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Low levels of 'good' cholesterol common among people in Latin America and the Caribbean

Low levels of HDL cholesterol, the so-called 'good' cholesterol, are the most common lipid disorder in countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, a new meta-analysis published in eLife shows.

18 Aug 2020

Diabetes-related complications increase with elevated levels of heart failure marker

Healthy people - especially women - with elevated levels of the heart failure marker NT-proBNP have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

18 Aug 2020

Shielding stem cells with novel biomaterial can reduce heart attack damage

Bioengineers and surgeons from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) have shown that shielding stem cells with a novel biomaterial improves the cells' ability to heal heart injuries caused by heart attacks.

18 Aug 2020

Study: Cold weather is responsible for almost all temperature-related deaths

With the number of extreme weather days rising around the globe in recent years due to global warming, it is no surprise that there has been an upward trend in hospital visits and admissions for injuries caused by high heat over the last several years.

18 Aug 2020

Increased fructose intake during pregnancy can affect metabolism of offspring

An increased level of fructose intake during pregnancy can cause significant changes in maternal metabolic function and milk composition and alter the metabolism of their offspring, researchers from the University of Otago, Wellington, have found.

18 Aug 2020

New scientific method approved for measuring procyanidins and flavanols in cocoa and chocolate products

AOAC INTERNATIONAL today announced the approval of a new scientific method for measuring flavanols and procyanidins in cocoa powders, cocoa liquors, chocolates and cocoa extracts.

18 Aug 2020

Calcified plaque in the arteries better predicts future heart attacks than strokes

The amount of calcified plaque in the heart's arteries is a better predictor of future heart attacks than of strokes, with similar findings across sex and racial groups, according to new research from UT Southwestern.

18 Aug 2020

Study shows how aging fat cells lead to lifestyle diseases

No matter how much we try and fight it, aging is a part of life. High cholesterol, diabetes, and fatty liver, the collection of conditions referred to as lifestyle diseases, all become more commonplace as we get older.

18 Aug 2020

Identifying Alzheimer’s risk factors in young people

News-Medical speaks to the Alzheimer's association about their research which looked at risk factors that could aid in the early detection of Alzheimer's.

18 Aug 2020

Study reports potential therapeutic target for lethal heart defect in children

When children are born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), they require a series of major surgical procedures to survive. But even with a repaired heart, as many as one in four children die from complications before age 25.

18 Aug 2020

Link not found between child sexual abuse and telomere length

Researchers and medical experts have long known that child sexual abuse has profoundly negative effects on the health of survivors; however, an international team of researchers was not able to find a link between the abuse and telomere length, considered an indicator of cellular aging and health.

17 Aug 2020

Fecal shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in big cats at the Bronx Zoo

Researchers studying tigers and lions at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) Bronx Zoo in New York City have studied the first known cases in the United States of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) being naturally transmitted from humans to animals.

17 Aug 2020

Smartphones could be used to detect Type 2 diabetes

Researchers at UC San Francisco have developed a "digital biomarker" that would use a smartphone's built-in camera to detect Type 2 diabetes - one of the world's top causes of disease and death - potentially providing a low-cost, in-home alternative to blood draws and clinic-based screening tools.

17 Aug 2020

New study finds a connection between traffic noise and obesity

Transport noise is a major problem in Europe, with over 100 million people living in areas where road traffic noise exceeds levels greater than 55dB, the health-based threshold set by the EU.

17 Aug 2020

New research offers hope for treating Parkinson's disease

The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has published, on August 12, the results of a research project conducted jointly by Cardiocentro Ticino and the EOC Neurocentro, which delivers a message of hope in the fight against Parkinson's disease, as well as providing encouraging news for the USI Faculty of Biomedical Sciences.

17 Aug 2020

Women investigators can attract more women patients in heart failure clinical trials

While about a quarter of physicians and researchers working in advanced heart failure (HF) and transplant cardiology are women, representation of women leading HF research remains limited, according to new research led by Penn Medicine.

17 Aug 2020

COVID-19 crisis could offer valuable insights for climate change mitigation efforts

The dynamics of the current COVID-19 pandemic could offer valuable insights for the efforts to mitigate climate change.

15 Aug 2020

Loughborough expert predicts how COVID-19 will impact the birth weight of babies

Being pregnant is a wonderful experience, but at the same it can be incredibly stressful - throw a global pandemic into the mix and those nine months may see an expecting mother go from happy and joyful, to fearful and concerned.

15 Aug 2020

Scientists hope to find clues about how life emerged by tinkering with its oldest components

"I'm fascinated with life, and that's why I want to break it."

15 Aug 2020

Cardiovascular risk factors may impact COVID-19 outcomes

COVID-19 patients with cardiovascular comorbidities or risk factors are more likely to develop cardiovascular complications while hospitalized, and more likely to die from COVID-19 infection, according to a new study published August 14, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Jolanda Sabatino of Universita degli Studi Magna Graecia di Catanzaro, Italy, and colleagues.

14 Aug 2020

Heart Disease News and Research

Latest Heart Disease News and Research

Low levels of 'good' cholesterol common among people in Latin America and the Caribbean

Diabetes-related complications increase with elevated levels of heart failure marker

Shielding stem cells with novel biomaterial can reduce heart attack damage

Study: Cold weather is responsible for almost all temperature-related deaths

Increased fructose intake during pregnancy can affect metabolism of offspring

New scientific method approved for measuring procyanidins and flavanols in cocoa and chocolate products

Calcified plaque in the arteries better predicts future heart attacks than strokes

Study shows how aging fat cells lead to lifestyle diseases

Identifying Alzheimer’s risk factors in young people

Study reports potential therapeutic target for lethal heart defect in children

Link not found between child sexual abuse and telomere length

Fecal shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in big cats at the Bronx Zoo

Smartphones could be used to detect Type 2 diabetes

New study finds a connection between traffic noise and obesity

New research offers hope for treating Parkinson's disease

Women investigators can attract more women patients in heart failure clinical trials

COVID-19 crisis could offer valuable insights for climate change mitigation efforts

Loughborough expert predicts how COVID-19 will impact the birth weight of babies

Scientists hope to find clues about how life emerged by tinkering with its oldest components

Cardiovascular risk factors may impact COVID-19 outcomes

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