Heart disease: Sleeping this many hours a day could increase risk of the deadly condition
Sleeping less than six hours a day could increase the risk of cancer and early death in people with high …
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Bone, not adrenaline, drives fight or flight response
When faced with a predator or sudden danger, the heart rate goes up, breathing becomes more rapid, and fuel in …
Gut bacteria may be linked to high blood pressure and depression
A study of bacteria in the gut identified differences between people with high blood pressure compared to those with high …
Cancer now leading cause of death in high-income countries – while heart disease burden persists in low-income and middle-income countries
Two reports from the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiologic (PURE) study published in the Lancet and presented together at the …
Hole in the ball
Even if the man is combing only the hair or the quiet of sitting at the table, he gets hardly …
Clinical trial reveals potential for treating larger strokes with thrombectomy
Building on research results published today in JAMA Neurology showing patients with larger ischemic strokes could benefit from endovascular thrombectomy, …
Novel imaging approach has potential to identify patients with CAD: Non-invasive cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging can be done in short 15 minute exam
Coronary artery disease (CAD) — caused by plaque buildup in the artery walls that constricts the flow of blood to …
Carbohydrate in the heart seems to help regulate blood pressure
New research suggests that a particular type of carbohydrate plays an important role in regulating the blood pressure in the …
How blood vessel damage from high glucose concentrations unfolds
A mechanism in the cells that line our blood vessels that helps them to process glucose becomes uncontrolled in diabetes, …
Beta blockers can block the effects of stress and anger in patients prone to emotion-triggered atrial fibrillation
Individuals who are prone to emotion-triggered atrial fibrillation (AF) may benefit from taking beta blockers. A new study shows that …
Research: blue protect against heart berry diseases – This amount needs to be!
An improved blood circulation by consumption of blue berries? Heart diseases are widespread and cause many deaths worldwide. Researchers found …
Heart diet On the five food and fatal heart prevent suffering
Better than drugs: DASH diet protects against heart disease A nutrition study, which was accompanied by 4,500 people over 13 …
Genetic therapy heals damage caused by heart attack
Researchers from King’s College London have found that therapy that can induce heart cells to regenerate after a heart attack. …
Heart attack warning – does your skin look like this? Hidden signs revealed
Heart attacks are serious medical emergencies that require immediate treatment, according to the NHS. The condition, which is also known as …
A first in medical robotics: Autonomous navigation inside the body: Robotic catheter, using a novel sensor informed by AI and image processing, makes its own way to a leaky heart valve
Bioengineers at Boston Children’s Hospital report the first demonstration of a robot able to navigate autonomously inside the body. In …
Many stroke patients not screened for osteoporosis, despite known risks
The majority of stroke survivors are not screened or treated for osteoporosis, broken bones, or fall risk — despite stroke …
A specific gene could play a major role in reducing brain swelling after stroke: Study suggests a dose of the TRIM9 gene could decrease damage in stroke, concussion, encephalitis
Could a medication someday help the brain heal itself after a stroke, or even prevent damage following a blow to …
Substituting healthy plant proteins for red meat lowers risk for heart disease
Diets that replaced red meat with healthy plant proteins led to decreases in risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), according …