Cardiovascular Disease News and Research

Latest Cardiovascular Disease News and Research

Heart attacks more severe in the morning: Study

Heart attacks are more dangerous in the morning than at any other time of day, research has shown. The study has shown that compared with other times, patients who had an attack between 6am and noon suffered around 20% more damage to their hearts. Researchers say this pattern is thought to be linked to circadian rhythms, the 24-hour “body clock” processes that influence many biological functions including blood pressure.

28 Apr 2011

Non-communicable diseases responsible for more than half of deaths worldwide, WHO report says

Chronic and non-communicable illnesses, such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease, are at epidemic proportions and cause more deaths worldwide than all other diseases combined, the WHO said in a report released Wednesday, Reuters reports.

28 Apr 2011

Study finds prevalence of low vitamin D status among obese adolescents

A new study from Hasbro Children's Hospital has found that most obese adolescents are lacking in vitamin D.

28 Apr 2011

Blueberries may help fight obesity

Recently a study out of the Texas Women's University looked at whether blueberries with their high polyphenol content could help in fighting obesity. Blueberries after all have already been cited as having positive health effects on other conditions like cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome. The study was conducted in Petri dishes (not live animals) using a blueberry polyphenol extract and tissue cultures from mice.

27 Apr 2011

BioInvent, ThromboGenics initiate TB-402 Phase IIb trial for VTE prophylaxis

ThromboGenics NV and co-development partner BioInvent International announce today that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase IIb trial with their novel long-acting anticoagulant TB-402 for the prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism after total hip surgery.

27 Apr 2011

Study finds gender difference in immune responses to PTSD

Men and women had starkly different immune system responses to chronic post-traumatic stress disorder, with men showing no response and women showing a strong response, in two studies by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.

27 Apr 2011

Too much TV raises risk of narrow eye blood vessels and heart disease in kids

A new study has shown that children who spend more time in front of television and computer screens and less in outdoor physical activity have narrower blood vessels in their eyes. In adults, constricted blood vessels in the eyes have been linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.

26 Apr 2011

Pharmacyclics receives Servier's $7 million milestone payment for HDAC inhibitor

Pharmacyclics, Inc. announced today that it has received a $7 million milestone payment for its histone deacetylase inhibitor, PCI-24781 / S 78454 from Les Laboratoires Servier based on an ex-US collaboration agreement signed in April of 2009.

26 Apr 2011

African-American couples with HIV can benefit from health promotion interventions

Interventions to promote healthy behaviors, including eating more fruits and vegetables, increasing physical activity, and participating in cancer screenings, as well as prevention of HIV/sexually transmitted diseases, appear beneficial for African-American couples who are at high risk for chronic diseases, especially if one of the individuals is living with HIV.

26 Apr 2011

Alkem, Karo Bio partner to license eprotirome

Karo Bio has entered into a collaboration and license agreement with the Indian pharmaceutical company Alkem Laboratories Ltd.

26 Apr 2011

New discoveries in stem-cell technology

A scientist at the Gladstone Institutes has made two significant stem-cell discoveries that advance medicine and human health by creating powerful new approaches for using stem cells and stem-cell-like technology.

26 Apr 2011

Study: HIV infection linked to increased risk of heart failure

Patients with HIV infection without a prior history of coronary heart disease may be at a higher risk of developing heart failure, according to a report in the April 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

26 Apr 2011

Adults with PTSD and history of childhood trauma have shorter telomeres

Adults with post-traumatic stress disorder and a history of childhood trauma had significantly shorter telomere length than those with PTSD but without childhood trauma, in a study by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.

25 Apr 2011

MonoSol Rx, KemPharm enter development and commercialization partnership for ADHD prodrug

MonoSol Rx, LLC, the developer of PharmFilm® drug delivery technology, today announced that the Company has entered into a development and commercialization partnership with KemPharm, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of new, safer therapies for the treatment of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), pain, and cardiovascular disease.

25 Apr 2011

POZEN, AstraZeneca file lawsuit against Dr. Reddy's for patent infringement relating to VIMOVO

POZEN Inc., a pharmaceutical company committed to transforming medicine that transforms lives, today announced that it and AstraZeneca filed a lawsuit against Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (Dr. Reddy's) in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,926,907 relating to VIMOVO™ (naproxen / esomeprazole magnesium) delayed-release tablets.

25 Apr 2011

New book on aging

Aging is a natural part of life. From the minute we are born we are heading in one certain direction: towards death. That said, it is possible to arrive at that ultimate destination graceful and vital to our last days rather than chronically ill suffering from one or many debilitating illnesses.

25 Apr 2011

Free CME course on cardiovascular disease to be held in Phoenix, Arizona

A Continuing Medical Education workshop, "Beating Cardiovascular Disease: Understanding the meaning and value of key risk factors, will be hosted in Phoenix, Arizona on May 14, 2011 by Dr. Sam Fillingane.

25 Apr 2011

Human placenta plays an active role in serotonin synthesis

Research at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California's Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute shows for the first time that the human placenta plays an active role in synthesizing serotonin, paving the way to new treatment strategies that could mitigate health impacts such as cardiovascular disease and mental illness.

22 Apr 2011

Elderly individuals with CKD more likely to suffer from heart disease

Chronic kidney disease is common and linked with heart disease in the very elderly, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology.

22 Apr 2011

Sedentary lifestyle in childhood narrows vessels in the retina and increases risk of cardiovascular disease

Six-year-olds who spent the most time watching television, using a computer or playing video games had narrower arteries in the back of their eyes — a marker of future cardiovascular risk, in a first-of-its-kind study reported in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology: Journal of the American Heart Association.

21 Apr 2011