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Investigators link acute viral infections to development of COPD

Investigators at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have described another link in the chain of events that connect acute viral infections to the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

16 Aug 2013

As the health law reshapes the marketplace, concerns emerge

Many of the plans [offered on the new health marketplaces] will include relatively few choices of doctors and hospitals. In some cases, plans will layer on other limits, such as requirements that patients get referrals to see specialists, or obtain insurer authorization before pricey procedures.

16 Aug 2013

New chemotherapy provides positive outcomes for hard-to-treat childhood cancers with few side-effects

Children with a particularly lethal cancer could benefit from potentially life-saving treatment, following breakthrough work led by researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW).

16 Aug 2013

Researchers develop hip protector in sporty design

Norwegian researchers have developed a hip protector in a sporty design. Its looks are intended to appeal to the older people of today - who are quite particular about what they will wear.

16 Aug 2013

Director of Birmingham VA Geriatric Research receives Joseph T. Freeman Award from GSA

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) - the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging - has chosen Richard M. Allman, MD, of the Birmingham VA Medical Center and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) as the 2013 recipient of the Joseph T. Freeman Award.

16 Aug 2013

Professor receives Task Force on Minority Issues in Gerontology Outstanding Mentorship Award

The Gerontological Society of America - the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging - has chosen William E. Haley, PhD, of the University of South Florida as the 2013 recipient of the Task Force on Minority Issues in Gerontology Outstanding Mentorship Award.

16 Aug 2013

Research: Visual representation of heart contributes to self-consciousness

While we're not necessarily aware of our heartbeat, this inner rhythm actually contributes to how we experience the body, and what belongs to it, according to research recently conducted at EPFL.

16 Aug 2013

Researchers find recurrent genetic mutation linked to deadly thoracic aortic dissections

A multi-institutional team led by Dianna Milewicz, M.D., Ph.D., of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) has found a recurrent genetic mutation that has been linked to deadly thoracic aortic dissections in family members as young as 17 years of age.

16 Aug 2013

Study: Children born to obese mothers are more likely to die early as adults

Children born to obese mothers are more likely to die early as adults than those whose mothers were a normal weight, a study has found.

16 Aug 2013

Publication of death rates: an interview with Dr Kate Walker, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

The death rates of individual heart surgeons have been published in England and several US states for some years. A high profile investigation into high death rates at a certain cardiac centre motivated this in England. For other surgery types, death rates have been reported only at the hospital or trust level. NHS England’s “Everyone Counts” policy, introduced this Summer, means that outcomes of ten types of surgery will be reported at the individual surgeon level.

15 Aug 2013

Sanford-Burnham, Pfizer collaborates to identify therapeutic targets for treating obesity, diabetes

Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) announced that it has entered into a collaboration with Pfizer Inc. to identify new therapeutic targets for preventing and treating complications of obesity and diabetes.

14 Aug 2013

Gene variant linked with Mediterranean diet pattern prevents stroke

A gene variant strongly associated with development of type 2 diabetes appears to interact with a Mediterranean diet pattern to prevent stroke, report researchers from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HNRCA) at Tufts University and from the CIBER Fisiopatolog-a de la Obesidad y Nutriciόn in Spain.

14 Aug 2013

Heightened race consciousness linked to higher blood pressure in black Americans

Black patients preoccupied with racial concerns have higher blood pressure than those who aren’t, according to results of new Johns Hopkins-led research. The findings suggest that heightened race consciousness could at least in part account for the disproportionately high rate of hypertension in black Americans — the highest prevalence of any group in the United States and one of the highest rates in the world.

14 Aug 2013

UofL's Diabetes and Obesity Center receives $11.25M COBRE grant from NIH

A center created with a five-year National Institutes of Health grant at the University of Louisville in 2008 has won its second five-year grant.

14 Aug 2013

Doctors create new route to implant artificial heart valve

Doctors at Henry Ford Hospital have created a new route to the heart to implant an artificial heart valve by temporarily connecting major blood vessels that do not normally intersect.

14 Aug 2013

New findings reveal that older prisoners have unmet health and social care needs

Prisons and partner organizations must do more to provide health and social care to growing population of older prisoners.

From The University of Manchester 14 Aug 2013

New test hints 3 sodas daily hurt lifespan, reproduction in mice

When mice ate a diet of 25 percent extra sugar - the mouse equivalent of a healthy human diet plus three cans of soda daily - females died at twice the normal rate and males were a quarter less likely to hold territory and reproduce, according to a toxicity test developed at the University of Utah.

14 Aug 2013

Employers can prevent and treat cancer diseases by promoting health programs in workplace

Employers can have a significant role in improving efforts to prevent and treat diseases such as cancer by introducing and supporting health promotion programs in the workplace. Together, companies can influence health care policies and reimbursement and industry practices to support the fight against cancer.

14 Aug 2013

Early surgery offers long-term survival, lowers risk of heart failure in mitral valve regurgitation patients

Patients with severe mitral valve regurgitation who are otherwise healthy should have mitral valve repair surgery sooner rather than later, even if they feel no symptoms, a Mayo Clinic-led study by U.S. and European researchers found.

14 Aug 2013

Risk of infectious gastroenteritis and IBD relapse increases during heat wave periods

Swiss researchers report an increase risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) relapse in patients during heat wave periods. The study published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology also found an increase of infectious gastroenteritis during heat waves, with the strongest impact following a 7 day lag time after the heat wave.

14 Aug 2013

Heart Disease News and Research

Latest Heart Disease News and Research

Investigators link acute viral infections to development of COPD

As the health law reshapes the marketplace, concerns emerge

New chemotherapy provides positive outcomes for hard-to-treat childhood cancers with few side-effects

Researchers develop hip protector in sporty design

Director of Birmingham VA Geriatric Research receives Joseph T. Freeman Award from GSA

Professor receives Task Force on Minority Issues in Gerontology Outstanding Mentorship Award

Research: Visual representation of heart contributes to self-consciousness

Researchers find recurrent genetic mutation linked to deadly thoracic aortic dissections

Study: Children born to obese mothers are more likely to die early as adults

Publication of death rates: an interview with Dr Kate Walker, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Sanford-Burnham, Pfizer collaborates to identify therapeutic targets for treating obesity, diabetes

Gene variant linked with Mediterranean diet pattern prevents stroke

Heightened race consciousness linked to higher blood pressure in black Americans

UofL's Diabetes and Obesity Center receives $11.25M COBRE grant from NIH

Doctors create new route to implant artificial heart valve

New findings reveal that older prisoners have unmet health and social care needs

New test hints 3 sodas daily hurt lifespan, reproduction in mice

Employers can prevent and treat cancer diseases by promoting health programs in workplace

Early surgery offers long-term survival, lowers risk of heart failure in mitral valve regurgitation patients

Risk of infectious gastroenteritis and IBD relapse increases during heat wave periods

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