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Overweight, obese workers more likely to take sick leave, study shows

Obese Spanish workers take more sick leave than their healthy weight colleagues, according to research in more than 174 000 employees presented today at EuroPrevent 2017.

8 Apr 2017

VUMC reaches major milestone by completing 1,000 heart transplantations

Surgeons at Vanderbilt University Medical Center performed five heart transplants in four days to place the institution among an elite group of transplant centers in the country - reaching 1,000 heart transplantations.

7 Apr 2017

Immunologists discover how rescue proteins delay ‘executioner’ machinery that kills damaged cells

A research team led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital immunologists has discovered how a set of proteins delays the "executioner" machinery that kills damaged or infected cells in a process called necroptosis.

7 Apr 2017

Study offers new hope for early attack against Alzheimer's

Catch it early. Those are watchwords in the battle against a host of illnesses, from heart disease to cancer to Type 2 diabetes.

7 Apr 2017

The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano achieves major milestone with 1,000th robotic surgery

Surgeons on the medical staff at The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano* achieved a major milestone when they performed that hospital's 1,000th robotic surgery March 31, nearly six years after initiating the program in November 2011.

7 Apr 2017

Greater body surface area linked to increased risk of atrial fibrillation in women

Big women have a nearly threefold greater risk of atrial fibrillation than small women, according to research presented today at EuroPrevent 2017. The study included 1.5 million women who were followed-up for more than 30 years.

7 Apr 2017

Researchers identify molecular switch that converts skin cells into blood vessel cells

Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago have identified a molecular switch that converts skin cells into cells that make up blood vessels, which could ultimately be used to repair damaged vessels in patients with heart disease or to engineer new vasculature in the lab.

7 Apr 2017

Study compares burden of adverse events in patients implanted with HeartMate 3 and Heartmate II

A six-month analysis of the pivotal MOMENTUM 3 trial found that patients implanted with the new HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist system (LVAS) had fewer adverse clotting and bleeding events than patients implanted with the control, HeartMate II LVAS.

7 Apr 2017

Bielefeld University launches five new medical research projects

Bielefeld University is strengthening its cooperations in medical research. In five new projects, scientists at the university are cooperating with the University hospitals of the Ruhr University of Bochum in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe region.

7 Apr 2017

Muscle genetics plays crucial role in success of marathon runners, study shows

For a few years, running has been fashionable. But there is a great difference between the physical demands of running a few kilometres and doing a marathon. Now Spanish researchers have concluded that genetics plays an essential role in success when completing this long distance.

6 Apr 2017

Expert encourages cardiologists to continue using conventional drug-eluting stents

In a New England Journal of Medicine editorial published last week, Debabrata Mukherjee, M.D., provides expert commentary on bioresorbable stents, an alternative to the traditional stents used in patients with cardiac conditions.

6 Apr 2017

Endocrine Society’s new Scientific Statement offers guidance to spot hormonal causes of hypertension

A new Scientific Statement issued by the Endocrine Society advises healthcare providers on ways to spot hormonal causes of high blood pressure that can be cured with surgery or treated effectively with medication.

6 Apr 2017

Growth factors in cord blood may help identify preemies at risk for fatal lung disease

Findings published in the Journal of Pediatrics describe growth factors in cord blood that may identify premature infants at risk for bronchopulmonary dysplasia-associated pulmonary hypertension (BPD-PH) – an often fatal lung disease in which the vessels carrying blood from the heart to the lungs become narrowed and dysfunctional.

6 Apr 2017

Urinary biomarkers may help identify OSA in children with Down syndrome

A study from Massachusetts General Hospital investigators raises the possibility of identifying children with Down syndrome who may also have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) without the need for expensive and inconvenient sleep studies.

6 Apr 2017

Tumor necrosis factor may help control blood pressure, study suggests

Investigators at the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research have discovered a surprising new role for tumor necrosis factor (TNF): namely, that it is a major regulator of small blood vessel function, the key determinant of blood pressure. The study is published online today in Nature Communications.

6 Apr 2017

Metabolic syndrome is the new 'silent killer', warn researchers

For decades, American waistlines have been expanding and there is increasing cause for alarm. Researchers from the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University make the case that metabolic syndrome -- a cluster of three of more risk factors that include abdominal obesity, high triglycerides, high blood pressure, abnormal lipids, and insulin resistance, a precursor of type 2 diabetes -- is the new "silent killer," analogous to hypertension in the 1970s.

6 Apr 2017

Heart Disease News and Research

Latest Heart Disease News and Research

Overweight, obese workers more likely to take sick leave, study shows

VUMC reaches major milestone by completing 1,000 heart transplantations

Immunologists discover how rescue proteins delay ‘executioner’ machinery that kills damaged cells

Study offers new hope for early attack against Alzheimer's

The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano achieves major milestone with 1,000th robotic surgery

Greater body surface area linked to increased risk of atrial fibrillation in women

Researchers identify molecular switch that converts skin cells into blood vessel cells

Study compares burden of adverse events in patients implanted with HeartMate 3 and Heartmate II

Bielefeld University launches five new medical research projects

Muscle genetics plays crucial role in success of marathon runners, study shows

Expert encourages cardiologists to continue using conventional drug-eluting stents

Endocrine Society’s new Scientific Statement offers guidance to spot hormonal causes of hypertension

Growth factors in cord blood may help identify preemies at risk for fatal lung disease

Urinary biomarkers may help identify OSA in children with Down syndrome

Tumor necrosis factor may help control blood pressure, study suggests

Metabolic syndrome is the new 'silent killer', warn researchers

Study shows the aging brain has trouble generating brain waves required for deep sleep

Are we sleeping less than we used to?

European Commission releases two new Patient Blood Management guides

Study measures effect of ‘weight cycling’ on health outcomes in people with pre-existing heart disease

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