heart damage

Drug therapy for PKU reverses heart damage

harminka — Wed, 14 May 2008 02:36:25 -0500

A pricy drug used to treat a rare but well-known genetic disorder may hold wider promise as a treatment for millions of Americans with potentially lethal enlarged hearts, due mainly to high blood pressure, a study from Johns Hopkins shows.

Study calls for action on heart risks from certain anti-cancer drugs

harminka — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:19:04 -0500

Heart damage from certain anti-cancer drugs no longer should be regarded as a rare or relatively unimportant complication, scientists in Italy have concluded in a new overview of research on the cardiotoxicity of anti-cancer drugs.

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.

Mutant proteins could lead to new treatment for heart disease

harminka — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:40:37 -0500

Heart damage due to blocked arteries remains the leading cause of disease and death in the Western world, but a Florida State University College of Medicine researcher is helping to open new pathways toward treating the problem.

Pacemaker tune-up works chemical wonders on damaged hearts in dogs

harminka — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:13:27 -0600

Using pacemakers to electrically retune a heart damaged by long bouts of a wobbling heartbeat, where one heart muscle wall is beating sooner than the other, leads to fast improvements in the tissue levels of more than a dozen proteins key to the organ’s health, scientists at Johns Hopkins report in experiments in dogs.

Routine screenings uncover hidden carbon monoxide poisoning

harminka — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:07:17 -0600

Screening all emergency room patients for carbon monoxide poisoning is a simple yet potentially life-saving practice that can be done even in a high-volume urban hospital, according to new research by emergency physicians at Rhode Island Hospital.

Genes identified that protect against heart damage from chemotherapy

harminka — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 02:20:03 -0600

A series of genes that protect cells from the powerful, common chemotherapeutic agent doxorubicin has been identified by researchers working to understand how the drug also can destroy the heart.

New heart test to save time, money and lives

harminka — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:06:09 -0600

A NEW test could give doctors a head start in diagnosing those patients most likely to suffer a heart attack.

Breast cancer awareness calls for cardiovascular awareness

harminka — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:50:08 -0500

Women who overcome breast cancer have every reason to celebrate. But a heart filled with joy may also be a heart damaged by life-saving cancer therapies, a growing body of research shows.

Early treatment can reverse heart damage

harminka — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:10:25 -0500

University of Minnesota researchers have discovered that treating people who have early cardiovascular abnormalities, but show no symptoms of cardiovascular disease, can slow progression and even reverse damage to the heart and blood vessels.

Faulty cell membrane repair causes heart disease

harminka — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:00:29 -0500

During vigorous exercise, heart muscle cells take a beating. In fact, some of those cells rupture, and if not for a repair process capable of resealing cell membranes, those cells would die and cause heart damage (cardiomyopathy).