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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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MAY 21, 2016Health & Medicine
Obesity increases one's risk of developing certain diseases, such as cancer, heart disease, and stroke. The symptoms ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetMAY 19, 2016Cardiology
As an embryonic stem cell pluripotency factor, Oct4 was previously thought to only be active in embryos, not in adults. ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 19, 2016Cardiology
Jessica Wagenseil, PhD, and her team from Washington University in St. Louis compared plaque buildup in two mice groups: ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 18, 2016Cardiology
Scientists have solved a mystery about where the body stores and deploys blood-clotting factor VIII, a protein that abou ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 17, 2016Cardiology
Selenium is an essential nutrient for human health found in seafood, meat, grains, and dairy products. Pregnant women sh ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 16, 2016Health & Medicine
The first ever case of pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) has been found for the first time ever in a dog. Doctors ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 12, 2016Cardiology
Older people are more likely to lack the strength needed to survive the recovery following heart surgery, and scientists ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 05, 2016Cardiology
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (DCM) share some qualities in their tissue makeup and in th ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 04, 2016Health & Medicine
New research findings show that young females on the lowest end of the physical activity spectrum are more likely to dev ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 03, 2016Cardiology
Scientists pinpointed various genes in the signaling pathway responsible for the development of heart valves leading to ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 03, 2016Cardiology
Including a small amount of chocolate in your daily diet might help prevent diabetes and insulin resistance—and, a ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 29, 2016Health & Medicine
Whether spontaneous or due to genetic predisposition, occurrence of pulmonary hypertension is very detrimental to heart ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 29, 2016Health & Medicine
The development of dangerous coronary artery calcification shares a common pathway with bone formation, and so heart con ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 27, 2016Health & Medicine
For most patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) who die, the cause of death is heart disease. Although N ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 27, 2016Cancer
Statins are often prescribed to help lower cholesterol levels, especially for patients at high risk for coronary heart d ...APR 21, 2016Health & Medicine
Current heart muscle engineering technology requires more than a million stem cells per tissue, making mass production o ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 20, 2016Health & Medicine
For atherosclerosis patients who experience a wide range of side effects to cholesterol-lowering drugs, an alternate opt ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 19, 2016Genetics & Genomics
When we think of genetic mutations we usually think of the mutations that cause disease, but protective mutations are an ...Written By: Cassidy ReichAPR 18, 2016Health & Medicine
Some cancer patients receiving a specific chemotherapy increases their risk for heart disease, discouraging prognosis fo ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 18, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The human genome is not a static collection of three billion DNA letters; rather, it is a dynamic system subject to muta ...APR 14, 2016Health & Medicine
Linoleic acid, the primary component of many vegetable oils, has long been thought to be more heart healthy than butter ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 12, 2016Cardiology
Commonly used antidepressants, known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or SSRIs, are not associated with an inc ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 11, 2016Cardiology
Antiviral medications used to control HIV and prevent its progression to AIDS improve the health and increase survival f ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 10, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Since 2010 scientists have known that people of Eurasian origin have inherited anywhere from 1 to 4 percent of their DNA ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 21, 2016
Health & Medicine
Obesity increases one's risk of developing certain diseases, such as cancer, heart disease, and stroke. The symptoms
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAY 19, 2016
Cardiology
As an embryonic stem cell pluripotency factor, Oct4 was previously thought to only be active in embryos, not in adults.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 19, 2016
Cardiology
Jessica Wagenseil, PhD, and her team from Washington University in St. Louis compared plaque buildup in two mice groups:
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 18, 2016
Cardiology
Scientists have solved a mystery about where the body stores and deploys blood-clotting factor VIII, a protein that abou
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 17, 2016
Cardiology
Selenium is an essential nutrient for human health found in seafood, meat, grains, and dairy products. Pregnant women sh
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 16, 2016
Health & Medicine
The first ever case of pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) has been found for the first time ever in a dog. Doctors
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 12, 2016
Cardiology
Older people are more likely to lack the strength needed to survive the recovery following heart surgery, and scientists
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 05, 2016
Cardiology
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (DCM) share some qualities in their tissue makeup and in th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 04, 2016
Health & Medicine
New research findings show that young females on the lowest end of the physical activity spectrum are more likely to dev
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 03, 2016
Cardiology
Scientists pinpointed various genes in the signaling pathway responsible for the development of heart valves leading to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 03, 2016
Cardiology
Including a small amount of chocolate in your daily diet might help prevent diabetes and insulin resistance—and, a
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 29, 2016
Health & Medicine
Whether spontaneous or due to genetic predisposition, occurrence of pulmonary hypertension is very detrimental to heart
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 29, 2016
Health & Medicine
The development of dangerous coronary artery calcification shares a common pathway with bone formation, and so heart con
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 27, 2016
Health & Medicine
For most patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) who die, the cause of death is heart disease. Although N
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 27, 2016
Cancer
Statins are often prescribed to help lower cholesterol levels, especially for patients at high risk for coronary heart d
...
APR 21, 2016
Health & Medicine
Current heart muscle engineering technology requires more than a million stem cells per tissue, making mass production o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 20, 2016
Health & Medicine
For atherosclerosis patients who experience a wide range of side effects to cholesterol-lowering drugs, an alternate opt
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 19, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
When we think of genetic mutations we usually think of the mutations that cause disease, but protective mutations are an
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
APR 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
Some cancer patients receiving a specific chemotherapy increases their risk for heart disease, discouraging prognosis fo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 18, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The human genome is not a static collection of three billion DNA letters; rather, it is a dynamic system subject to muta
...
APR 14, 2016
Health & Medicine
Linoleic acid, the primary component of many vegetable oils, has long been thought to be more heart healthy than butter
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 12, 2016
Cardiology
Commonly used antidepressants, known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or SSRIs, are not associated with an inc
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 11, 2016
Cardiology
Antiviral medications used to control HIV and prevent its progression to AIDS improve the health and increase survival f
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 10, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Since 2010 scientists have known that people of Eurasian origin have inherited anywhere from 1 to 4 percent of their DNA
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)