Outside the Box: UCLA Uses Brain Aneurysm Treatment to Stop Irregular Heart Rhythms

For the first time, a UCLA team has used a technique normally employed in treating brain aneurysms to treat severe, life-threatening irregular heart rhythms in two patients.

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Catheters Linked with High Risk of Infections, Heart Problems, and Death in Dialysis Patients

• Dialysis patients using catheters to access the blood have the highest risks for death, infections, and cardiovascular events compared with patients using other types of vascular access. • Higher quality studies are needed to determine the true safety of different types of vascular access used for hemodialysis. Worldwide, more than 1.5 million people are treated with hemodialysis.

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Does ‘I Love You’ Mean Your Relationship Is in Trouble?

Affectionate behavior may not be all that it seems, according to a new study by relational communication expert Sean Horan, an assistant professor at DePaul University, and co-author Melanie Booth-Butterfield, a professor at West Virginia University.

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New Way to Look Finds More at Risk of Heart Disease

Hopkins Nursing student uses a support tool with Framingham Risk Score to identify endangered patients the widely accepted FRS missed.

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This Valentine’s Day, Love is Good For The Heart Says Vanderbilt Cardiologist

With Valentine’s Day just one day away, Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute cardiologist Julie Damp, M.D., says being involved in a healthy, loving relationship is good for the heart.

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Childhood Cancer Survivors Who Received Chest Irradiation at Risk for Pulmonary Hypertension in Middle Age

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital investigators found evidence that chest irradiation may leave some adult survivors of childhood cancer in danger of developing pulmonary hypertension in middle age.

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You’re About to Send Flowers, but What Are You Saying? Cornell Expert Can Translate

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Potassium Channel Activation Linked to Heart Disease

A researcher from Michigan Technological University reports that potassium channel activation is seen in subjects with tachyarrhythmias due to acute myocardial infarctions.

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‘Dr. Love’ Presents Pros and Cons on Online Dating

If you ask a young couple, “Where did you meet?,” don’t be surprised if they say, “We met online.” According to online dating statistics, 40 million people in the United States have tried online dating. Who better to discuss the pros and cons of online dating than someone who was once called “Dr. Love” by a Nevada radio station? Today’s Wichita State University podcast features comments by “Dr. Love,” aka Wichita State University’s Deborah Ballard-Reisch, who has researched the subject of communication and relationships for about 20 years.

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Valentine's Day Is The Worst Time To Kiss, Says Loyola Specialist

Mid-February is peak season for the flu, cold, cough and mononucleosis, making Valentine's Day the worst day to kiss, says Jorge Parada, MD, medical director, infectious disease, Loyola University Health System. He offers tips to avoid infection during this season of love and closeness.

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