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Scientists Print First 3D Heart Using Patient’s Biological Materials

04/28/2019

In a major medical breakthrough, Tel Aviv University researchers have “printed” the world’s first 3D vascularized engineered heart using a patient’s own cells and biological materials.

In a major medical breakthrough,...

04/28/2019

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Daily Egg Consumption May Reduce Cardiovascular Disease

08/02/2018

People who consume an egg a day could significantly reduce their risk of cardiovascular diseases compared with eating no eggs, suggests a study carried out in China, published in the journal Heart.

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08/02/2018

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Meat Sensitivity Spread by Ticks Linked to Heart Disease

08/02/2018

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have linked sensitivity to an allergen in red meat — a sensitivity spread by tick bites — with a buildup of fatty plaque in the arteries of the heart.

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08/02/2018

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Scientists ID Source of Damaging Inflammation After Heart Attack

08/02/2018

Scientists have zeroed in on a culprit that spurs damaging inflammation in the heart following a heart attack.

Scientists have zeroed in on a...

08/02/2018

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News: Novel Antioxidant Makes Old Blood Vessels Seem Young Again

05/06/2018

Older adults who take a novel antioxidant that specifically targets cellular powerhouses, or mitochondria, see age-related vascular changes reverse by the equivalent of 15 to 20 years within six weeks, according to new University of Colorado...

Older adults who take a novel...

05/06/2018

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News: Mental Stress-Induced Constricted Blood Vessels More Likely in Women

02/05/2018

In women with heart disease, constriction of peripheral vessels during mental stress affects the heart circulation more than men’s, potentially raising women’s risk of heart-related events and death.

In women with heart disease,...

02/05/2018

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News: Some Heart Attack Patients May Not Benefit From Beta Blockers

06/06/2017

The research, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, raises the possibility that the drugs are being over prescribed, and may burden patients and the healthcare system with unnecessary medicine costs.

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06/06/2017

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News: Assessing Heart Disease Risk is Within Arm’s Reach

04/26/2017

Importantly, the NYITCOM study demonstrates that the radial artery, a peripheral vessel, exhibited a positive correlation between both the pathologic left coronary and bifurcation of the carotid arteries.

Importantly, the NYITCOM study...

04/26/2017

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How the Heart Turns Into Bone

12/08/2016

Connective tissue cells in the heart turn into bone-producing cells in response to injury, University of California, Los Angeles scientists report November 17 in Cell Stem Cell. The discovery helps explain why some people who survive heart...

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12/08/2016

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News: U.S. Heart Disease Rates Decline Overall; Some Southern Areas See Less Progress

04/05/2016

While heart disease death rates have declined overall in the United States, there are dramatic differences in those rates among U.S. counties, including weaker declines found south of the Mason-Dixon Line.

While heart disease death rates...

04/05/2016

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