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A heart attack is known among cardiologists as both myocardial infarction (MI) or acute myocardial infarction (AMI). It occurs when insufficient blood flow to a portion of the heart muscle leads to the death of the starved cells.
In many cases, heart attacks occur as a result of a blockage obstructing the coronary ... |
13 December 2011
06:36 GMT |
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Official statistics from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that as many as 20 million people are left with various types of cardiac damages following heart attacks. With the help of a newly-proposed, stem cell-based treatment, these negative effects could be eliminated for the most part.
In a new investiga... |
14 October 2011
03:34 GMT |
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Despite the fact that, with each year, automakers turn their attention to developing cleaner engines and even zero-emission vehicles, air pollution associated with traffic fumes is still a real concern, especially for people living in heavily concentrated urban areas.This means people are still exposed to higher dail... |
22 September 2011
03:14 GMT |
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Scientists recently discovered that stem cells in a thin layer around the heart can repair some of the damage produced by heart attacks. However, these repair cells need to be given what experts refer to as the proper biochemical motivation,The beneficial cells are located on the outside of the heart muscle, organize... |
13 June 2011
07:45 GMT |
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A collaboration of researchers in the United States announces the development of a new instrument for treating heart attack victims. The device is a patch made out of carbon nanotubes (CNT), and its effects are very beneficial to patients, the team behind the study reveals. Working together with colleagues in India, ... |
20 May 2011
09:12 GMT |
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Though it may seem counter intuitively at first, not all heart attacks are felt as they occur. In fact, it is estimated that roughly 30 percent of all such attacks go unnoticed, and without symptoms. Researchers are now working on ways of using blood to determine when such a heart event occurred. Scientists at the Ma... |
14 February 2011
07:49 GMT |
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Researchers made a major breakthrough in understanding heart disease and heart attack risks, by identifying two new genes that could favor these cardiovascular problems.
The scientists from the British Heart Foundation have discovered two genes that could increase the risk of heart disease and heart attack –... |
15 January 2011
06:28 GMT |
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Swiss researchers carried out a meta-analysis of the cardiovascular safety of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and the new generation anti-inflammatory drugs called COX-2 inhibitors, and concluded that they might present a cardiovascular risk.The study published on bmj.com today, revealed that commonly ... |
11 January 2011
18:41 GMT |
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A new research concluded that women with high job strain, have 40 percent higher risk of cardiovascular disease, heart attacks and the necessity of opening blocked arteries procedures included, compared to women who have little or not stress at all.Job strain is a type of psychological stress, caused by a very demand... |
15 November 2010
02:56 GMT |
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A scientific study of the interconnections between three molecules that control fetal, heart-muscle-cell proliferation in a mouse model, carried out by a team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, can help cardiologists better understand the natural repair system of the heart, after a c... |
8 October 2010
11:05 GMT |
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According to a group of experts, it could be that as much as 5.7 million American citizens have been classified as suffering from an elevated risk of heart attack for nothing.The information also seems to indicate that millions of people may be currently mistreated for their conditions. They may receiving too many dr... |
10 September 2010
06:32 GMT |
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For the first time, a biological marker shows that chronic stress plays a very important role in heart attacks, and researchers from The University of Western Ontario have found a way to measure it.It is well known that stressors like job, marriage and financial problems favor the development of cardiovascular diseas... |
3 September 2010
03:23 GMT |
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A new study published on bmj.com links the cooling of the average temperature outside to a rise of heart attack risks in England and Wales, especially for more vulnerable people.Because of the current global climate change, the relationship between human health and ever changing weather is of most interest.Until now,... |
11 August 2010
04:38 GMT |
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Older people commonly take calcium supplements to fight or slow down osteoporosis. A scientific study published today on bmj.com associates these supplements with a high risk of heart attack. The authors of the study suggest that a better management of the calcium supplements in countering osteoporosis is necessary.D... |
30 July 2010
05:02 GMT |
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People who fear rejection or are insecure about their relationships, have a bigger risk for several health problems like high blood pressure, stroke or even heart attack, a new study revealed. Researchers from Acadia University in Nova Scotia, Canada, focused on relationship uncertainties, also called “insecure... |
24 July 2010
