by American Heart Association About one in four young adults has high blood pressure. But few are getting treated, with new research concluding black young adults are especially vulnerable. In a study that included 15,171 black, Mexican American and white adults, researchers found that nearly 31% of black young adults had high blood pressure, also...
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Emory researchers find college football players’ weight gain leads to heart problems
Increased BP, arterial stiffening, LVH Weight gain and high blood pressure in college football players leads to adverse changes in cardiac structure and function, indicating monitoring and early intervention is needed for this young and otherwise healthy athletic population, according to a new study by Emory University researchers. The study, published in JAMA Cardiology on Oct. 16,...
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Temple scientists solve mystery underlying heart toxicity caused by diabetes drugs
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM (Philadelphia, PA) – Like catching two fish with one worm, treating two problems with a single drug is efficient, but exceedingly difficult. In particular, for new diabetes medications, in which one drug aims to tackle two major complications of diabetes – the excess of both lipids and glucose in the blood – the therapeutic benefits,...
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Combo antithrombotic therapy increases bleeding risk
(HealthDay)—Patients with chronic coronary artery disease or peripheral artery disease treated with the combination of rivaroxaban and aspirin face a greater risk for bleeding versus patients treated with aspirin alone, according to a study published in the Sept. 24 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. John W. Eikelboom, M.B.B.S., from Hamilton...
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Artificial Bacterial Protein Allows Stem Cells to Home to the Heart
CONN HASTINGS CARDIAC SURGERY, CARDIOLOGY, GENETICS, REHAB Researchers at the University of Bristol have developed a way to make stem cells move toward heart tissue when they are injected intravenously. The treatment could improve the efficacy of stemcell therapies for heart disease, which are currently hampered when most injected cells are filtered out of circulation by organs such as the lungs and spleen. Stem cell therapies...
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Smoking may impair body’s blood pressure autocorrect system
PENN STATE HERSHEY, Pa. — Smokers may be at a higher risk for developing hypertension, and an overactive response to normal drops in blood pressure may help explain why, according to researchers. “The human body has a buffering system that continuously monitors and maintains a healthy blood pressure,” said Lawrence Sinoway, director of the Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute. “If blood pressure drops, a response called...
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Arthritis drug could cure severe heart condition
A drug currently being trialed for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis has the potential to be the first ever drug to prevent aortic valve stenosis, a common and deadly heart condition that is estimated to affect around 50 percent of elderly adults in the United States. Researchers may have discovered a drug that can prevent...
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