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New NHLBI grant to support development of prevention strategies for deadly heart condition

One of medicine's most prominent experts in sudden cardiac arrest has received a new $2.36 million grant to study how to better predict the deadly heart condition that kills an estimated 300,000 Americans each year.

3 Dec 2014

New MHA report calls on the country to address mental health issues

Our country is failing those in need of mental health services, according to a new report released by Mental Health America, the nation's leading community-based mental health advocacy organization. MHA for the first time has provided overall rankings for all 50 states and the District of Columbia on mental health status and access, and calls on the country to address mental health before Stage 4.

3 Dec 2014

Ten facts about Alzheimer's disease

Dr. Daniel Thomas will be conducting a ground-breaking study to determine if cognitive decline due to memory-destroying Alzheimer's disease can begin to be reversed in 90 days by combating the root causes using an innovative combination of diet, exercise, vitamin supplements, hormone therapy, and intravenous nutrition.

3 Dec 2014

Implementing risk management practices necessary in health and fitness centers

Health is high on the agenda in many countries with efforts to get more people exercising in order to reduce the problems associated with obesity, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer.

3 Dec 2014

Mediterranean diet improves cardiovascular performance in patients with erectile dysfunction

The Mediterranean diet is linked to improved cardiovascular performance in patients with erectile dysfunction, according to research presented at EuroEcho-Imaging 2014 by Dr Athanasios Angelis from Greece. Patients with erectile dysfunction who had poor adherence to the Mediterranean diet had more vascular and cardiac damage.

3 Dec 2014

Elegant Medical to receive patent for groundbreaking Stethos electronic stethoscope

Elegant Medical LLC today announced it will receive an issued patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office for its groundbreaking Stethos electronic stethoscope, the most significant advancement to the stethoscope in half a century.

3 Dec 2014

Many pediatric chest X-rays unnecessary, offer no clinical benefit

Researchers at Mayo Clinic found that some children are receiving chest X-rays that may be unnecessary and offer no clinical benefit to the patient, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.

3 Dec 2014

Experts report three key topics that may make difference in the battle against Alzheimer's disease

Detection, prevention, and preclinical treatment are three key areas that may make a difference in the battle to reduce the rapid rise of new Alzheimer's disease (AD) cases every year. These three topics are the focus of an important new supplement to the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

3 Dec 2014

BWH researchers identify cells responsible for fibrosis

Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital have identified what they believe to be the cells responsible for fibrosis, the buildup of scar tissue. Fibrotic diseases, such as chronic kidney disease and failure, lung disease, heart failure and cirrhosis of the liver, are estimated to be responsible for up to 45 percent of deaths in the developed world.

2 Dec 2014

Study examines rate of psychotropic medication prescribed to children in Kentucky

Researchers with the Child and Adolescent Health Research Design and Support Unit (CAHRDS Unit) at the University of Louisville have begun a study to examine one of Kentucky's most vexing children's health issues: the higher-than-average rate of psychotropic medication being prescribed to children in the Bluegrass State.

2 Dec 2014

BioMed Central plans to publish new journal Research Involvement and Engagement

The open access publisher BioMed Central is pleased to announce its plans to publish the new innovative journal Research Involvement and Engagement, which aims to publish its first articles in June 2015.

2 Dec 2014

Co-enzyme Q supplement lowers age-associated damage that leads to heart disease

New research involving rats, and published in the December 2014 issue of The FASEB Journal, suggests that if you were born at a low birth weight, supplemental co-enzyme Q (CoQ) may lower your risk for heart disease.

2 Dec 2014

Kentucky governor, Lt. governor unveil multidisciplinary health care home for children

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear and Lt. Gov. Crit Luallen today (Dec. 1) announced an innovative public/private partnership between Community Dental, a nonprofit of Kentucky, and University of Louisville Pediatrics to provide a multidisciplinary health care home for Kentucky children enrolled in the Medicaid program.

2 Dec 2014

Heart News and Research

New NHLBI grant to support development of prevention strategies for deadly heart condition

New MHA report calls on the country to address mental health issues

Ten facts about Alzheimer's disease

Implementing risk management practices necessary in health and fitness centers

Mediterranean diet improves cardiovascular performance in patients with erectile dysfunction

Elegant Medical to receive patent for groundbreaking Stethos electronic stethoscope

Many pediatric chest X-rays unnecessary, offer no clinical benefit

Experts report three key topics that may make difference in the battle against Alzheimer's disease

BWH researchers identify cells responsible for fibrosis

Study examines rate of psychotropic medication prescribed to children in Kentucky

BioMed Central plans to publish new journal Research Involvement and Engagement

Co-enzyme Q supplement lowers age-associated damage that leads to heart disease

Kentucky governor, Lt. governor unveil multidisciplinary health care home for children

President of Institute of Medicine to deliver presentation at University of Louisville

DFG to establish eight new Collaborative Research Centres

Diabetic patients with mild coronary artery disease face increased risk for heart attack

Sanford-Burnham, Mayo Clinic scientists to jointly find new treatment for resistant hypertension

National Association of ACOs praises new proposed rules for MSSP

Obstructive sleep apnea associated with impaired exercise capacity

Study: Preoperative interventions improve outcomes of patients undergoing CABG surgery

Industry Focus eBook - Cell biology (5th edition) eBook

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

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