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Frequent overnight menopausal hot flashes linked with brain scan changes.
Women who experience more hot flashes, particularly while sleeping, during the menopause transition are more likely to have brain changes reflecting a higher risk for cerebrovascular disease, such as...
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Researchers identify protein that protects heart function into old age.
The human heart makes precious few new cells but manages to generate billions of life-sustaining beats as it grows old. Now research conducted in fruit flies, rats and monkeys by researchers at Johns...
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Heart regeneration a step closer as researchers identify progenitor cell...
Future therapies for failing hearts are likely to include stem-like cells and associated growth factors that regenerate heart muscle. Now, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have just...
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Researchers map how calcium uptake in mitochondria during a heart attack...
In a life-threatening situation, the heart beats faster and harder, invigorated by the fight-or-flight response, which instantaneously prepares a person to react or run. Now, a new study by researchers...
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First patient in the world bridged to a successful heart transplant via a...
A petite 44-year-old woman has become the first patient in the world to be bridged to a successful heart transplant, that is, to go from needing a transplant to receiving one, with an experimental...
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New non-invasive test predicts long-term death risk in humans even without...
A new non-invasive scan can be used to determine the extent of plaque buildup in the heart accurately predicts the likelihood of heart attack or death over a 15-year period. This test from researchers...
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Researchers identify the link between inherited DNA sequences and heart disease.
A study to examine recessively inherited genome-wide DNA sequences has for the first time discovered a potential link with Britain’s biggest killer, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). The research led by...
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Cardiovascular risk factors linked to Alzheimer’s disease in human study.
Currently there is no effective treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, so the focus is on prevention. In the future, medical teams may be able to provide patients with useful and actionable information...
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New contrast allows whole-body blood clot scans in animal model.
A blood clot is a dangerous health situation with the potential to trigger heart attacks, strokes and other medical emergencies. To treat a blood clot, doctors need to find its exact location. However,...
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Researchers use dietary supplement in atherosclerotic mice to lengthen...
In human cells, shortened telomeres, the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes, are both a sign of aging and contribute to it. The effects of chronic diseases such as atherosclerosis and diabetes...
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Air pollution linked to increased heart attack risk even at ‘safe’ levels.
Dramatic health consequences of air pollution were first described in Belgium in 1930 after the Meuse Valley fog. The World Health Organization (WHO) considers air pollution as one of the largest...
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Gene implicated in sudden cardiac death identified by ICD monitoring.
Sudden cardiac death is one of the leading causes of death in Western countries and cardiac arrhythmias have been reported as the cause in many cases. Sudden cardiac arrest occurs when the electrical...
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Researchers successfully detect early brain damage from hypertension in human...
Many patients with high blood pressure develop coronary artery disease or heart failure, and many die as a result. However, as hypertension is a circulatory disease all parts of the body depend on this...
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Researchers link statins to disruption of muscle mitochondria.
Statins are a popular and easy-to-swallow option for people looking to lower their cholesterol. However, for a quarter of patients, statins come with muscle pain, stiffness, cramps, or weakness without...
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Study shows cold weather can cause, predict higher risk of severe heart attack.
Myocardial infarction, commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow stops to a part of the heart causing damage to the heart muscle. ST-elevation myocardial infarctions are the most severe...
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Researchers identify precision medicine for the development of healthy heart...
The heart is arguably the hardest working muscle in the human body and without its incessant, regular beating the body’s organs would be starved of life-giving nutrients. Yet how the heart grows from...
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Catheter can fix holes in the heart without invasive surgery.
Intracardiac septal defects are the most common congenital defects in the young. The gold standard treatment is suture-based surgical closure, requiring cardiopulmonary bypass, which can increase the...
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New test can warn patients years before onset of diabetes.
Obesity is associated with the risk of developing type-2 diabetes, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, cardiovascular disease and cancer. However, it has been increasingly recognized that obesity is not...
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New treatment strategy for muscular dystrophy sound in preclinical phase.
The muscular dystrophies are a group of muscle wasting disorders characterized by progressive weakening and degeneration of striated muscle. The most common form is Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD),...
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World’s first as virtual reality used to guide human coronary procedure.
Chronic total occlusion, the complete blockage of the coronary artery, represents a major challenge for cardiologists globally. The situation is driven by the unpredictable surgical success rates...
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