Perspective by Ken Budd June 11, 2023 at 7:00 a.m. EDT My symptoms started at least a day before I felt any chest pain. I’d become winded and sweaty after carrying some boxes up and down steps. That evening, I felt pain in my shoulder, neck and back that made it hard to sleep. Twice...
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Brain function found to decline rapidly in years after a heart attack
By Bronwyn Thompson May 30, 2023 While age-related cognitive decline is unavoidable, it appears a heart attack might speed up the process Depositphotos Recovery from a heart attack is most often focused on lifestyle changes to support and protect cardiovascular health. But researchers out of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have sounded another alarm, finding...
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One Stem Cell Injection to Target Inflammation Slashed Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke By 58%
Good News Network by Andy Corbley, March 30, 2023 Andy Corbley –Mar 30, 2023 A large trial showed that a single injection of a patient’s own stem cells into their heart was able to reduce inflammation and risk of heart attack and stroke by 58% if they had heart failure. 6 million Americans have clinical...
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Heart attack study could change the game in regenerative medicine
SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS IMAGE: ALEXANDRE COLAS, PH.D. CREDIT: SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS LA JOLLA, CALIF. Mar 29, 2023 – Sanford Burnham Prebys researchers have identified a group of proteins that could be the secret to cellular reprogramming, an emerging approach in regenerative medicine in which scientists transform cells to repair damaged or injured body tissues. The researchers...
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Treating a heart attack before it happens: It may not be a science fiction
HUMAN BIOLOGY Share on Pinterest Helen Sotiriadis/Stocksy The effects of a heart attack are often permanent, as the heart tissue cannot regenerate, unlike some other tissues. This means that despite somebody surviving a heart attack, the damage done could cause health problems or death in the years following the event. Regenerating heart tissue to allow...
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Serious pneumococcal infections may increase the risk of heart attack
by Vanderbilt University Medical Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Patients with serious pneumococcal infections, including pneumonia and sepsis, are at a substantially increased risk of heart attack after the onset of infection according to a Vanderbilt study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Prior work has demonstrated that infections can potentially lead to systemic inflammatory responses that can trigger the...
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Cleveland Clinic study finds common artificial sweetener linked to higher rates of heart attack and stroke
CLEVELAND CLINIC IMAGE: NEW CLEVELAND CLINIC RESEARCH, LED BY DR. STANLEY HAZEN, SHOWED THAT ERYTHRITOL, A POPULAR ARTIFICIAL SWEETENER, IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF HEART ATTACK AND STROKE. CREDIT: CLEVELAND CLINIC Monday, February 27, 2023, Cleveland: New Cleveland Clinic research showed that erythritol, a popular artificial sweetener, is associated with an increased risk...
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When chest pain isn’t a heart attack
by Noah Fromson, University of Michigan Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Aside from injuries, the second most common reason adults in the United States go to the emergency department is chest pain, accounting for more than 6.5 million visits annually. Despite the growing prevalence of cardiovascular disease nationwide, more than half of these chest pain visits...
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A change of heart? Cellular reprogramming reverses fibrosis after heart attack
by University of Tsukuba Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from Japan reveal that they may just have found a way to repair cardiac damage in patients suffering from chronic heart attack and heart failure. In a study published in Circulation, researchers from the University of Tsukuba have shown that changing heart cell programming by tweaking the...
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‘Sticky’ cholesterol and hypertension may increase heart attack, stroke risk
High levels of a specific form of cholesterol plus high blood pressure are tied to a doubled risk of cardiovascular events in a new study. Image credit: Stas Pylypets/Stocksy. Researchers investigated the effect of lipoprotein (a) cholesterol levels and hypertension on cardiovascular risk. They found that higher lipoprotein (a) levels increase cardiovascular risk in patients with hypertension. This relationship...