by Wiley Credit: CC0 Public Domain For decades, it’s been thought that people with heart failure should drastically reduce their dietary salt intake, but some studies have suggested that salt restriction could be harmful for these patients. A recent review in the European Journal of Clinical Investigation that assessed all relevant studies published between 2000...
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Sorting therapeutic stem cells by function improves healing after heart attack, lab study shows -cardiology
by Wayne Lewis, University of California, Los Angeles Nanovials containing individual cells (green) and secreted extracellular vesicles (magenta) within their cavities. Credit: Doyeon Koo/UCLASelecting specific cells to be used in an investigational therapy has led to improved recovery of heart function in a new study employing a lab model for myocardial infarction, the medical term...
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Weight Loss Drug Cuts Risk of Heart Problems, Maker Says
A clinical trial was the first to demonstrate that a new obesity drug could also improve patients’ heart health. By Benjamin Mueller Aug. 8, 2023 Updated 10:11 a.m. ET A new obesity drug, Wegovy, slashed the risk of serious heart problems by 20 percent in a large trial, the drug’s maker said on Tuesday, a...
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Study finds younger kidney cancer survivors at significant risk for heart problems
by Virginia Commonwealth University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research out of VCU Massey Cancer Center indicates that many adolescent and young adult kidney cancer survivors are at a significantly elevated risk for heart issues. Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of health complications and death among adolescents and young adults (AYAs) diagnosed with cancer, where AYAs are...
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Mild thyroid disorders can cause severe heart problems
RUHR-UNIVERSITY BOCHUM “This puts our understanding of the interaction between the thyroid gland and the heart on a new footing and might pave the way to personalised preventive care,” says associate professor Dr. Johannes Dietrich from the Department of Medicine at St Josef Hospital, Clinic of Ruhr University Bochum, Germany (RUB). The researchers published their...
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Breathlessness in patients with long COVID may signal heart problems
EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY Sophia-Antipolis, 9 December 2021:A small study has suggested that COVID-19 patients who continue to be short of breath during physical activity one year after recovering from the infection may have suffered heart damage. The research is presented today at EuroEcho 2021, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).1...
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Women with heart problems are treated differently than men
by University of Sydney Credit: Pin Adventure Map/Unsplash Women with some cardiac conditions receive less evidence-based treatment than their male counterparts, research published today by the Medical Journal of Australia has confirmed. Researchers from the University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital and Concord Repatriation General Hospital, assessed differences in the evidence-based treatment received by men and women with non-ST-elevation acute...
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Heart problems resolve in majority of kids with COVID inflammatory syndrome
by Columbia University Irving Medical Center Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Heart problems in children hospitalized with the multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C)—an inflammatory condition triggered by COVID—were mostly gone within a few months, a new study by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian has found. The study published in Pediatrics about 45 MIS-C...
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Excess fatty tissue accumulated in the neck increases the chances of suffering heart problems, according to a new study
by University of Granada Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from the University of Granada warn that an accumulation of fatty tissue in the neck (both the double chin and the deeper deposits, located between muscles and around the cervical vertebrae) is a predictor of central and overall adiposity, cardiometabolic risk, and a pro-inflammatory profile in sedentary...
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New study adds to evidence of diabetes drug link to heart problems
by British Medical Journal A new study published by The BMJ today adds to evidence that rosiglitazone—a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes—is associated with an increased risk of heart problems, especially heart failure. This study is the most comprehensive evaluation of the cardiovascular risk of rosiglitazone ever done. Rosiglitazone belongs to a class...
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