New study identifies HIPK2 as a novel regulator of heart failure progression UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – An unexplored kinase in heart muscle cells may be a good target to treat heart failure, a disease that is only incrementally delayed by existing therapies. Failing human hearts showed reduced amounts of this kinase, and preclinical experiments showed that restoring the amount of this kinase in...
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Veterans with mental health conditions have higher risk of heart disease, stroke
Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes Journal Report AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION DALLAS, Sept. 24, 2019 – Veterans with specific mental health disorders – depression , psychosis and bipolar disorder – had an increased risk of heart attack, stroke and death from cardiovascular disease, according to new research published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American...
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Combo antithrombotic therapy increases bleeding risk
(HealthDay)—Patients with chronic coronary artery disease or peripheral artery disease treated with the combination of rivaroxaban and aspirin face a greater risk for bleeding versus patients treated with aspirin alone, according to a study published in the Sept. 24 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. John W. Eikelboom, M.B.B.S., from Hamilton...
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Delays in heart failure diagnosis for chronically ill people leads to much worse outcomes
by University of Leicester More people are being diagnosed in hospital with heart failure than in the community because vital heart failure symptoms are being missed. A major Leicester Diabetes Centre study, which has looked at data collected across a 20-year period, has found that over 70 percent of people are not being diagnosed with...
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How to recognize a heart attack: It’s not like on TV
by Deborah Lupton, The Conversation What kind of person do you imagine having a heart attack? Is it a middle-aged white businessman clutching his chest? Someone like the Roger Sterling character from the popular television series Mad Men, who had two heart attacks in season 1? While Mad Men was set in the 1960s, popular...
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Broken heart syndrome linked with cancer
by Karen Astle, American Heart Association One in six people with broken heart syndrome had cancer and they were less likely to survive for five years after it occurred, according to new international research in Journal of the American Heart Association. Broken heart syndrome, also called takotsubosyndrome, occurs when the heart’s main pumping chamber temporarily enlarges and doesn’t pump well. Although the syndrome may feel like a heart attack, with...
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Biomarkers help tailor diuretic use in acute heart failure patients
by European Society of Cardiology Adrenomedullin activity predicts which acute heart failure patients are at the greatest risk of death without diuretic treatment post-discharge, according to late breaking research presented today at Heart Failure 2019, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). “Therapy at discharge often remains unchanged for several weeks and even...
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Energy drinks may increase risk of heart function abnormalities and blood pressure changes
Journal of the American Heart Association Report AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION DALLAS, May 29, 2019 — Drinking 32 ounces of an energy drink in a short time span may increase blood pressure and the risk of electrical disturbances in the heart, which affect heart rhythm, according to a small study published in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal...
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Yo-yo dieting may increase women’s heart disease risk
Yo-yo dieting may make it harder for women to control a variety of heart disease risk factors, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and Prevention | Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions 2019, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in population-based cardiovascular science for researchers and clinicians. “Achieving a healthy weight is generally recommended as heart healthy but maintaining weight loss is difficult...
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Intestinal immune cells play key role in metabolic regulation, cardiovascular health
A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team has identified what appears to be an important checkpoint in dietary metabolism, a group of cells in the small intestine that slow down metabolism, increasing the amount of ingested food that is stored as fat rather than being quickly converted into energy. In the report published in Nature...
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