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Pandemic forced insurers to pay for in-home treatments. Will they disappear?

After seven days as an inpatient for complications related to heart problems, Glenn Shanoski was initially hesitant when doctors suggested in early April that he could cut his hospital stay short and recover at home — with high-tech 24-hour monitoring and daily visits from medical teams.

23 Jun 2020

The hidden deaths of the COVID pandemic

Sara Wittner had seemingly gotten her life back under control. After a December relapse in her battle with drug addiction, the 32-year-old completed a 30-day detox program and started taking a monthly injection to block her cravings for opioids.

23 Jun 2020

Researchers discover key protein that can reduce damage caused by heart attack

In a heart attack, a series of biochemical processes leave the heart damaged, much like a car after an accident.

23 Jun 2020

Research shows females use anti-inflammatory T cells to maintain their blood pressure

In the face of a multipronged front to drive blood pressure up, including a high-salt diet, females are better able to keep their pressure down by increasing levels of a T cell that selectively dials back inflammation, scientists say.

23 Jun 2020

Researchers develop method to assess mitochondrial respiration in frozen tissues

Scientists led by Dr. Orian Shirihai, director of the metabolism theme at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, have developed a method for restoring oxygen-consumption activity to previously frozen mitochondria samples, even years after they have been collected.

23 Jun 2020

Cardiac care in the era of COVID-19

As Cedars-Sinai expands telehealth and video visits and resumes surgeries, Joanna Chikwe, MD, chair of the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the Smidt Heart Institute, has her focus on one thing: ensuring that patients with heart disease understand it is safe to be seen, and treated, by Cedars-Sinai healthcare teams.

22 Jun 2020

Researchers identify mouse model that mimics HFpEF syndrome in humans

A receptor that plays an essential role in safely clearing chronic unresolved cardiac inflammation may offer new targets for treating an increasing type of heart failure associated with age-related obesity, suggests a preclinical study led by researchers at the University of South Florida Health Heart Institute, Morsani College of Medicine.

22 Jun 2020

Scientists show how harmless adenovirus disrupts the heart's electrical signaling

Adenovirus, which typically can cause a common cold, has a far more dangerous impact if it reaches the heart.

22 Jun 2020

Insight into merits and limitations of direct reprogramming strategies for cardiac regeneration

Direct reprogramming or Transdifferentiation is a way of inducing changes in the cell type from one lineage into another lineage, bypassing pluripotency.

22 Jun 2020

New, five-minute urine test measures the health of a person's diet

Scientists have completed large-scale tests on a new type of five-minute urine test that measures the health of a person's diet, and produces an individual's unique urine 'fingerprint'.

22 Jun 2020

Simple blood test found to accurately diagnose and classify brain tumors

A simple but highly sensitive blood test has been found to accurately diagnose and classify different types of brain tumors, resulting in more accurate diagnosis, less invasive methods and better treatment planning for patients, in the future.

22 Jun 2020

Hormone involved in obesity could increase the risk for sepsis infection

A group of scientists from Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, led by Luís Moita, discovered that a hormone that has been pointed out as a treatment for obesity reduces the resistance to infection caused by bacteria and is a risk factor for sepsis.

22 Jun 2020

Little-used measure of good cholesterol can predict heart attack and stroke risk

For decades, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol has been dubbed "good cholesterol" because of its role in moving fats and other cholesterol molecules out of artery walls.

22 Jun 2020

Researchers develop new technique to print electronic sensors directly on organs

In groundbreaking new research, mechanical engineers and computer scientists at the University of Minnesota have developed a 3D printing technique that uses motion capture technology, similar to that used in Hollywood movies, to print electronic sensors directly on organs that are expanding and contracting.

22 Jun 2020

Simulation model reveals how sugary drink tax designs could impact health gains, costs

A simulation model of different designs of taxes on sugary drinks, which are linked to obesity, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes, suggests that all tax designs would generate substantial health gains as well as lower health costs in the U.S., according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's flagship journal Circulation.

22 Jun 2020

How those with obsessive-compulsive disorder cope with added angst of COVID

Before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in the United States, Chris Trondsen felt his life was finally under control. As someone who has battled obsessive-compulsive disorder and other mental health issues since early childhood, it's been a long journey.

22 Jun 2020

GlobalData: Further research into MIS-C could reveal how COVID-19 affects the immune system

Some children have developed a severe inflammatory response due to COVID-19 infection that appears similar to Kawasaki disease.

22 Jun 2020

Scottish biotech Invizius seeks Series A funding for breakthrough in dialysis treatment

Scottish biotech firm Invizius, which has developed a technology aimed at reducing long-term side effects and health complications from dialysis treatment, is seeking Series A funding after undergoing promising safety trials.

22 Jun 2020

Unexpected discovery helps explain fundamental mystery about how muscles work

Researchers at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association developed a mouse model that enables them to look inside a working muscle and identify the proteins that allow the sarcomere to contract, relax, communicate its energy needs, and adapt to exercise.

21 Jun 2020

The underlying cause of ethnic differences in COVID-19 remains unexplained

Higher rates of severe COVID-19 infections in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) populations are not explained by socioeconomic or behavioral factors, cardiovascular disease risk, or by vitamin D status, according to new research led by Queen Mary University of London.

21 Jun 2020

Cardiology News and Research

Latest Cardiology News and Research

Pandemic forced insurers to pay for in-home treatments. Will they disappear?

The hidden deaths of the COVID pandemic

Researchers discover key protein that can reduce damage caused by heart attack

Research shows females use anti-inflammatory T cells to maintain their blood pressure

Researchers develop method to assess mitochondrial respiration in frozen tissues

Cardiac care in the era of COVID-19

Researchers identify mouse model that mimics HFpEF syndrome in humans

Scientists show how harmless adenovirus disrupts the heart's electrical signaling

Insight into merits and limitations of direct reprogramming strategies for cardiac regeneration

New, five-minute urine test measures the health of a person's diet

Simple blood test found to accurately diagnose and classify brain tumors

Hormone involved in obesity could increase the risk for sepsis infection

Little-used measure of good cholesterol can predict heart attack and stroke risk

Researchers develop new technique to print electronic sensors directly on organs

Simulation model reveals how sugary drink tax designs could impact health gains, costs

How those with obsessive-compulsive disorder cope with added angst of COVID

GlobalData: Further research into MIS-C could reveal how COVID-19 affects the immune system

Scottish biotech Invizius seeks Series A funding for breakthrough in dialysis treatment

Unexpected discovery helps explain fundamental mystery about how muscles work

The underlying cause of ethnic differences in COVID-19 remains unexplained

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