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Blood clotting treatment algorithms help decrease transfusion requirements in cardiac surgery patients

In patients who undergo cardiac surgery, severe perioperative bleeding and its treatment are often associated with increases in major cardiac and non-cardiac adverse events and greater mortality. A study from the September issue of Anesthesiology determined certain blood clotting treatment algorithms helped decrease blood transfusion requirements in cardiac surgery patients and were associated with improved outcomes and hospital cost-savings.

23 Aug 2012

Power Over Pressure steering committee launches world's first hypertension online resource

The Power Over Pressure steering committee today announced the launch of the world's first online resource created to help healthcare professionals improve diagnosis and develop solutions for treatment-resistant hypertension, an urgent and growing public health issue that affects 120 million people worldwide.

23 Aug 2012

Statin's potency may cause muscle problems in patients with cardiovascular disease

A study from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, published August 22 online by PLoS ONE, reports that muscle problems reported by patients taking statins were related to the strength or potency of the given cholesterol-lowering drugs.

23 Aug 2012

Laminin-111 protein therapy could treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy

A novel treatment in development at the University of Nevada School of Medicine for the most common form of muscular dystrophy is advancing towards human trials with a $308,000 boost from the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

23 Aug 2012

NIH awards $100,000 STTR Phase I Grant to Transgenomic for pancreatic cancer research

Transgenomic, Inc. today announced it has been awarded a $100,000 Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR) Phase I Grant by the National Institutes of Health's National Center For Advancing Translational Sciences.

23 Aug 2012

Downward trend for heart failure in Canada

The incidence of heart failure in Ontario, Canada, substantially decreased between 1997 and 2008, a study suggests.

22 Aug 2012

Common diabetes treatment may cause bladder cancer

A commonly used diabetes treatment may increase patients’ risk for bladder cancer, show US study findings.

22 Aug 2012

Ventricular factors linked to early and late post-cardiac surgery mortality

Increased left ventricular mass index predicts perioperative mortality in patients undergoing cardiac surgery, while a decreased fractional area of contraction in the left ventricle is linked to 1-year mortality, US scientists have found.

22 Aug 2012

Non-righthandedness increased in BD patients

Patients with bipolar disorder are around twice as likely to be non-righthanded as mentally healthy individuals, study results show.

22 Aug 2012

Evidence stacks up against bisphenol A

High levels of urinary bisphenol A may be linked to severe coronary artery stenosis, report researchers in PLoS One.

22 Aug 2012

CKD may raise stroke, bleeding risk in AF patients

Danish study results show that the presence of chronic kidney disease appears to raise the risk for stroke, systemic thromboembolism, and bleeding among patients with atrial fibrillation.

22 Aug 2012

Blood cells returned to stem cell state by Johns Hopkins researchers

Johns Hopkins scientists have developed a reliable method to turn the clock back on blood cells, restoring them to a primitive stem cell state from which they can then develop into any other type of cell in the body.

22 Aug 2012

Miniaturized wireless sensors can save lives of wounded soldiers

Early detection of blood loss to save the lives of soldiers wounded on the battlefield is the goal of a three-year research and development project to be launched this fall at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Funded by a $1.9 million grant from the U.S. Army, the research will be conducted in collaboration with the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS).

22 Aug 2012

FDA warns consumers about potential health risks of two natural dietary supplements

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a new warning to consumers about the potential health risks of two products marketed as natural dietary supplements for treating arthritis, muscle pain, osteoporosis, bone cancer, and other conditions.

22 Aug 2012

Study uses cardiac CT to detect presence of blocked arteries in older marathoners

A study of marathon participants older than 50 years of age has found similar temporary effects as those found in runners between 18 and 40 years of age. Any cardiac abnormalities during a marathon disappear within a week after completing a race.

22 Aug 2012

UI Hospital receives Medtronic Foundation grant to coordinate Illinois Heart Rescue

The University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System has received a $2.5 million grant from the Medtronic Foundation to coordinate Illinois Heart Rescue, an ambitious statewide all-volunteer effort to more than double survival from sudden cardiac arrests in Illinois.

From Medtronic 22 Aug 2012

Coronary artery calcium tool proves effective in detecting risk of cardiovascular disease

Heart calcium scans are far superior to other assessment tools in predicting the development of cardiovascular disease in individuals currently classified at intermediate risk by their doctors, according to researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

22 Aug 2012

ICUS applauds FDA's decision to modify U.S. product label for OPTISON ultrasound contrast agent

The International Contrast Ultrasound Society (ICUS) today applauded the FDA's decision to modify the U.S. product label for OPTISON, an ultrasound contrast agent used to improve the accuracy of radiation-free ultrasound scans.

22 Aug 2012

OBI’s Oxycyte improves imaging of penumbra following acute ischemic stroke

Oxygen Biotherapeutics, Inc., announced today that recent research conducted by its partner, Aurum Biosciences, Glasgow, Scotland, has shown that Oxycyte, OBI's proprietary perfluorocarbon-based intravenous emulsion, improves imaging of the penumbra following acute ischemic stroke in a rat model.

22 Aug 2012

Corporate power presents a major threat to public health

Professor Gerard Hastings from the Institute for Social Marketing at the University of Stirling argues that marketing by multinational corporations "threatens our mental wellbeing, exacerbates inequalities, and encourages unsustainable consumption."

22 Aug 2012

Heart Disease News and Research

Latest Heart Disease News and Research

Blood clotting treatment algorithms help decrease transfusion requirements in cardiac surgery patients

Power Over Pressure steering committee launches world's first hypertension online resource

Statin's potency may cause muscle problems in patients with cardiovascular disease

Laminin-111 protein therapy could treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy

NIH awards $100,000 STTR Phase I Grant to Transgenomic for pancreatic cancer research

Downward trend for heart failure in Canada

Common diabetes treatment may cause bladder cancer

Ventricular factors linked to early and late post-cardiac surgery mortality

Non-righthandedness increased in BD patients

Evidence stacks up against bisphenol A

CKD may raise stroke, bleeding risk in AF patients

Blood cells returned to stem cell state by Johns Hopkins researchers

Miniaturized wireless sensors can save lives of wounded soldiers

FDA warns consumers about potential health risks of two natural dietary supplements

Study uses cardiac CT to detect presence of blocked arteries in older marathoners

UI Hospital receives Medtronic Foundation grant to coordinate Illinois Heart Rescue

Coronary artery calcium tool proves effective in detecting risk of cardiovascular disease

ICUS applauds FDA's decision to modify U.S. product label for OPTISON ultrasound contrast agent

OBI’s Oxycyte improves imaging of penumbra following acute ischemic stroke

Corporate power presents a major threat to public health

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