A group of British doctors including researchers from the University of Bristol’s School of Physiology and Pharmacology have recently implanted a nerve-stimulating device in two patients suffering from heart failure. The pacemaker-like instrument could potentially reverse the effects of the condition.
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9 May 2012
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The poor implementation of key national guideline-recommended therapies may be responsible for as much as 68,000 deaths per year in the United States alone. All of these people could survive, if the country were to implement the therapy courses in an optimal manner. Some of the therapies include prescribing and insta... |
7 June 2011
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A national audit of the treatment of heart failure, showed that patients admitted to general ward were twice as likely to die as those admitted to cardiology wards.Furthermore, women underwent less appropriate investigations and treatment than men, although it seems that death rates were similar.The researchers based... |
17 January 2011
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The latest research from the University of Bristol, concluded that a dietary supplement of the synthetic derivative of vitamin B1, could help prevent heart disease in people suffering from diabetes.Since vitamin B1 can help the body get rid of its toxins, it can also protect the cells of the heart from being damaged.... |
6 December 2010
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Everyone knows that obesity strikes the heart sooner or later, but a new study on fruit flies detailed the link between obesity and heart disease.With over a third of Americans being obese, many of them have a high risk of developing cancer, diabetes and heart disease, but because for these conditions there are other... |
3 November 2010
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For the first time in Canada, the Peter Munk Cardiac Center implanted a long-lasting mechanical heart in a heart-failure patient.This new left ventricular assist device – LVAD, is longer lasting than the older generation and is excludes the need for a second surgery.The person who benefited from this innovation... |
12 October 2010
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A new study linked moderate consumption of dark chocolate to lower risks of heart failure in middle-aged and elderly Swedish women.Murray Mittleman, MD, DrPH, lead researcher of the study and director of the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit at Harvard Medical School's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Cente... |
18 August 2010
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Once you get diabetes, the only possible way to survive is to use specific drugs, or to take daily shots of insulin, depending on the form of the disease. But a new study shows that popular types of diabetes drugs actually put people at increased risks of heart failure and even death. Sulphonylureas and metformin, tw... |
4 December 2009
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The heart is the only organ inside the human body that can never be allowed to stop. Lungs do so from time to time, either on their own, or because we want them to, the brain disconnects itself occasionally too, especially during sleep, but the heart keeps soldering on without a moment's rest. Over the course of... |
26 November 2009
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Despite seeming a bit far-fetched, there are numerous innovations created by NASA for space flight that now find alternative applications in the field of medicine. One such invention is a “super plastic,” originally created for high-speed test flights, which has currently found a suitable application as p... |
7 May 2009
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All-efficient obesity drugs are in high demand these days, as statistics show that selling such pills has become an increasingly profitable business throughout the United States. Unfortunately for people trying to lose weight rapidly, these drugs are not always correctly tested for their impact on human health, and a... |
6 November 2008
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Sleep apnea is a respiratory disorder manifested during sleep that involves episodes in which a person misses one or more breath at a time. The disorder is usually experienced in several episodes during the night and triggers fatigue and sleepiness during the day. Snoring and restless sleep are also symptoms associat... |
14 June 2008
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