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Cardiac diseases
Cardiac diseases, also called cardiovascular diseases or heart diseases, are conditions that afflict the heart. Cardiac diseases can include damaged or diseased vessels, structural defects, or blood clots. Examples of cardiac diseases include coronary heart disease, stroke, and peripheral arterial disease.
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FEB 23, 2018Cardiology
How are new heart cells created? Is the adult heart capable of repairing itself after a heart attack? How can scientists ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 16, 2018Immunology
Immune cells called macrophages contribute to an untreatable type of heart failure. At least, this type of heart failure ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 09, 2018Cardiology
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is caused by defects in a gene necessary for strong muscle fibers, including the muscl ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 07, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
When levels of a molecule called CoQ were boosted, it reversed pre-diabetes.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 29, 2018Cardiology
Early during development as the embryo begins to form, the heart is the first organ to materialize. So-called “pro ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 17, 2018Cardiology
A new and improved blood test for diagnosing heart attacks measures a heart protein that increases greatly in number whe ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 15, 2018Cardiology
Scientists have a new way to treat heart attacks, and it involves providing cardiac stem cells with what is essentially ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 06, 2018Cardiology
Scientists from the University of Eastern Finland, where regular sauna bathing is relatively common, are continuing thei ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 02, 2018Cardiology
High levels of “bad” cholesterol, also known as low-density lipoprotein (LDL), is a well-known risk factor f ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 01, 2018Cardiology
A drug approved by the FDA in 2012 to treat a type of cancer called multiple myeloma has dangerous side effects that inv ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 25, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Stem cells start out as a kind of blank slate; now scientists have found that heart cells can be generated from stem cel ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 07, 2017Cardiology
One explanation for why heart failure develops goes all the way to the miniscule organelles inside individual cells. Fro ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 29, 2017Cardiology
The aorta’s response to repeated strenuous exercise that embodies a professional football career has been found to ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 17, 2017Cardiology
Duchenne muscular dystrophy - a rare, genetic, neuromuscular disease that primarily affects males - leads to degeneratio ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 15, 2017Cardiology
For the first time, scientists have produced the “cardiac proteome,” a map of all of the tens of thousands o ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 07, 2017Immunology
As cardiac cells begin to die by the masses after a heart attack, the immune system kicks into action as if there were a ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 19, 2017Cardiology
There’s a new explanation for why a unique type of heart failure doesn’t respond to traditional drugs used t ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 12, 2017Cardiology
The ancient art of Tai Chi could benefit heart disease patients who decline traditional cardiac rehabilitation, which, m ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 05, 2017Cardiology
When it comes to matters of the heart, women have the upper hand - heart health, that is. Where does this advantage come ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 02, 2017Health & Medicine
One drug, LCZ696, is a physician’s first choice to treat chronic heart failure. But now researchers have reason to ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 02, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Instead of the usual hour-long wait for routine lab results, a new blood test could allow doctors to diagnose a heart at ...SEP 30, 2017Cardiology
There’s new evidence that sweating it in the sauna could be good for the heart. A new study from the University of ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 26, 2017Health & Medicine
Following a heart attack, healthy heart muscle cells, called cardiomyocytes, die and transform into scar tissue cells, c ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 06, 2017Cardiology
A complex electrical environment is responsible for the human heart beat, and it’s prone to errors. Historically, ...Written By: Kara Marker
FEB 23, 2018
Cardiology
How are new heart cells created? Is the adult heart capable of repairing itself after a heart attack? How can scientists
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 16, 2018
Immunology
Immune cells called macrophages contribute to an untreatable type of heart failure. At least, this type of heart failure
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 09, 2018
Cardiology
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is caused by defects in a gene necessary for strong muscle fibers, including the muscl
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 07, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
When levels of a molecule called CoQ were boosted, it reversed pre-diabetes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 29, 2018
Cardiology
Early during development as the embryo begins to form, the heart is the first organ to materialize. So-called “pro
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 17, 2018
Cardiology
A new and improved blood test for diagnosing heart attacks measures a heart protein that increases greatly in number whe
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 15, 2018
Cardiology
Scientists have a new way to treat heart attacks, and it involves providing cardiac stem cells with what is essentially
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 06, 2018
Cardiology
Scientists from the University of Eastern Finland, where regular sauna bathing is relatively common, are continuing thei
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 02, 2018
Cardiology
High levels of “bad” cholesterol, also known as low-density lipoprotein (LDL), is a well-known risk factor f
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 01, 2018
Cardiology
A drug approved by the FDA in 2012 to treat a type of cancer called multiple myeloma has dangerous side effects that inv
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 25, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Stem cells start out as a kind of blank slate; now scientists have found that heart cells can be generated from stem cel
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 07, 2017
Cardiology
One explanation for why heart failure develops goes all the way to the miniscule organelles inside individual cells. Fro
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 29, 2017
Cardiology
The aorta’s response to repeated strenuous exercise that embodies a professional football career has been found to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 17, 2017
Cardiology
Duchenne muscular dystrophy - a rare, genetic, neuromuscular disease that primarily affects males - leads to degeneratio
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 15, 2017
Cardiology
For the first time, scientists have produced the “cardiac proteome,” a map of all of the tens of thousands o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 07, 2017
Immunology
As cardiac cells begin to die by the masses after a heart attack, the immune system kicks into action as if there were a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 19, 2017
Cardiology
There’s a new explanation for why a unique type of heart failure doesn’t respond to traditional drugs used t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 12, 2017
Cardiology
The ancient art of Tai Chi could benefit heart disease patients who decline traditional cardiac rehabilitation, which, m
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 05, 2017
Cardiology
When it comes to matters of the heart, women have the upper hand - heart health, that is. Where does this advantage come
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 02, 2017
Health & Medicine
One drug, LCZ696, is a physician’s first choice to treat chronic heart failure. But now researchers have reason to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 02, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Instead of the usual hour-long wait for routine lab results, a new blood test could allow doctors to diagnose a heart at
...
SEP 30, 2017
Cardiology
There’s new evidence that sweating it in the sauna could be good for the heart. A new study from the University of
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 26, 2017
Health & Medicine
Following a heart attack, healthy heart muscle cells, called cardiomyocytes, die and transform into scar tissue cells, c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 06, 2017
Cardiology
A complex electrical environment is responsible for the human heart beat, and it’s prone to errors. Historically,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker