September 17, 2024 by Noah Fromson, University of Michigan Jacob Dwyer, Justine Ross. Credit: Michigan MedicineDoctors and pharmacists treating people with blood thinners can reduce the rate of inappropriate dosing—as well as blood clots and strokes that can result from it—using an electronic patient management system, a study suggests. The online dashboard, developed by the...
News Release 16-Sep-2024 71% of children with long COVID suffer from this additional condition negatively impacting their health, according to research at Kennedy Krieger Institute Peer-Reviewed PublicationKennedy Krieger Institute BALTIMORE, September 16, 2024— A new study from Kennedy Krieger Institute shows that the majority of children diagnosed with long COVID are likely to experience orthostatic...
A new medical procedure offers relief for high blood pressure without the side effects commonly found with traditional treatments.Saturday, September 7th 2024, 11:09 am By: News 9, CBS News Nearly half of all adults in the U.S. have high blood pressure, and many don’t know it. For some, lifestyle changes can help, while others may...
September 10, 2024 by The North American Menopause Society Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainRecent studies show that women can experience bothersome menopause symptoms, like hot flashes, for longer than originally estimated. As a result, more research is focusing on the long-term effects of hormone therapy. A new study suggests certain estrogen-based hormone therapies have favorable long-term...
September 2, 2024 by Angelika Leute, Kompetenznetz Vorhofflimmern e.V. (AFNET) Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAn international cardiology working group has published a consensus report on atrial cardiomyopathy in Europace. Twenty-one scientists from the rhythmological societies of Europe (European Heart Rhythm Association), North America (Heart Rhythm Society), South America (Latin American Heart Rhythm Society) and the Asia-Pacific...
September 13, 2024 by Nagoya University Protein kinase N (PKN) 1 and PKN2 are expressed in cardiac fibroblasts. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52068-0, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-52068-0As society ages, the number of patients with heart failure is rapidly increasing. Excessive growth of fibrotic tissue in the heart, known as fibrosis, is associated with the progression of heart...
September 13, 2024 by The Mount Sinai Hospital a, Catheter-based angiographic image of typical multifocal FMD (‘string-of-beads’) affecting the renal artery. b, Catheter-based angiographic image of FMD in a different patient 1414 demonstrating typical multifocal renal FMD with aneurysmal involvement (arrow). Image in b reproduced with permission.77 c, Overview of study and data analysis workflow....
News Release 11-Sep-2024 JAMA Network Open Peer-Reviewed PublicationJAMA Network About The Study: In this cross-sectional study, more than 50% of adults with uncontrolled hypertension in the U.S. were unaware of their hypertension and were untreated, and 70.8% of those who were treated had hypertension that remained uncontrolled. These findings have serious implications for the nation’s...
September 10, 2024 by Engineering Journal Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA systematic review and meta-analysis conducted by scientists from institutions across China and the United States has uncovered promising insights into how vitamin D supplementation can significantly impact cardiometabolic health. The study, now published in Engineering, has implications for tailored therapeutic strategies targeting cardiovascular diseases and...
September 5, 2024 by Tokyo Medical and Dental University Mst1 causes the transport of FoxO1 from the cell cytoplasm to the nucleus by phosphorylating it. This is shown by the colocalization of the green and the blue stain when Ad-Mst1 is added. Credit: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, TMDUUnderstanding the mechanisms behind cell death and survival...
