EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY Sophia Antipolis, 3 August 2020: Women in their 30s and 40s with a common condition affecting how the ovaries work are more likely to get heart disease. That’s the finding of a study published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).1...
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Newly discovered mutation could point to heart disease therapeutic target
by Carnegie Institution for Science lipid from the yolk of a zebrafish through the circulation to the growing tissues of the embryo. Later in development, they will also carry lipids from the intestine and liver. While normal, wild-type, zebrafish have clear yolks (top image), zebrafish with mutations in Mtp have abnormally opaque yolks because they...
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Slowing down a ‘helper’ cell may someday make vaccines more effective for seniors
A surprising new concept for boosting the power of flu vaccines might also boost future COVID-19 vaccines CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER UNDESIRED EXCESSIVE INTERLEUKIN-10 (IL-10) PRODUCTION IN AGED MICE COMES PRIMARILY FROM TFH CELLS, ACCORDING TO NEW FINDINGS PUBLISHED IN SCIENCE ADVANCES. THIS CHART SHOWS THAT WHEN THESE CELLS ARE STIMULATED… view more CREDIT:...
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New Drug Combo Shows Promise in Fight Against High Cholesterol
Adding certain drugs to your statin can reduce cholesterol levels better than taking a statin alone. Here, a Michigan Medicine doctor breaks it all down. If you’ve ever been diagnosed with high cholesterol, also known as hyperlipidemia, your doctor has probably prescribed a statin. And while statins have been the go-to drug for managing cholesterol...
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Women taking beta blockers for hypertension may have higher risk of heart failure with acute coronary syndrome
DALLAS, July 13, 2020 — Women taking beta blockers for hypertension with no prior history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) have a nearly 5% higher risk for heart failure than men when they present to hospital with acute coronary syndrome, according to new research published today in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal. Beta blockers are...
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MicroRNA-34a Promotes Vascular Cellular Senescence and Consequent Calcification
With the growing interest in the accumulation of senescent cells as an important cause of aging, and more funding flowing into this part of the field, researchers are uncovering numerous direct links between cellular senescence and age-related conditions. Senescent cells cause harm to tissues via their inflammatory secretions, the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP). The SASP...
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The Aging Gut Microbiome Produces More Trimethylamine, Harming Arterial Function
In recent years academic interest has grown in the study of the gut microbiome. Researchers are making inroads into understanding the considerable influence of these microbial populations over the progression of health and aging. The gut microbiome may be as influential as physical activity in these matters. The balance of microbial populations shifts unfavorably over...
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Ageing research: Low levels of the stress hormone cortisol contribute to ageing
Why do we age? What exactly happens in the body? And: Can something be done about it? These are questions that have occupied science since time immemorial. The pharmacists Alexandra K. Kiemer and Jessica Hoppstädter from the Saarland University have not found a philosophical stone. But: they have uncovered processes in the immune system that...
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The gut shields the liver from fructose-induced damage
by Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania After one consumes food or a beverage containing fructose, the gastrointestinal system, or gut, helps to shield the liver from damage by breaking down the sugar before it reaches the liver, according to a new multi-center study led by researchers in the Perelman School of...
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Hot flushes and night sweats linked to 70% increase in cardiovascular disease
New research from The University of Queensland has found that women who have hot flushes and night sweats after menopause are 70 per cent more likely to have heart attacks, angina and strokes. School of Public Health PhD student Dr Dongshan Zhu has found women of any age who experience hot flushes and night sweats,...