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Two gene mutations associated with increased risk of developing eating disorders

Eating disorders like anorexia nervosa and bulimia often run in families, but identifying specific genes that increase a person's risk for these complex disorders has proved difficult.

9 Oct 2013

Extremely high level intensity of Tabata-style workouts may be effective for cardio fitness

Can an effective cardiovascular workout be done in 20 minutes or less? Depending on level of intensity, yes it can, according to a recent study of Tabata-style workouts commissioned by American Council on Exercise (ACE).

9 Oct 2013

EGS announced that enrollment for RESPECT study has surpassed company's original target

EndoGastric Solutions (EGS), the leader in endoluminal reconstructive treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), announced today that enrollment for the RESPECT study (Randomized EsophyX vs. Sham/Placebo Controlled Trial) is complete and has surpassed the company's original target of 120 patients.

9 Oct 2013

Alnylam advances Development Candidate for ALN-AS1 for treatment of hepatic porphyrias

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY), a leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today that it is advancing its Development Candidate for ALN-AS1, an RNAi therapeutic targeting aminolevulinate synthase-1 (ALAS-1) for the treatment of hepatic porphyrias including acute intermittent porphyria (AIP).

9 Oct 2013

Acorda Therapeutics initiates second clinical trial of Glial Growth Factor 2 in heart failure patients

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACOR) today announced that the first patient has been enrolled in the second clinical trial of Glial Growth Factor 2 (GGF2). This Phase 1b single-infusion trial in people with heart failure will assess tolerability of three dose levels of GGF2, and also includes several explorative measures of efficacy.

9 Oct 2013

Bipolar disorder ‘distinct’ from borderline personality disorder

Researchers say that there are clear clinical differences between depressed patients with bipolar II disorder and those with borderline personality disorder, which supports the two being treated as distinct conditions.

8 Oct 2013

Retirement a sticking point for antihypertensive adherence

Patients’ adherence to their antihypertensive medication may decline when they retire from work, a study shows.

8 Oct 2013

First Edition: October 8, 2013

Today's headlines include the latest on how the health law's online insurance marketplaces are operating and what caused the initial systemic problems.

8 Oct 2013

Publication provides update on the origins and causes of anxiety disorders

Anxiety disorders are not uncommon and are often 'comorbid' with other forms of mental disorders. This publication provides an update on the origins and the causes of anxiety disorders and their related symptoms.

8 Oct 2013

CARUNDA24: A non-invasive continuous blood pressure measurement system

Freienbach, Switzerland: About 1 in 4 people in Switzerland suffer from high blood pressure; worldwide more than 1 billion people are affected increasing the risk of heart attack, cerebral haemorrhage or a stroke. Unfortunately, most affected people don't measure their blood pressure regularly as the measurement method is too complicated and uncomfortable to be part of a daily routine.

8 Oct 2013

Personalised therapy can reduce risk of cardiac disease among diabetes patients

600,000 to 800,000 Austrians suffer from diabetes mellitus. Thanks to the biomarker known as NT-proBNP (a hormone specific to the heart), the sub-group of people who are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease can be determined even though their hearts appear to be healthy.

8 Oct 2013

Blocking pathway might prevent esophageal cancer in patients with existing Barrett's esophagus

Got heartburn? More than 60 million adults in the U.S. have acid reflux, or heartburn, and approximately 10 percent are at risk for developing esophageal cancer, due in part to complications from Barrett's esophagus.

8 Oct 2013

Lone atrial fibrillation in children has substantial symptomatic burden, recurrence rate

Atrial fibrillation (AF), characterized by a rapid and irregular heartbeat, is the most common chronic arrhythmia in adults, but is rare in children. In one of the first studies of pediatric "lone AF" (AF without associated heart disease), researchers found a nearly 40% recurrence rate and that AF in the young is accompanied by substantial symptoms.

8 Oct 2013

New medications may be used to treat common heart-rhythm problem

An international research team led by medical scientists at the University of Alberta has shown that new medications based on resveratrol - a compound found in red wine and nuts - may be used to treat a common heart-rhythm problem known as atrial fibrillation.

8 Oct 2013

PET scan shows promise in predicting patients with inoperable lung cancer

Advanced imaging with Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scan shows great promise in predicting which patients with inoperable lung cancer have more aggressive tumors and need additional treatment following standard chemotherapy/radiation therapy, according to new research recently published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

8 Oct 2013

Obama asks Americans to give exchanges and Obamacare time to work

President Barack Obama defended the problem-plagued rollout of the health law's insurance exchanges late last week. In an interview with The Associated Press, he asked Americans to not give up on changes the law is making and to give it time to work.

8 Oct 2013

Grandmothers can lower their stress levels with biofeedback device

In a pilot study by Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, 20 grandmothers were able to lower their stress levels with a biofeedback device that tracks breathing patterns.

8 Oct 2013

Parasites in patients who relapse after leishmaniasis treatment may have greater infectivity

Relapses after treatment for Leishmania infection may be due to a greater infectivity of the parasite rather than drug resistance, as has been previously thought, according to a study published in mBio-, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

8 Oct 2013

Noncardiac surgery after recent coronary stent linked with increased risk of adverse cardiac events

Emergency surgery and advanced cardiac disease are risk factors for major adverse cardiac events (MACE) after noncardiac surgery in patients with recent coronary stent implantation, according to a study published by JAMA.

8 Oct 2013

Babies born to moms who smoked when pregnant have increased risk of nicotine addiction in adulthood

Adult women whose mothers had increased levels of stress hormones while they were pregnant are at greater risk of becoming addicted to nicotine, according to a new study led by a Miriam Hospital researcher.

8 Oct 2013

Heart Disease News and Research

Latest Heart Disease News and Research

Two gene mutations associated with increased risk of developing eating disorders

Extremely high level intensity of Tabata-style workouts may be effective for cardio fitness

EGS announced that enrollment for RESPECT study has surpassed company's original target

Alnylam advances Development Candidate for ALN-AS1 for treatment of hepatic porphyrias

Acorda Therapeutics initiates second clinical trial of Glial Growth Factor 2 in heart failure patients

Bipolar disorder ‘distinct’ from borderline personality disorder

Retirement a sticking point for antihypertensive adherence

First Edition: October 8, 2013

Publication provides update on the origins and causes of anxiety disorders

CARUNDA24: A non-invasive continuous blood pressure measurement system

Personalised therapy can reduce risk of cardiac disease among diabetes patients

Blocking pathway might prevent esophageal cancer in patients with existing Barrett's esophagus

Lone atrial fibrillation in children has substantial symptomatic burden, recurrence rate

New medications may be used to treat common heart-rhythm problem

PET scan shows promise in predicting patients with inoperable lung cancer

Obama asks Americans to give exchanges and Obamacare time to work

Grandmothers can lower their stress levels with biofeedback device

Parasites in patients who relapse after leishmaniasis treatment may have greater infectivity

Noncardiac surgery after recent coronary stent linked with increased risk of adverse cardiac events

Babies born to moms who smoked when pregnant have increased risk of nicotine addiction in adulthood

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Heart Disease News and Research

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