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Scientists Demonstrate Heart Cell Replication in Mice

A study of mice has shown that mature heart cells can not only replicate, but also improve the...led periostin, and placed over the injury can help heart cells to begin dividing and making copies of themselves again. Periostin is a component of the mat...

US Patient Implanted With HeartMate II, Leaves ICU

...year-old man from Kansas, suffering from end-stage heart failure. He has since left for home, with that experimental heart-assist device that keeps his heart pumping. Hospital officials said it's the longest stay the cardiothoracic ICU has had, and that a ...

Interactions Between Food and Drugs Could Lower Drug Costs

...which taken daily by millions of people to prevent heart disease, we could save a fortune in drug costs," Cohen said. "And patients would get a little vitamin C to boot." "The rapidly escalating price of medications (especially for cancer and other life-threatening diseases) has provided incentives to ex...

Japanese are Weighed Down by Deviating from Their Traditional Diet

...th obesity, high cholesterol and increased risk of heart disease and type-2 diabetes has tipped the scales and the government is calling on the nation to lose weight. As of March 2008, companies will be required by law to subject all employees over 40 years to a medical check-up which will include a hip ...

Studies Identify Interactions Between Heart Disease, Kidney Disease

...h the risk of cardiovascular disease ; conversely, heart disease is associated with a decline in kidney fun...h chronic kidney disease die of complications from heart disease rather than of kidney failure. In one study, Peter A. McCullough, M.D., M.P.H., of William...

Experts Warn Against Side Effects of the New Weight Loss Drug

...as pulled from the market in 1997 after reports of heart valve damage. Earlier this week, an advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended against approval of the diet drug Acomplia, which has been approved in Europe but increases the risk of suicidal thoughts. At a Weight Wat...

Scientists Develop Artificial Blood Vessels for Vascular Grafts in Mice

...have significant implications for the treatment of heart and kidney disorders . The vessels, made from muscle-derived stem cells (MDSCs) and a biodegradable polymer, exhibit extensive remodelling, and remain free of blockages when grafted into rats. The saphenous vein taken from a patients leg is used ...

Obese Infant Kacey Causes Concern

...essure later in life, putting hem at risk of early heart disease. Teams at Southampton found in a number ...ng less than 5.5 pounds grew up to have a range of heart problems. Researchers wondered whether the practice of fattening up the underweight babies after bir...

Questions Raised Over Safety of In-vitro Fertilization

...retty clear that, despite my age, I had suffered a heart attack. "I'd suffered a clot caused by the fertili...tory of the 28-year-old Lee Cowden. Following her heart attack in 2004, Lee who was infertile after being diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome as a tee...

Tea Pill, Tea Cola Hitting Markets Soon

... drinking a cup of tea daily could cut the risk of heart attack. This is attributed to the presence of natural substances in tea called flavonoids, a vitamin-like nutrient that makes blood cells less prone to clotting. India is the world's largest tea producer with Assam accounting for about 55 percent o...

Major Surgeries and Operations Could Prove Deadly for Anaemic Older Men

...ce from what is normal, the risk of death or major heart problem rose by 1.6 percent. While doctors have long known that people with confirmed anaemia and very high blood counts are at higher surgical risk, the accurate thresholds at which risk amplifies has never been comprehensible. Wen-Chih Wu, the le...

Diabetes Drug to Carry 'black Box' Warning of Congestive Heart Failure Risk

...t "black box" warning about the risk of congestive heart failure . Some of the experts, who have been reviewing the drug for the FDA, feel that the delay in implementation is an example of industry versus science, where the latter has been a loser. GlaxoSmithKline's Avandia has been in use since 1999. ...

42-year-old Cancer Patient Honored by British Queen for Her Fundraising Efforts

...py and as a result of her drug regimes has chronic heart disease. Among the many accolades she has achieved for her mammoth fundraising efforts she has received the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award and a Pride of Britain Award. She has said she will no longer take part in fundraising events herse...

UK Hospitals Failing Hygiene Standards

...ometime ago a nurse in UK was found screaming at a heart attack patient who was left lying in a puddle of urine . And now it is reported that a quarter of NHS trusts are not complying with hygiene standards laid down for them. However, the Healthcare Commission said 40% of trusts were meeting all core st...

Studies Identify Interactions Between Heart Disease, Kidney Disease

...h the risk of cardiovascular disease; conversely , heart disease is associated with a decline in kidney fun...h chronic kidney disease die of complications from heart disease rather than of kidney failure. In one study, Peter A. McCullough, M.D., M.P.H., of William...

China to Curtail Organ Sale

... for a kidney transplant and upto $120,000 for a heart or liver transplant. Earlier the Amnesty international had exposed the organ trade that was carried out in China. According to them it is estimated that 99 % of transplant organs came from executed prisoners. The government lacks transpar...

Pneumonia Patients Develop Heart Risks

...eumonia may be at serious risk of new or worsening heart problems. They found that 19.4 percent of them had a heart attack or other major heart problem concurrently at the time of admission, and that the presence of ...

Diana Could Have Been Saved Had She Been Rushed to Hospital

...meone's life, whether it's a traumatic injury or a heart attack. As soon as you get to the casualty, you stabilise them, then you move them as fast as possible, often by helicopter, to a centre where you can perform surgery. Some people call it 'scoop and run'." Dr Colthurst, was a close friend of the Pri...

Premature Vascular and Bone Changes Occur in COPD Patients

...e study, none of the participants had a history of heart disease or possessed cardiovascular symptoms. Of the 75 COPD patients studied, 18 had osteoporosis, while among the controls, only two individuals suffered from abnormal loss of bony tissue. Also, those who had osteoporosis of the hip had a greater a...

Moon, Venus Pair Up, Play Hide-and-seek

..., the 18th century astronomical observatory in the heart of the capital. 'Though the lunar occultation is not a rarest of the rare event yet it's beautiful,' said Nehru Planetarium director R. Rathnasree. Elaborating on the phenomenon, Rathnasree said: 'A lunar occultation happens when a celestial body...

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