SEATTLE, WA. – April 24, 2018 – Steth IO is modernizing the 200-year-old stethoscope for the age of the smartphone. The company today announced the commercial availability of the world’s first smartphone stethoscope, which brings real-time visualization to heart and lung sounds. This enables physicians to see auscultation sounds they may not hear. It also...
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A paradigm shift in heart failure treatment?
A small, preliminary study could trigger a paradigm shift in the treatment of heart failure. The late-breaking research is published today in Circulation and presented at Heart Failure 2018 and the World Congress on Acute Heart Failure, a European Society of Cardiology congress. The study suggests that heart failure may be caused by inappropriate fluid shifts in some patients...
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Study identifies receptor that may be targeted to repair the heart after heart attack, cardiac arrest
An image of a mouse heart cell shows the presence of the free fatty acid receptor-1 known as FFAR-1, in red, and the nuclei in blue. Credit: University of California, Los Angeles Studies have shown that a simple treatment called lipid emulsion therapy—fatty acids administered intravenously—can heal damage to the heart after a heart attack...
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Keep saying yes to fish twice a week for heart health
DALLAS, May 17, 2018 — A new scientific advisory reaffirms the American Heart Association’s recommendation to eat fish- especially those rich in Omega-3 fatty acids twice a week to help reduce the risk of heart failure, coronary heart disease, cardiac arrest and the most common type of stroke (ischemic). The advisory is published in the American...
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A fat belly is bad for your heart
Belly fat, even in people who are not otherwise overweight, is bad for the heart, according to results from the Mayo Clinic presented today at EuroPrevent 2018, a European Society of Cardiology congress. “See your doctor if your waist is bigger than your hips,” said study author Dr Jose Medina-Inojosa, from the division of Preventive...
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Could statins ease deadly heart condition in rare neuromuscular disease?
Penn study shows that cholesterol drug may help Friedreich’s ataxia patients PHILADELPHIA – In preclinical studies using cell models that mimicked liver cells of patients with the rare disease Friedreich’s ataxia (FA), a widely used cholesterol-lowering drug increased a precursor of HDL (high-density lipoprotein), the “good cholesterol,” according to new research published in PLOS ONE from the...
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New mutation behind heart failure identified
An international research team involving Karolinska Institutet has identified a new mutation in South Asians that, in combination with a known mutation in the same gene, increases the risk of cardiomyopathy and heart failure. The finding, published in the scientific journal JAMA Cardiology, can lead to improved treatment options for a large number of patients. Four...
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Researchers are one step closer to an effective anti-atherosclerosis vaccine
As the cardiovascular disease progresses, the proportion of protective Tregs decreases. Credit: Dr. Klaus Ley, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology In the disease atherosclerosis, cholesterol-containing plaques form in vessel walls, causing arteries to narrow and greatly increasing the risk of heart attack and stroke. Currently, atherosclerosis is the number 1 killer worldwide, just...
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Lab-grown heart tissue that mimics our own
A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART CELLS. (KACEY RONALDSON-BOUCHARD AND GORDANA VUNJAK-NOVAKOVIC / COLUMBIA ENGINEERING) Columbia scientists have created a model of cardiac muscle that mimics the muscle found in adult hearts. Researchers turned stem cells into cardiac cells, then zapped them with electricity to make them contract as they developed. They increased the frequency...