eMurmur, a Canadian firm, just won FDA clearance for its eMurmur ID system that spots and classifies heart murmurs, as well as S1, S2 heart sounds. The offering, the core of which resides in the cloud, relies on sounds recorded using a third-party electronic stethoscope. The user simply pairs a Bluetooth-capable stethoscope to a smartphone running the eMurmur ID app and performs an auscultation. The app...
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A substantial benefit from replacing steak with fish
by Technical University of Denmark The average Dane will gain a health benefit from substituting part of the red and processed meat in their diet with fish, according to calculations from the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark. Men over 50 and women of childbearing age in particular would benefit from such a change in diet. In a Ph.D. study...
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Common lung conditions linked to heart disease
Patients with some of the most common lung diseases are substantially more likely to suffer a heart attack and develop other major heart problems according to new research. The team of heart and lung doctors from the University of Manchester and Aston Medical School found people with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung fibrosis, were more likely to develop, and die from, heart disease and heart failure. The study of nearly 100,000 people with lung disease in...
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Restoring this enzyme’s function protects against heart disease in lupus and beyond
The enzyme that produces nitric oxide shows promise as a new therapeutic target for heart disease in lupus, report Medical University of South Carolina researchers in Lupus Science & Medicine; it could also be relevant to heart disease more broadly MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Patients with lupus, an inflammatory disease in which the body’s immune system...
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Rethinking blood pressure readings
(HealthDay)—”140/90″ had long been the line in the sand for getting high blood pressure under control. But in 2017, leading medical organizations lowered the definitions of normal, elevated and high blood pressure with the idea that starting treatment at lower “high” levels can better reduce heart attacks and strokes. This dramatically added to the number of people diagnosed with high blood pressure and redefined...
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Modulating copper levels in the treatment of heart disease
An article published in Experimental Biology and Medicine provides new insights regarding the use of trientine (TETA), a copper chelator traditionally used to treat copper overload conditions such as Wilson’s disease, in the treatment of heart disease. The study, led by Dr. Y. James Kang, professor from the Regenerative Medicine Research Center at Sichuan University...
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Scientists cut main heart disease risk locus out of DNA by genome editing
Microscopy image showing vascular smooth muscular cells made from blood-derived induced pluripotent stem cells. The Scripps Research team found that a deleting genetic risk factor for coronary artery disease rescued the health of these cells. Credit: Baldwin lab/Scripps Research Over the past decade we’ve learned that billions of people carry a mysterious specter in their...
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Skin autofluorescence predicts T2DM, heart disease, mortality
Robert P. van Waateringe, from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, and colleagues conducted a prospective analysis involving 72,880 participants from the Dutch Lifelines Cohort Study who had validated baseline skin autofluorescence values available and were not known to have diabetes or CVD. (HealthDay)—Skin autofluorescence predicts incident type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and...
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Scientists cut main heart disease risk locus out of DNA by genome editing
LA JOLLA, CA – Over the past decade we’ve learned that billions of people carry a mysterious specter in their DNA that strongly increases their risk for life threatening cardiovascular diseases, such as heart attacks, aneurysms or strokes, no matter what diet, exercise or medical regimen they follow. IMAGE: MICROSCOPY IMAGE SHOWING VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCULAR...
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Link between autoimmune, heart disease explained in mice
Immune cells cause cholesterol to be trapped in blood vessels WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE People with autoimmune diseases such as psoriasis, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis are at high risk of developing cardiovascular disease, even though none of these conditions seem to target the cardiovascular system directly. Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine...