cardiovascular diseases

Researchers links cholesterol crystals to cardiovascular attacks

harminka — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:39:23 -0500

For the first time ever, a Michigan State University researcher has shown cholesterol crystals can disrupt plaque in a patient’s cardiovascular system, causing a heart attack or stroke.

People with heart disease still have trouble controlling blood lipid levels

harminka — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:49:22 -0500

Despite some improvements to lower “bad” cholesterol levels, people with cardiovascular diseases still need to do a better job controlling overall blood lipid levels, according to a UC Irvine Heart Disease Prevention Program study.

Members of European Parliament discuss food labeling and heart health

harminka — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:51:27 -0500

Members of the European Parliament Heart Group meet today, 3 June, in Brussels, to discuss the link between nutrition and cardiovascular diseases and how labelling of food can help people choose products that are better for their hearts and vessels.

Overweight in adolescence gives increased mortality rate

harminka — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:01:50 -0500

People who were already overweight in adolescence (14-19 years old) have an increased mortality rate from a range of chronic diseases as adults; endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, colon cancer and respiratory diseases. There were also many cases of sudden death in this group. This comes from a new study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH).

Adverse effects of estrogen replacement therapy are related to dose

harminka — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:57:42 -0500

Recent clinical trials indicate that estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) may increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases. A new study in mice has examined whether adverse effects of ERT are related to the doses used

Enhancing functioning of defibrillators in cases of heart attack

harminka — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:58:43 -0500

The PhD, defended by engineer Sofía Ruiz de Gauna Gutiérrez at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) puts forward various methods for the elimination of interference caused by compressions and ventilations of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the context of cardiac defibrillation.

An anti-inflammatory response to the vegan diet

harminka — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:49:08 -0500

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who eat a gluten-free vegan diet could be better protected against heart attacks and stroke. RA is a major risk factor for these cardiovascular diseases, but a gluten-free vegan diet was shown to lower cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein and oxidizedLDL, as well as raising the levels of natural antibodies against the damaging compounds in the body that cause symptoms of the chronic inflammatory disease rheumatoid arthritis, such as phosphorylcholine.

Simplified scoring system may predict overall CVD risk

harminka — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:11:56 -0600

Physicians currently evaluate a patient’s risk for heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases (CVD) individually, but a new assessment tool could gauge risk of overall ,or global, CVD and a range of cardiovascular diseases at one time, according to a study published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Medical breakthrough for organ transplants and cardiovascular diseases

harminka — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:46:52 -0600

When a blood vessel clogs up, a localized deficiency of oxygen results, causing the surrounding tissue to die. However, working with mice, VIB scientists connected to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven have been able to prevent muscular tissue with severe hypoxia from dying.

WFU researchers discover new hemoglobin function

harminka — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:42:49 -0600

A team of researchers from Wake Forest University, the National Institutes of Health and other institutions has discovered a previously undetected chemical process within the oxygen-carrying molecule hemoglobin that could have far-reaching implications for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.

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.

Panic attacks associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events

harminka — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:52:22 -0500

Older women who experience at least one full-blown panic attack may have an increased risk of having a heart attack or stroke and an increased risk of death in the next five years, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.