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Intensive statin therapy may partially reverse plaque build-up in arteries

...ually reduce disease burden. ACC.06 is the premier cardiovascular medical meeting, bringing together more than 30,000 cardiologists to further breakthroughs in cardiovascular medicine. The intense statin therapy used in this study resulted in significant regression of ather...

Key heart and Alzheimer's disease protein imaged for first time in native state

...f apolipoprotein E, a protein long associated with cardiovascular disease and more recently with Alzheimer's disease...lecule, since it plays such a pivotal role in both cardiovascular and neurological disease. X-ray crystallography is a technique for determining the three-dimensiona...

Oh, rats! Designer animals reveal possible heart disease genes

... identified candidate genes that may contribute to cardiovascular disease, including some genes not previously assoc...rmation offers an unprecedented amount of data for cardiovascular researchers to now mine," remarks Lee, senior author of the study. Lead author Renae Malek, also a m...

Aspirin reduces cardiovascular risks in men and women -- but differently

Aspirin can significantly reduce the risk of cardiovascular events -- a combined endpoint including stroke, heart attack and death due to cardiovascular disease -- in both men and women, according to a new meta-analysis of more than 95,000 patients by a...

Manipulating single cell receptor alters animal behavior

...ion, and could lead to new strategies for treating cardiovascular diseases. The study of intracellular events in t...aviors critical for the maintenance of body-fluid, cardiovascular and energy homeostasis. Specific areas of interest include the neural circuits that contribute to th...

Heart-healthy compound in chocolate identified

...or medicinal methods for improving and maintaining cardiovascular health. The study showed that epicatechin, one of...ked to improved circulation and other hallmarks of cardiovascular health. Findings of the study are reported in the Jan. 16 online issue of the Proceedings of the Nat...

Antioxidant selenium offers no heart-disease protection

Selenium does not protect against cardiovascular disease, despite its documented antioxidant and ch...h based on smaller intervention trials focusing on cardiovascular risk factors," said Stranges. "Our findings are consistent with those from previous studies that ha...

Evidence for omega 3 fats less conclusive than we thought, say experts

...g and short chain omega 3 fats on total mortality, cardiovascular events, cancer, and strokes. Each study involved ...fats have an effect on total mortality or combined cardiovascular events. The few studies at low risk of bias were more consistent, but they also showed no effect of ...

Whole-genome study at Johns Hopkins reveals a new gene associated with abnormal heart rhythm

...ch person's QT interval, in the absence of a major cardiovascular event, is stable over time, making it a reliable measure." Identifying those at high risk for sudden cardiac death before fatalities occur has been challenging, both at the clinical and at the genetic level, says the study's other first author, Arn...

Stress substantially slows human body's ability to heal

... in a host of age-related illnesses. These include cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, arthritis, type-2 diabetes, certain lymphoproliferative diseases and cancers, Alzheimers disease and periodontal disease, the researchers said. "In our past wound-healing experiments, we looked at more severe stressful events...

Phenolic compounds may explain Mediterranean diet benefits

...ammatory and anti-clotting properties, may explain cardiovascular health benefits associated with the so-called Medi...the beneficial effect of the Mediterranean diet on cardiovascular disease and arteriosclerosis depends on the synergistic effects of the different nutrients that cons...

Do the Europeans turn ill sitting up so late?

...ose individuals to conditions such as burn-out and cardiovascular diseases. The EU has granted a 4,4 million Euro funding for this research project from the Marie Curie 6th Framework Program. In addition to Finland there are partners from UK, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland. Many countries are involved in sleep ...

Researchers show how air pollution can cause heart disease

...ase. Previous studies have linked air pollution to cardiovascular disease but until now it was poorly understood how...ging of the arteries--is an important component of cardiovascular disease. The study, done in collaboration with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and University o...

Scientists pinpoint inflammation gene

...s for a wide range of disorders, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, Alzheimer's, and infec...nfluences a variety of complex diseases, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, preeclampsia, and various infectious diseases. Kissebah said it provide...

Russian 'surrogate' alcohols are a killer

...ccidents and violence, alcohol-related causes, and cardiovascular deaths." For the current study, researchers analyzed the surrogate products being consumed, dividing them into three broad groups: "samogon" (home-produced spirits, also known as "moonshine" in North America); medicinal compounds, essentially tinctu...

Anti-cancer drugs may hold promise for premature aging disorder

...air loss, skin wrinkling and fat loss. Accelerated cardiovascular disease also ensues, typically causing death from heart attack or stroke at about the age of 12. "Our findings show that FTIs, originally developed for cancer, are capable of reversing the dramatic nuclear structure abnormalities that are the hallma...

Zebrafish may hold key to improved cancer research

...s in studying everything from the immune system to cardiovascular disease and skeletal development. In the mid-1990s, OSU researchers began the use of zebrafish in cancer research. OSU scientists conducted studies on a wide variety of carcinogens and a complete histologic examination of all major organs, the fir...

Chernobyl: The true scale of the accident

...n declining across the former Soviet Union, due to cardiovascular disease, injuries and poisoning, and not radiation-related illness. How have governments responded? The resettlement and rehabilitation programs launched in Soviet conditions proved unsustainable after 1991 and funding for projects declined, leavin...

UK is first to administer new anti-clotting technology

...udy's principal investigator at UK and director of cardiovascular education and clinical research at the Gill Heart ...and vice chair of medicine, and chief, division of cardiovascular medicine, UK College of Medicine, and co-director of the UK Gill Heart Institute. "Our goal is sim...

Smoking damages key regulatory enzyme in the lung

...ers; chronic lung diseases; and coronary heart and cardiovascular diseases. Fowler and her colleagues have been studying MAO for more than 30 years. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Biological and Environmental Research and the National Institutes of Health have provided funding for this study, said F...

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