by American Heart Association Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The same risk factors that contribute to making heart disease the leading cause of death worldwide also impact the rising global prevalence of brain disease, including stroke, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, according to the American Heart Association’s Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2022 Update, published today in the...
JANUARY 18, 2022 by Michael Merschel Two years into the pandemic, researchers have learned a lot about how COVID-19 affects people with heart disease and stroke survivors. But like the coronavirus itself, what everyone needs to know keeps evolving. “You can’t assume that what was true three months ago is true now,” said Dr. James...
IMAGE: RICE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE STUDENT LAUREN TAYLOR SHOWS A SHIRT WITH CARBON NANOTUBE THREAD THAT PROVIDES CONSTANT MONITORING OF THE WEARER’S HEART. CREDIT: JEFF FITLOW/RICE UNIVERSITY HOUSTON – (Aug. 30, 2021) – There’s no need to don uncomfortable smartwatches or chest straps to monitor your heart if your comfy shirt can do a better job. ...
Atrial fibrillation, which basically is an irregular and rapid heart rate, is actually a quite common condition. It does increase the risk of stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related health problems, while the risk of Atrial fibrillation can be influenced by alcohol. But not all alcohol torments your heart equally. Scientists from the University of...
by Adam Pope, University of Alabama at Birmingham BCAAs are found in many sources of protein — red meat, poultry, fish, eggs and nuts.Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study published in the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers shows that an increase in the consumption of branch chain amino acids later in...
by Michael Addelman, University of Manchester The heart will still function normally when it is using the SAP (Figure C). The SA node in a human (Figure A, red) and a goat (Figure B, yellow). Before and after ablation of the heart. Credit: University of Manchester Researchers at the University of Manchester and Manchester University NHS...
by American College of Cardiology Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain There is growing evidence that ketone bodies may be beneficial to heart disease patients regardless of the method of delivery used to increase ketone delivery to the heart. A Journal of the American College of Cardiology review paper examines emerging evidence regarding ketone bodies’ effects on the heart and...
by European Society of Cardiology MRI scan of damaged heart. Blue means reduced blood flow, orange is good blood flow. In this figure the inferior part of the heart shows dark blue, so the myocardial blood flow is very reduced and the black and white angiography, which looks directly at the blood vessels, shows that the...
by David J. Hill, University at Buffalo Credit: CC0 Public Domain If you’re sitting down, the findings of two major new studies led by University at Buffalo researchers are likely to get you moving. Women who met the federal physical activity guideline of 30 minutes per day of moderate activity exclusively through walking had a significantly...
For the first time, medication has impacted heart muscle thickness and function for patients with the most common inherited heart condition, rather than simply addressing their symptoms. “This is the first study to show a favourable impact of a medication on cardiac structure and function in any form of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy,” says Sara Saberi, M.D., an...
