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Health facilities in low- and middle-income countries not prepared to manage noncommunicable diseases

Cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes are among the leading causes of death worldwide. A new UCLA study has found that Bangladesh, Haiti, Malawi, Nepal and Tanzania each has fewer than five health facilities that can provide the full suite of supplies and equipment, trained staff and medication that are needed to properly diagnose and treat all three diseases.

7 Aug 2018

Engineers create next-generation wristbands to monitor health, environmental exposures

Rutgers University-New Brunswick engineers have created a smart wristband with a wireless connection to smartphones that will enable a new wave of personal health and environmental monitoring devices.

7 Aug 2018

Researchers develop drug-delivery system that allows rapid response to heart attacks

Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a drug-delivery system that allows rapid response to heart attacks without surgical intervention.

7 Aug 2018

Scientists study effects of phototherapy on cardiovascular system

Light therapy is used to treat sleep disorders, depression, and seasonal mental disorders. In order to study its effects on the cardiovascular system and to make phototherapy safer for patients suffering from hypertension, experts from RUDN University were carrying out experiments on rats for five months.

7 Aug 2018

Medicaid expansion increases access to diabetes treatment

Prescriptions for diabetes medications increased in the first two years after states expanded eligibility for Medicaid as part of the Affordable Care Act, compared to states that didn't expand Medicaid.

7 Aug 2018

Red blood cells contribute to cardiovascular diseases in patients with type 2 diabetes

Harmful effects of substances secreted from red blood cells could explain the increased risk of cardiovascular diseases in patients with type 2 diabetes, the results of two new studies conducted at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden indicate.

6 Aug 2018

Study could lead to new diagnostic blood test for Kawasaki disease

For the first time, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Imperial College London, with international collaborators, have determined that Kawasaki Disease (KD) can be accurately diagnosed on the basis of the pattern of host gene expression in whole blood. The finding could lead to a diagnostic blood test to distinguish KD from other infectious and inflammatory conditions.

6 Aug 2018

Sleeping for eight hours or more may increase cardiovascular and mortality risk

Research has shown that people who sleep for more than eight hours each night are at a greater risk of mortality and cardiovascular disease than people who sleep for seven hours or less.

6 Aug 2018

Study improves understanding of preeclampsia heart damage in pregnancy

Johns Hopkins researchers say a heart imaging study of scores of pregnant women with the most severe and dangerous form of a blood pressure disorder has added to evidence that the condition - known as preeclampsia - mainly damages the heart's ability to relax between contractions, making the organ overworked and poor at pumping blood.

6 Aug 2018

Screen time associated with increased amount of sedentary behavior in children and teens

Screen time from computers, phones, tablet computers, video games, TV and other screen-based devices is associated with an increased amount of sedentary behavior in children and teens, according to a new scientific statement released by the American Heart Association and published in its journal Circulation.

6 Aug 2018

Researchers success in transplanting bioengineered human lungs into pigs

Researchers have successfully transplanted bioengineered lungs into pigs, without any complications arising.

6 Aug 2018

New high-sensitivity blood test quickly rules out heart attack in emergency room patients

A new test to assess a whether or not someone is having a heart attack upon arriving in the emergency room was safe and effective, ruling out heart attack in emergency room patients faster than a conventional method, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation.

6 Aug 2018

Abstinence from alcohol linked to dementia

A new study shows that abstinence from alcohol is linked to dementia. The study titled, “Alcohol consumption and risk of dementia: 23 year follow-up of Whitehall II cohort study,” results appear in the latest issue of the British Medical Journal.

5 Aug 2018

World's major heart surgery organizations call for effective strategies to treat rheumatic heart disease

Experts from the world's major heart surgery organizations-including The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, the Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery-are calling for urgent action to develop and implement effective strategies for treating rheumatic heart disease, which affects 33 million people and kills 320,000 annually.

3 Aug 2018

Wireless Vital Signs Monitor tracks critical health information in warfighters and civilians

A technology designed to treat injured warfighters on the battlefield is proving its worth to civilian emergency-response teams.

3 Aug 2018

Exposure to even low air pollution levels linked to changes in heart structure

A new study has shown that people exposed to levels of air pollution that are within UK guidelines undergo changes in the heart similar to heart failure.

3 Aug 2018

Hookah smoking develops cardiovascular risk factors similar to cigarette, shows study

In direct contradiction to marketing efforts claiming that hookah smoking is less hazardous to health than cigarettes, a new UCLA study published in the American Journal of Cardiology found that just a half-hour of hookah smoking resulted in the development of cardiovascular risk factors similar to what has been seen with traditional cigarette smoking.

3 Aug 2018

Doctors reckon with high rate of suicide in their ranks

Alarms go off so frequently in emergency rooms, doctors barely notice. And then a colleague is wheeled in on a gurney, clinging to life, and that alarm becomes a deafening wake-up call.

3 Aug 2018

Genome-wide association study identifies 151 genes for atrial fibrillation

Drawing on genomic data from more than one million individuals, researchers from the University of Michigan have led a large collaborative effort to discover as-yet unknown genetic risk factors for atrial fibrillation: an irregular, often rapid heart rate affecting millions of Americans and more than 30 million people worldwide.

3 Aug 2018

Study: People exposed to even low level of air pollution have serious changes in heart

Researchers have found that people exposed to air pollution levels well within UK guidelines have changes in the structure of the heart, similar to those seen in the early stages of heart failure.

3 Aug 2018

Heart Disease News and Research

Latest Heart Disease News and Research

Health facilities in low- and middle-income countries not prepared to manage noncommunicable diseases

Engineers create next-generation wristbands to monitor health, environmental exposures

Researchers develop drug-delivery system that allows rapid response to heart attacks

Scientists study effects of phototherapy on cardiovascular system

Medicaid expansion increases access to diabetes treatment

Red blood cells contribute to cardiovascular diseases in patients with type 2 diabetes

Study could lead to new diagnostic blood test for Kawasaki disease

Sleeping for eight hours or more may increase cardiovascular and mortality risk

Study improves understanding of preeclampsia heart damage in pregnancy

Screen time associated with increased amount of sedentary behavior in children and teens

Researchers success in transplanting bioengineered human lungs into pigs

New high-sensitivity blood test quickly rules out heart attack in emergency room patients

Abstinence from alcohol linked to dementia

World's major heart surgery organizations call for effective strategies to treat rheumatic heart disease

Wireless Vital Signs Monitor tracks critical health information in warfighters and civilians

Exposure to even low air pollution levels linked to changes in heart structure

Hookah smoking develops cardiovascular risk factors similar to cigarette, shows study

Doctors reckon with high rate of suicide in their ranks

Genome-wide association study identifies 151 genes for atrial fibrillation

Study: People exposed to even low level of air pollution have serious changes in heart

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