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Cedars-Sinai to co-sponsor World Stem Cell Summit

Six leaders in stem cell research from the Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute will be key presenters at the world's largest interdisciplinary stem cell meeting Oct. 3-5 in Pasadena, Calif.

30 Sep 2011

Enrollment begins in Boston Scientific's vagal nerve stimulation trial for heart failure

Boston Scientific Corporation has enrolled the first patients in its NECTAR-HF (NEural Cardiac TherApy foR Heart Failure) clinical trial. NECTAR-HF is a prospective, randomized, international clinical feasibility study designed to assess preliminary safety and efficacy of chronic vagal nerve stimulation in heart failure patients.

30 Sep 2011

Cardiac Dimensions' enhanced version of CARILLON system receives CE Mark approval

Cardiac Dimensions, Inc. today announced that it has received Conformite Europeenne (CE) Mark approval for a newly enhanced version of its CARILLON Mitral Contour System, a novel therapy for treating heart failure patients suffering from functional mitral regurgitation.

30 Sep 2011

Review of stroke treatment could save lives

Doctors are underutilising crucial medication to prevent deadly strokes in those with a common type of heart condition, new research says, leading to fresh calls for a review of current treatment strategies and more research into stroke prevention.

29 Sep 2011

Stroke risk increases with even small rises in blood pressure

Small rises of blood pressure may greatly increase a person's risk of stroke, according to new research. The study review, published in the journal Neurology, analyzed the results of 12 studies on blood pressure and stroke incidences among a total of 518,520 adults.

29 Sep 2011

Tobacco companies deliberately kept findings of cancer-causing radioactive particles from the public

Tobacco companies knew that cigarette smoke contained radioactive alpha particles for more than four decades and developed "deep and intimate" knowledge of these particles' cancer-causing potential, but they deliberately kept their findings from the public, according to a new study by UCLA researchers.

29 Sep 2011

Plausible way to circumvent drug resistance in breast cancer cells

Breast cancer cells that mutate to resist drug treatment survive by establishing tiny pumps on their surface that reject the drugs as they penetrate the cell membrane - making the cancer insensitive to chemotherapy drugs even after repeated use.

29 Sep 2011

Intensive blood glucose control therapy provides no added benefit against cognitive decline in older diabetics

Intensive control of blood sugar levels beyond standard targets provides no additional protection against cognitive decline in older people with diabetes than standard treatment, according to a national study coordinated by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

29 Sep 2011

OUP announces new publishing partnership with EACTS

Oxford University Press (OUP) is pleased to announce its new publishing partnership with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS): OUP will be publishing the Association's three journal titles from January 2012.

29 Sep 2011

Three papers reveal structure and workings of G protein-coupled receptors

Three international teams of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California San Diego, University of Michigan and Stanford University, have published a trio of papers describing in unprecedented detail the structure and workings of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), a large family of human proteins that are the target of one-third to one-half of modern drugs.

29 Sep 2011

ACRO releases statement on World Heart Day

The Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO), which represents the global leaders in clinical outsourcing, today released the following statement in recognition of World Heart Day.

29 Sep 2011

Genetic variant may increase severity of coronary artery disease in patients with diabetes

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified the first genetic variant associated with severity of coronary artery disease in patients with type 2 diabetes.

29 Sep 2011

HHS awards prevention funds with Community Transformation Grants

News outlets report on local winners, how they will use these new resources to promote healthy living and disease prevention and how the funding is sometimes at odds with their leaders' opposition to the health law.

29 Sep 2011

Study reports positive effect of RESPeRATE on CHF patients

InterCure Ltd., a medical device company publicly traded on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange, today announced that European Journal of Heart Failure, a peer reviewed medical journal of the European Society of Cardiology, published the results of a 72-patients, randomized, controlled study which demonstrated that device-guided respiratory modulation with RESPeRATE applied at the home setting can significantly relieve symptoms of heart failure in elderly patients.

29 Sep 2011

People with prehypertension have higher risk of experiencing future stroke

People with prehypertension have a 55 percent higher risk of experiencing a future stroke than people without prehypertension, report researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine in a new meta-analysis of scientific literature published in the September 28 online issue of the journal Neurology.

29 Sep 2011

Cincinnati Children's to conduct first pediatric migraine medicine clinical trial

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center has received a $12 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct the first clinical trial to determine the medication of choice for preventing migraines in children and teens.

29 Sep 2011

Valeant's colesevelam New Drug Submission for hypercholesterolemia receives Canadian approval

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Valeant International (Barbados) SRL, has received notice that the New Drug Submission for colesevelam hydrochloride (colesevelam), an oral bile acid sequestrant for hypercholesterolemia, has been approved by the Canadian regulatory authority Health Canada.

28 Sep 2011

Congress must not make cuts to crucial government-funded aging research

America's experts on aging are headed for meetings with their senators and representatives to underscore the needs of the country's senior population, spurred by the first-ever Take Action Week organized by The Gerontological Society of America - the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging.

28 Sep 2011

Top medical research organisations call EU for urgent clinical trial reforms

Top medical research organisations are calling on the European Union for urgent reforms to the way clinical trials are regulated across the continent.

28 Sep 2011

Long-term morbidity and mortality of NAFLD patients with advanced fibrosis, cirrhosis

Patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) with advanced fibrosis or cirrhosis have a lower incidence of liver-related complications and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) than patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), according to the prospective study published in the October issue of Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.

28 Sep 2011

Cardiology News and Research

Latest Cardiology News and Research

Cedars-Sinai to co-sponsor World Stem Cell Summit

Enrollment begins in Boston Scientific's vagal nerve stimulation trial for heart failure

Cardiac Dimensions' enhanced version of CARILLON system receives CE Mark approval

Review of stroke treatment could save lives

Stroke risk increases with even small rises in blood pressure

Tobacco companies deliberately kept findings of cancer-causing radioactive particles from the public

Plausible way to circumvent drug resistance in breast cancer cells

Intensive blood glucose control therapy provides no added benefit against cognitive decline in older diabetics

OUP announces new publishing partnership with EACTS

Three papers reveal structure and workings of G protein-coupled receptors

ACRO releases statement on World Heart Day

Genetic variant may increase severity of coronary artery disease in patients with diabetes

HHS awards prevention funds with Community Transformation Grants

Study reports positive effect of RESPeRATE on CHF patients

People with prehypertension have higher risk of experiencing future stroke

Cincinnati Children's to conduct first pediatric migraine medicine clinical trial

Valeant's colesevelam New Drug Submission for hypercholesterolemia receives Canadian approval

Congress must not make cuts to crucial government-funded aging research

Top medical research organisations call EU for urgent clinical trial reforms

Long-term morbidity and mortality of NAFLD patients with advanced fibrosis, cirrhosis

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