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2:42pm, 23rd April, 2019

Fixing a broken heart: Exploring new ways to heal damage after a heart attack

(Northwestern University) The days immediately following a heart attack are critical for survivors' longevity and long-term healing of tissue. Now researchers at Northwestern University and University of California, San Diego have designed a met...

Device-guided breathing lowers heart rate, sympathetic activity in people with PTSD

6:09pm, 7th April, 2019

Humans

Device-guided breathing lowers heart rate, sympathetic activity in people with PTSD

(American Physiological Society) Device-guided breathing may improve physiological symptoms in people with severe posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a new study. The findings will be presented today at the American Physiological Socie...

Gene transfer improves diabetes-linked heart ailment

5:02pm, 27th March, 2019

Tech

Gene transfer improves diabetes-linked heart ailment

(Veterans Affairs Research Communications) Researchers with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the University of California San Diego have shown that a gene transfer technique can combat heart dysfunction caused by diabetes.

UBC researchers develop new heart valve aimed at high-risk patients

8:54am, 25th March, 2019

Humans

UBC researchers develop new heart valve aimed at high-risk patients

(University of British Columbia Okanagan campus) Researchers at UBC have created the first-ever nanocomposite biomaterial heart-valve developed to reduce or eliminate complications related to heart transplants. By using a newly developed technique, t...

Key to successful care of pregnant women in heart failure? Team-based care, study finds

1:11am, 17th March, 2019

Humans

Key to successful care of pregnant women in heart failure? Team-based care, study finds

(Intermountain Medical Center) Any time a pregnant woman presents in heart failure there are risks to both mother and baby. What does it take to protect the mother and her growing baby for the best possible outcome? According to clinicians at Intermo...

Warm-Blooded Animals Lost Ability to Heal the Heart

5:08am, 8th March, 2019

Humans

Warm-Blooded Animals Lost Ability to Heal the Heart

Thyroid hormone, which helps warm-blooded animals regulate body temperature, also appears to put a halt on heart regeneration. Christopher Intagliata reports.-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Study links Celebrex, heart valve calcification after earlier research declared drug safe

11:58am, 22nd February, 2019

Physics

Study links Celebrex, heart valve calcification after earlier research declared drug safe

(Vanderbilt University) On National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day, Vanderbilt study disputes that Celebrex has no more impact on valves than older drugs in its class.

Novel software offers possible reduction in arrhythmic heart disease

2:35am, 14th February, 2019

Tech

Novel software offers possible reduction in arrhythmic heart disease

(University of Birmingham) Potentially lethal heart conditions may become easier to spot and may lead to improvements in prevention and treatment thanks to innovative new software that measures electrical activity in the organ.

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Fixing a broken heart: Exploring new ways to heal damage after a heart attack

Device-guided breathing lowers heart rate, sympathetic activity in people with PTSD

Gene transfer improves diabetes-linked heart ailment

UBC researchers develop new heart valve aimed at high-risk patients

Key to successful care of pregnant women in heart failure? Team-based care, study finds

Warm-Blooded Animals Lost Ability to Heal the Heart

Study links Celebrex, heart valve calcification after earlier research declared drug safe

Novel software offers possible reduction in arrhythmic heart disease

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