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Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiovascular diseases include all the diseases of the heart and circulation that affect the structures or function of your heart or blood vessels. Heart attacks and strokes are usually acute events and are mainly caused by a blockage that prevents blood from flowing to the heart or brain.
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OCT 31, 2017Cardiology
Eating more than one teaspoon of salt in one day goes against the recommendations of the American Heart Association, but ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 31, 2017Health & Medicine
When a woman enters menopause, it can be a difficult adjustment. Physical issues like hot flashes, night sweats, mood ch ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 26, 2017Cardiology
Some people may forget that the skin is the human body’s largest organ, and it has many diverse functions. Now, re ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 25, 2017Health & Medicine
Pick up any magazine that deals with health or fitness and you will find that exercise is vital. Diet is the other half ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 17, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Following a heart attack, cells of the heart muscle tissue are in danger of damage and death, because the tissue is left ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 11, 2017Cardiology
People with the world’s most common heart rhythm disorder now have a smartphone app to turn to for information, li ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 07, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Michael Young have been awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Med ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 05, 2017Cancer
The link between obesity and cancer just got even more real. A recent report finds that over 40 percent of cancer cases ...OCT 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 04, 2017Microbiology
Statins are widely used to help treat cardiovascular disease - they work by inhibiting the production of cholesterol. Ne ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 03, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers compared the effects of conventional soybean oil to genetically modified soybean oil.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 03, 2017Cardiology
We’ve all heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and scientists involved in a new study would ...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, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
An important type of cell in the brain has been discovered to exert control over appetite.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 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 18, 2017Cardiology
A congenital heart defect that used to be a death sentence is now treatable thanks to an approach based on “Fontan ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 12, 2017Cardiology
The effects of preeclampsia appear to have an impact only during pregnancy and childbirth, but the condition actually af ...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 MarkerSEP 02, 2017Immunology
If you have an autoimmune disease, your risk of heart disease automatically goes up. From the Hospital del Mar Medical R ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 31, 2017Cardiology
Prescribing drugs that lower “bad” cholesterol is a common approach to treating heart disease, but scientist ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 30, 2017Cardiology
Blood vessels are the roads and highways of the cardiovascular system, carrying oxygenated blood cells, nutrients, and i ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 29, 2017Cancer
It’s no secret that obesity is a risk factor for several health conditions, including cancer. But specific to canc ...AUG 29, 2017Cardiology
Heart disease is one of those health problems that stems from a complicated mixture of factors. Preventing heart disease ...Written By: Kara Marker
OCT 31, 2017
Cardiology
Eating more than one teaspoon of salt in one day goes against the recommendations of the American Heart Association, but
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 31, 2017
Health & Medicine
When a woman enters menopause, it can be a difficult adjustment. Physical issues like hot flashes, night sweats, mood ch
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 26, 2017
Cardiology
Some people may forget that the skin is the human body’s largest organ, and it has many diverse functions. Now, re
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 25, 2017
Health & Medicine
Pick up any magazine that deals with health or fitness and you will find that exercise is vital. Diet is the other half
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 17, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Following a heart attack, cells of the heart muscle tissue are in danger of damage and death, because the tissue is left
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 11, 2017
Cardiology
People with the world’s most common heart rhythm disorder now have a smartphone app to turn to for information, li
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 07, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Michael Young have been awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Med
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2017
Cancer
The link between obesity and cancer just got even more real. A recent report finds that over 40 percent of cancer cases
...
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 04, 2017
Microbiology
Statins are widely used to help treat cardiovascular disease - they work by inhibiting the production of cholesterol. Ne
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 03, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers compared the effects of conventional soybean oil to genetically modified soybean oil.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2017
Cardiology
We’ve all heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and scientists involved in a new study would
...
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
Cell & Molecular Biology
An important type of cell in the brain has been discovered to exert control over appetite.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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 18, 2017
Cardiology
A congenital heart defect that used to be a death sentence is now treatable thanks to an approach based on “Fontan
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 12, 2017
Cardiology
The effects of preeclampsia appear to have an impact only during pregnancy and childbirth, but the condition actually af
...
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
SEP 02, 2017
Immunology
If you have an autoimmune disease, your risk of heart disease automatically goes up. From the Hospital del Mar Medical R
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 31, 2017
Cardiology
Prescribing drugs that lower “bad” cholesterol is a common approach to treating heart disease, but scientist
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 30, 2017
Cardiology
Blood vessels are the roads and highways of the cardiovascular system, carrying oxygenated blood cells, nutrients, and i
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 29, 2017
Cancer
It’s no secret that obesity is a risk factor for several health conditions, including cancer. But specific to canc
...
AUG 29, 2017
Cardiology
Heart disease is one of those health problems that stems from a complicated mixture of factors. Preventing heart disease
...
Written By:
Kara Marker