04:11 GMT |
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A new study on rats, presented at the American Heart Association's Basic Cardiovascular Sciences 2010 Scientific Sessions – Technological and Conceptual Advances in Cardiovascular Disease, concluded that platforms with genetically engineered stem cells helped reduce organ damage after a heart attack. A car... |
21 July 2010
04:03 GMT |
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Whenever we get hungry, this feeling is being recognized by the brain on account of the actions the hunger-signaling hormone ghrelin takes. The chemical is essential for our well-being, as it alerts us whenever we need nourishment. But researchers have recently found that it also plays an important role in controllin... |
7 June 2010
02:46 GMT |
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It is a widely known fact that obesity increases people's risk of developing a myriad of medical conditions, including type II diabetes, and heart conditions. But, according to a new scientific study, it would appear that obesity essentially protects against future heart problems, if a patient, for example, alre... |
22 March 2010
10:43 GMT |
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At his heaviest, Paul Mason, a 48-year-old from England who used to work once as a postman, weighed 978 pounds. He then lost weight, having reached 698 pounds, meaning just enough to qualify for gastric bypass and was also planning on writing a diet book to speak of his weight loss. Weeks after the surgery, Mason was... |
19 February 2010
07:42 GMT |
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Working in environments that mimic a human post-heart-attack heart, experts at the University of California in San Diego (UCSD) have recently managed to make adult stem cells differentiate into a force that can heal damaged heart cells. The new accomplishment is likely to raise the bar on how regenerative therapies f... |
9 December 2009
11:05 GMT |
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The C-reactive protein (CRP), which is regularly produced by the liver, has been the target of medical research over the past few years, as studies have proposed that its presence may be a clear indicator of an increased risk of heart attack or stroke in patients. Over time, the controversy on whether the inflammatio... |
1 July 2009
04:00 GMT |
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Undergoing a heart attack or a heart failure seizure is not an easy thing to do, as most patients suffering from these conditions could tell you. The chances for another such event occurring increase significantly, as do the hospitalization rates for these patients. Now, a new scientific study comes to show that phys... |
8 April 2009
03:51 GMT |
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While the debate on how many times a day we should brush our teeth and floss has not yet been closed, arguably, most of us do it twice or three times a day. A new study comes now to show that, as we’re doing so, we’re not only promoting gum health and keeping our pearly teeth white, but also diminishing t... |
3 April 2009
14:21 GMT |
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Recently-published studies link type II diabetes with a higher chance of patients developing heart conditions, such as coronary artery disease (CAD), and suffering a stroke or a heart attack afterwards. The risk was also linked to the presence of a specific gene, residing on chromosome 9p21, whose mutation ups the ch... |
26 November 2008
06:43 GMT |
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With Apple confirming that its CEO had not actually suffered a heart attack, as reported on CNN's citizen journalist Web site iReport, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is now carrying out an investigation. According to Bloomberg, the agency's enforcement is aiming to determine whether or not the ... |
6 October 2008
03:45 GMT |
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A citizen report published on CNN's iReport this Friday and saying Steve Jobs had had a heart attack has been vehemently denied by Apple. Soon after the malicious report was published, Apple's stock reached its lowest point in 17 months ($94.65).Reuters could soon confirm that Apple's chief executive w... |
5 October 2008
09:35 GMT |
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"Think it and it might just become true!" This is just one way to describe the findings detailed by researchers of the University of Rochester's Medical Center, who have recently discovered that men who really believe that they have a low chance of developing a cardiovascular disease have in fact three times les... |
14 July 2008
11:15 GMT |
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Aspirin has long been attributed all sorts of miraculous properties. Ever since the little pills containing acetylsalicylic acid (see if you can say that three times in a row without blinking) entered our lives more than a century ago, their popularity rose and fell depending on the latest medical research that point... |
14 May 2008
06:45 GMT |
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Tea is not exactly the kind of thing you'd expect to show gender disparity - however, the latest research indicated that the millennia-old drink of mixed hot water and herbs has a documented tendency of proving more beneficial for women than for men - at least when it comes to its documented property of helping ... |
12 May 2008
09:42 GMT |
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No, relax, we're not starting a modern saga in seven thick volumes about the life and antics of Victoria Adams, aka Posh Spice, aka Victoria Beckham (who apparently also likes to be known as 'VB" lately - and that I'm afraid does sound dreadful). I'm simply mentioning some of the things that have ... |
28 September 2007
10:10 GMT |
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