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Heart Failure
Heart Failure: sometimes known as congestive heart failure, occurs when your heart muscle doesn't pump blood as well as it should. Certain conditions, such as narrowed arteries in your heart (coronary artery disease) or high blood pressure, gradually leave your heart too weak or stiff to fill and pump efficiently.
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JAN 27, 2016Cardiology
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) leads to lethal cardiac failure after oxygen depletion in the heart exceeds a “c ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 12, 2016Cardiology
For many pet owners, there is a special place in their hearts for their dog. This fondness may grow even more now that s ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 06, 2016Cardiology
Most people have heard that exercising is good for your health, but often times it is hard for people who need exercise ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 31, 2015Cardiology
Millions of Americans suffer from heart failure, a debilitating condition that develops when the heart loses its ability ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 26, 2015Videos
From Saint Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, Connecticut, Chief of Cardiology Dr. Paul Kelly briefly discusses how the newes ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 23, 2015Cardiology
Recent data from the American Heart Association (AHA) confirmed cardiovascular disease as the leading cause of death in ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 05, 2015Cardiology
The results of a new study published online this week in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Heart Failur ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 04, 2015Cardiology
For patients with weak hearts that need help pumping blood, an alternative to a heart transplant is an implant of a mech ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 03, 2015Cardiology
A large amount of energy is required for cardiomyocytes, muscle cells of the heart, to perform all of the vital function ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 28, 2015Cardiology
Stress-induced cardiomyopathy is a common condition that follows cerebral hemorrhage (bleeding). In these cases the hear ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 21, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) tabulated that 122,563 people currently are in need of a lifesaving organ tr ...NOV 17, 2015Cardiology
HAX-1 is an anti-cell death protein that could protect cardiac cells during traumatic cardiovascular events like heart a ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 28, 2015Genetics & Genomics
High blood levels of two very closely related proteins can change the outcome of heart disease, according to a new study ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 06, 2015Cancer
How do tumors grow, and how can they be stopped? A collaborative study between Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 23, 2015Cardiology
Scientific dogma has the respiration process involving only two elements-oxygen and carbon dioxide. Specifically, the de ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 13, 2015Cardiology
When a heart attack strikes, heart muscle cells die and scar tissue forms, paving the way for heart failure.
Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 13, 2015Videos
The agency's review of data on the drug Onglyza, from AstraZeneca, also found an increased risk of hospitalization due t ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 06, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Growing up near Springfield, Mass., Laurie Boyer was always interested in science but didn't have many opportunities to ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 03, 2015Neuroscience
Each year, more than 60 million Americans fail to get enough sleep at night due to a chronic sleep disorder. Yet few of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 25, 2015Cardiology
Working with lab animals and human heart cells, scientists from Johns Hopkins and other institutions have identified wha ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 25, 2015Immunology
The Thomson Reuters annual forecast found a significant increase in the number of blockbusters set to enter this year's ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 19, 2015Cardiology
A technique used to clear blood clots from arteries to the heart in about 20 percent of patients undergoing angioplasty ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 17, 2015Cardiology
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in humans, but are also a major cause of death in dogs.
Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 10, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
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When UC Berkeley bioengineers say they are holding their hearts in the palms of their hands, they are no ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 27, 2016Cardiology
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) leads to lethal cardiac failure after oxygen depletion in the heart exceeds a “c ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 12, 2016Cardiology
For many pet owners, there is a special place in their hearts for their dog. This fondness may grow even more now that s ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 06, 2016Cardiology
Most people have heard that exercising is good for your health, but often times it is hard for people who need exercise ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 31, 2015Cardiology
Millions of Americans suffer from heart failure, a debilitating condition that develops when the heart loses its ability ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 26, 2015Videos
From Saint Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, Connecticut, Chief of Cardiology Dr. Paul Kelly briefly discusses how the newes ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 23, 2015Cardiology
Recent data from the American Heart Association (AHA) confirmed cardiovascular disease as the leading cause of death in ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 05, 2015Cardiology
The results of a new study published online this week in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Heart Failur ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 04, 2015Cardiology
For patients with weak hearts that need help pumping blood, an alternative to a heart transplant is an implant of a mech ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 03, 2015Cardiology
A large amount of energy is required for cardiomyocytes, muscle cells of the heart, to perform all of the vital function ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 28, 2015Cardiology
Stress-induced cardiomyopathy is a common condition that follows cerebral hemorrhage (bleeding). In these cases the hear ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 21, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) tabulated that 122,563 people currently are in need of a lifesaving organ tr ...NOV 17, 2015Cardiology
HAX-1 is an anti-cell death protein that could protect cardiac cells during traumatic cardiovascular events like heart a ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 28, 2015Genetics & Genomics
High blood levels of two very closely related proteins can change the outcome of heart disease, according to a new study ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 06, 2015Cancer
How do tumors grow, and how can they be stopped? A collaborative study between Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 23, 2015Cardiology
Scientific dogma has the respiration process involving only two elements-oxygen and carbon dioxide. Specifically, the de ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 13, 2015Cardiology
When a heart attack strikes, heart muscle cells die and scar tissue forms, paving the way for heart failure.
Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 13, 2015Videos
The agency's review of data on the drug Onglyza, from AstraZeneca, also found an increased risk of hospitalization due t ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 06, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Growing up near Springfield, Mass., Laurie Boyer was always interested in science but didn't have many opportunities to ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 03, 2015Neuroscience
Each year, more than 60 million Americans fail to get enough sleep at night due to a chronic sleep disorder. Yet few of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 25, 2015Cardiology
Working with lab animals and human heart cells, scientists from Johns Hopkins and other institutions have identified wha ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 25, 2015Immunology
The Thomson Reuters annual forecast found a significant increase in the number of blockbusters set to enter this year's ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 19, 2015Cardiology
A technique used to clear blood clots from arteries to the heart in about 20 percent of patients undergoing angioplasty ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 17, 2015Cardiology
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in humans, but are also a major cause of death in dogs.
Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 10, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
BERKELEY -
When UC Berkeley bioengineers say they are holding their hearts in the palms of their hands, they are no ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
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