Original story from the George Institute for Global HealthA 3D model of a human brain.Credit: Robina Weermeijer / Unsplash. A new analysis involving over 13,000 people has found changes to blood vessels in the brain that can increase the risk of stroke and dementia are common in people with a range of heart conditions, regardless...
Researchers say psoriasis can exacerbate conditions that increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. NICK VEASEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images Researchers report that psoriasis is linked to an increased risk of heart disease.They say that inflammation plays a role in this, but the precise mechanisms are unclear.Early intervention and effective treatment plans may help reduce cardiovascular risks.Globally,...
by Cleveland Clinic Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainCleveland Clinic researchers have identified a new pathway that contributes to cardiovascular disease associated with high levels of niacin, a common B vitamin previously recommended to lower cholesterol. The team, led by Stanley Hazen, M.D., Ph.D., discovered a link between 4PY, a breakdown product from excess niacin, and heart disease....
by NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAs the body ages, it is normal for changes in cells to occur. “Cells divide every day and mutations happen,” said Emma M. Groarke, M.D., an attending hematologist and researcher in NHLBI’s Hematopoiesis and Bone Marrow Failure Laboratory. “Most of the time they don’t have any...
by Deakin University Aβ42 administration reprograms cardiac metabolism. a schematic of experiment where mice were administered Aβ42 or scrambled Aβ42 (ScrAβ42; 1 μg/day i.p.) for 4 weeks and analytical procedures were performed in final two weeks. b plasma Αβ42 in mice 5 h after administration of ScrAβ42 or Aβ42. c body weight in mice administered ScrAβ42 or Aβ42....
Are we on the brink of a cure for heart disease? That was the question being whispered by normally cautious cardiologists at the American Heart Association annual conference in Philadelphia last week. Over three packed days, a raft of game-changing scientific discoveries have been unveiled by the world’s leading specialists – many of which will...
by University of Hawaii at Manoa Credit: Molecular Therapy – Nucleic Acids (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2023.07.032 Gene therapy has great promise for treating genetic diseases, and even for more common diseases such as atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). Over the past decade, the gene-editing technology CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats)—a family of DNA sequences found...
by Jara Pérez Jiménez, Cara Frankenfeld, Léopold L Fezeu Kamedjie, Margaret Slavin and Valentina A. Andreeva, The Conversation Credit: CC0 Public DomainPerhaps the word “polyphenol” means little to you, but they certainly mean a lot to your health. Polyphenols are a family of chemical compounds present in foods of vegetable origin and seaweed that have been...
by University of South Australia Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new study by Australian researchers has shown that fluctuating blood pressure can increase the risk of dementia and vascular problems in older people. Short blood pressure (BP) fluctuations within 24 hours as well as over several days or weeks are linked with impaired cognition, say University of...
By Paul McClure A mouth rinse that measures the levels of white blood cells in saliva is an effective way of detecting heart disease risk, a study has found. Depositphotos A new study has found that measuring the levels of white blood cells in your saliva through a quick and easy 30-second mouth rinse is an...
