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Deadly arrhythmia trifecta: Salt, swelling, and leaky sodium channels
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Deadly arrhythmia trifecta: Salt, swelling, and leaky sodium channels

by Whitney Slightham, Virginia Tech Xiaobo Wu, the study’s first author and a graduate student in Virginia Tech’s Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health Program, was mentored by Steven Poelzing, the study’s principal investigator and an associate professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute. Credit: Clayton Metz / Virginia Tech Less than 1% of the population...

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Risk of heart attacks halves in patients with diabetes in 15 years

Sophia Antipolis, France – 29 Aug 2020: Dramatic reductions in the risk of heart attacks in patients with diabetes coincides with major increases in the use of preventive medications. That’s the finding of late breaking research presented today at ESC Congress 2020.1 “Our results suggest that when patients are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, starting...

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Depressed or anxious teens risk heart attacks in middle age

EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY Sophia Antipolis, France -26 Aug 2020: Depression or anxiety in adolescence is linked with a 20% greater likelihood of having a heart attack mid-life, according to research released today at ESC Congress 2020.1 In a warning to parents, study author Dr. Cecilia Bergh of Örebro University in Sweden, said: “Be vigilant...

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Link between cognitive impairment and worse prognosis in heart failure patients

Heart failure is an endemic disease affecting 250 000 Swedes. Despite new treatments such as modern medicines and defibrillators, the mortality rate is still high and the prognosis worse than for certain cancers. A new study from Lund University in Sweden now shows a link between cognitive impairment and an increased risk for rehospitalisation, or...

World-first study on blood hormone could reduce cardiovascular deaths
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World-first study on blood hormone could reduce cardiovascular deaths

by Kim Thomas, University of Otago A simple blood test could identify seemingly-healthy people with a high hidden risk of heart disease thanks to a world-first discovery by University of Otago, Christchurch researchers. Researchers from the University’s Christchurch Heart Institute studied the blood samples and cardiology scans of 665 healthy young and middle-aged people with...

Smartphones may help detect diabetes
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Smartphones may help detect diabetes

by University of California, San Francisco Researchers at UC San Francisco have developed a ‘digital biomarker’ that would use a smartphone’s built-in camera to detect Type 2 diabetes—one of the world’s top causes of disease and death—potentially providing a low-cost, in-home alternative to blood draws and clinic-based screening tools. Type 2 diabetes affects more than...

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New research offers hope for treating Parkinson’s disease

Reviewed by James Ives, M.Psych. (Editor) The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has published, on August 12, the results of a research project conducted jointly by Cardiocentro Ticino and the EOC Neurocentro, which delivers a message of hope in the fight against Parkinson’s disease, as well as providing encouraging news for the USI Faculty of...

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Experts urge evaluation of diet at routine check-ups

The time has come for routine health care visits to include some form of dietary assessment and counseling, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal. The statement, written by a group of nutrition and cardiovascular disease experts, recommends...