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Released: 14-May-2015 3:05 PM EDT
Diabetes Drug May Reduce Heart Attack Risk in HIV Patients
Washington University in St. Louis

A diabetes drug may have benefits beyond lower blood sugar in patients with HIV. New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests the drug may prevent cardiovascular problems because it works to reduce inflammation that is linked to heart disease and stroke in these patients. The drug both improved metabolism and reduced inflammation in HIV-positive adults on antiretroviral therapy.

Released: 14-May-2015 8:05 AM EDT
Long-Term Depression May Double Stroke Risk for Middle-Aged Adults
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Adults over 50 who have persistent symptoms of depression may have twice the risk of stroke as those who do not, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Researchers found that stroke risk remains higher even after symptoms of depression go away, particularly for women.

13-May-2015 9:00 AM EDT
Your Handshake Tells the Story of Your Health
McMaster University

The study followed almost 140,000 adults aged 35 to 70 over four years in 17 countries. Their muscle strength was measured using a handgrip dynamometer. They were taking part in the institute’s Prospective Urban-Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study.

Released: 13-May-2015 8:05 AM EDT
Trending Stories Report for 13 May 2015
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7-May-2015 6:00 PM EDT
Odd Genetic Syndrome Suggests Increased Resistance in Blood Vessels Could Cause High Blood Pressure
University of Utah Health

The culmination of two decades of research, a new study reveals the genetic causes of a curious, rare syndrome that manifests as hypertension (high blood pressure) accompanied by short fingers (brachydactyly type E). Six, unrelated families with the syndrome come from across the globe – United States, Turkey, France, South America, and two from Canada – yet share mutations that cluster in a small region of phosphodiesterase 3A (PDE3A). Functional studies imply the mutations change resistance of blood vessels, an underappreciated mechanism for regulating blood pressure. The findings, published in Nature Genetics, suggest new directions for investigating causes of hypertension in the general population.

30-Apr-2015 11:30 AM EDT
Off-Label Use of Device to Prevent Stroke in A-Fib Patients is Prevalent and Potentially Dangerous
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

The Lariat device is associated with a significant incidence of death and urgent cardiac surgery during its frequent off-label use to prevent stroke in patients with the irregular heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation. Following a systematic review of case reports and an FDA safety database, researchers are calling for formal controlled investigations into the safety and efficacy of off-label use of the Lariat device, which has never been approved for treatment of this condition.

Released: 1-May-2015 2:05 PM EDT
Frailty Among Older Heart Patients Helps Predicts Severe Outcomes
Duke Health

Frailty among older people with cardiovascular disease appears to be more predictive than age for gauging their risk of heart attack, stroke and death, according to an international study that included researchers at Duke Medicine.

Released: 1-May-2015 8:00 AM EDT
Genome Library, Blood Test Aim to Minimize Statin Side Effects, Maximize Benefits
Ohio State University Center for Clinical and Translational Science

In the midst of the growing and often conflicting data around the benefits of statins, researchers are developing gene-based resources to help improve statin efficacy and cost-effectiveness and to reduce the incidence of adverse effects – some of which can be fatal.

Released: 30-Apr-2015 3:05 PM EDT
How Oxidizing a Heart 'Brake' Causes Heart Damage
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Oxidative stress has been long known to fuel disease, but how exactly it damages various organs has been challenging to sort out. Now scientists from Johns Hopkins say research in mice reveals why oxidation comes to be so corrosive to heart muscle.

Released: 27-Apr-2015 4:05 PM EDT
Survey Finds That Most Women Don't Know Female-Specific Signs, Symptoms Of Stroke
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

A national survey released today by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center shows that most women don’t know the risks or symptoms females face when it comes to having a stroke. The survey of 1,000 women was released in time for Stroke Awareness Month in May.

Released: 27-Apr-2015 4:05 PM EDT
Testosterone Replacement Therapy: Which Is Best?
American Physiological Society (APS)

Review concludes that intramuscular injection of testerosterone replacement therapy confers greater health benefits and lower cardiovascular risks than transdermal administration by skin patch or gel.

Released: 27-Apr-2015 4:05 PM EDT
Resolvin D1 Reduces Post-Heart-Attack Heart Failure
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Mice that are given the lipid Resolvin D1 after experimental heart attacks have substantially reduced amounts of inflammation and heart failure.

22-Apr-2015 4:00 PM EDT
Atrial Fibrillation Increases Risk of Only One Type of Heart Attack
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

Refining the results of a 2013 study, researchers have found that atrial fibrillation, or irregular heartbeat, is associated with only one type of heart attack – the more common of the two types.

22-Apr-2015 2:30 PM EDT
'Motion-Tracking' MRI Tests Reveal Novel Harbingers of Stroke in People with Common Heart Rhythm Disorder
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Stroke is a frequent and dreaded complication of atrial fibrillation. But predicting which of the estimated six million Americans with a-fib are at highest risk has long challenged physicians weighing stroke risk against the serious side effects posed by lifelong therapy with warfarin and other blood thinners.

23-Apr-2015 11:05 AM EDT
"Motion-Tracking" MRI Tests Reveal Novel Harbingers of Stroke in People with Common Heart Rhythm Disorder
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Researchers performing sophisticated motion studies of heart MRI scans have found that specific altered function in the left atrium of the heart may signal stroke risk in those with atrial fibrillation and, possibly, those without it.

Released: 24-Apr-2015 10:05 AM EDT
Trending Stories Report for 24 April 2015
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Trending news releases with the most views in a single day. Topics include: exercise and obesity, Focused Ultrasound to treat uterine fibroids, neurology, diet supplements and cancer (day 4 in top 10), genetics, geology, skin cancer, sleep and Alzheimer's, and water conservation.

       
Released: 23-Apr-2015 3:05 PM EDT
Making the Heart Beat with Ultrasonic Waves
American Physiological Society (APS)

Researchers from Drexel University demonstrate that ultrasound can increase the rate at which heart cells beat and describe the settings that can do so most effectively.

Released: 23-Apr-2015 10:05 AM EDT
How to Reduce Your Risk of Stroke
Loyola Medicine

Stroke can happen to anyone at any age.

Released: 21-Apr-2015 9:55 AM EDT
New Study Unravels Why Common Blood Pressure Medicine Can Fail
University of Maryland Medical Center

Every year, more than 120 million prescriptions are written worldwide for thiazide drugs, a group of salt-lowering medicines used to treat high blood pressure. These drugs are often very effective. But in some patients, they don't work. The reasons for this have remained a mystery. Now, a new study by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) has revealed a key mechanism for this failure.



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