harminka — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:44:31 -0600

Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are three times as likely to experience severe coronary events—including heart attacks—than people without the disease, according to a recent study that analyzed the risk of cardiovascular disease in nearly 1,000 patients with IPF and more than 3,500 matched controls.

Clues about controlling cholesterol rise from yeast studies

harminka — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:56:55 -0600

Having discovered how a lowly, single-celled fungus regulates its version of cholesterol, Johns Hopkins researchers are gaining new insight about the target and action of cholesterol-lowering drugs taken daily by millions of people to stave off heart attacks and strokes. Their work appears in the December issue of Cell Metabolism.

Aspirin does not prevent heart attacks in patients with diabetes

harminka — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:01:04 -0500

The prevention of progression of arterial disease and diabetes: a factorial randomized placebo controlled trial of aspirin and antioxidants in patients with diabetes and asymptomatic peripheral arterial disease

Genes for common heart condition, kidney problem identified

harminka — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:21:45 -0500

A gene that can cause the heart to become enlarged, greatly increasing the risk of heart attacks and heart failure, is identified today in a new study.

Repairing heart damage in animal model

harminka — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:21:35 -0500

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have for the first time used drug-treated blood stem cells to repair heart damage in an animal model, results that might point to methods for healing injuries from heart attacks or disease.

Key found to breakthrough drug for clot victims

harminka — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:38:28 -0500

OHSU, Washington University researchers have identified the mechanism that makes a bioengineered enzyme function efficiently, opening the way to clinical development of the first safe clot busting agent for treating heart attacks and strokes

Arthritis medications reduce risk of heart attacks, strokes

harminka — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:51:28 -0600

Patients prescribed drugs to treat rheumatoid arthritis could be at a reduced risk of heart attacks and strokes, according to a study published today in the open access journal Arthritis Research & Therapy.

Sweden: More Effort Needed In Preventing Heart Attacks

seher — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:59:05 -0600

More than half of all heart problems in Sweden could be avoided if Swedes lived more healthily.