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Heart Disease
Heart Disease: Cardiovascular disease generally refers to conditions that involve narrowed or blocked blood vessels that can lead to a heart attack, chest pain (angina) or stroke. Other heart conditions, such as those that affect your heart's muscle, valves or rhythm, also are considered forms of heart disease.
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JUL 04, 2018Health & Medicine
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A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs (VA) St. Louis Health Ca ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 02, 2018Cardiology
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Researchers at Mass General have recently learned more about genetic factors that are contributing to a person's risk of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 22, 2018Cardiology
Scientists are developing technology to predict an individual’s risk of developing heart disease via gene editing, ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 19, 2018Cardiology
Autopsies aren’t as common as they used to be, but scientists may have a reason for a comeback. A new series of st ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 18, 2018Cardiology
The decrease in death from abdominal aortic aneurysms in recent decades may not be due to increased screening. In fact, ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 17, 2018Cardiology
Changes in the cellular structure of heart muscle cells have a large impact: past and present studies show that these ty ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 15, 2018Cardiology
For people with an uncommon sensitivity to a particular carbohydrate in red meat, the risk of heart disease is elevated ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 14, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
A robot arm could soon be coming to your doctor’s office to take your blood and analyze it for you. From scientist ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 13, 2018Cardiology
The amount of red meat that’s recommended for promoting heart health is, not surprisingly, much lower than the amo ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 12, 2018Cardiology
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a marker of heart disease risk, even if the person affected has healthy cholesterol and blo ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 12, 2018Health & Medicine
There are a lot of popular diets out there that promise weight loss, better health and even protection against heart dis ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 11, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Proteins in our blood carry out many critical functions, and can become disrupted in disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 11, 2018Cardiology
The newest fruit under study for promoting heart health is the mango. Now demonstrated to be effective at lowering blood ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 08, 2018Health & Medicine
There are entire stores dedicated to selling vitamins and supplements. The Internet is also full of sites that tout the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 07, 2018Health & Medicine
Hantavirus is a respiratory disease that is contracted when airborne particles from rat droppings and urine are breathed ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 06, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
A test used by doctors in the emergency room to determine if a person is having a heart attack is now equipped to be mor ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 06, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
An oral diabetes drug, by the name of metformin, is suggested to be safe for most diabetic individuals with chronic kidn ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 05, 2018Earth & The Environment
A new study published in the journal Nature Communications suggests that the intensive pumping of groundwater is doing m ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 04, 2018
Health & Medicine
While there have been great strides in the fight against HIV infection and AIDS, the problem is not going away anytime s
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 03, 2018
Earth & The Environment
A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs (VA) St. Louis Health Ca
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 02, 2018
Cardiology
Treating atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common type of arrhythmia, with what was previously a last-resort therapeuti
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 29, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
A multisystem developmental disorder with specific symptoms shared by seven patients had gone unexplained, but a new gen
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 28, 2018
Cardiology
Canadian doctors are promoting the idea of “prehabilitation” for elderly heart disease patients awaiting hea
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 26, 2018
Cardiology
Scientists are working on the world’s first micropacemaker system designed to be implanted in the pericardial sac
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 24, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
In life, our cells experience a massive amount of turnover, on the order of billions every day. But as cells age, they s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2018
Videos
Researchers at Mass General have recently learned more about genetic factors that are contributing to a person's risk of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2018
Cardiology
Scientists are developing technology to predict an individual’s risk of developing heart disease via gene editing,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 19, 2018
Cardiology
Autopsies aren’t as common as they used to be, but scientists may have a reason for a comeback. A new series of st
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 18, 2018
Cardiology
The decrease in death from abdominal aortic aneurysms in recent decades may not be due to increased screening. In fact,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 17, 2018
Cardiology
Changes in the cellular structure of heart muscle cells have a large impact: past and present studies show that these ty
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 15, 2018
Cardiology
For people with an uncommon sensitivity to a particular carbohydrate in red meat, the risk of heart disease is elevated
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 14, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
A robot arm could soon be coming to your doctor’s office to take your blood and analyze it for you. From scientist
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 13, 2018
Cardiology
The amount of red meat that’s recommended for promoting heart health is, not surprisingly, much lower than the amo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 12, 2018
Cardiology
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a marker of heart disease risk, even if the person affected has healthy cholesterol and blo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 12, 2018
Health & Medicine
There are a lot of popular diets out there that promise weight loss, better health and even protection against heart dis
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 11, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Proteins in our blood carry out many critical functions, and can become disrupted in disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 11, 2018
Cardiology
The newest fruit under study for promoting heart health is the mango. Now demonstrated to be effective at lowering blood
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 08, 2018
Health & Medicine
There are entire stores dedicated to selling vitamins and supplements. The Internet is also full of sites that tout the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 07, 2018
Health & Medicine
Hantavirus is a respiratory disease that is contracted when airborne particles from rat droppings and urine are breathed
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 06, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
A test used by doctors in the emergency room to determine if a person is having a heart attack is now equipped to be mor
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 06, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
An oral diabetes drug, by the name of metformin, is suggested to be safe for most diabetic individuals with chronic kidn
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 05, 2018
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in the journal Nature Communications suggests that the intensive pumping of groundwater is doing m
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan