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Newswise: Run, Walk, Roll in Support of JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute at the 15th Annual Miles for Minds 5K
Released: 11-Jul-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Run, Walk, Roll in Support of JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute at the 15th Annual Miles for Minds 5K
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian JFK University Medical Center Foundation is pleased to announce its 15th Annual Miles for Minds 5K Race to support Hackensack Meridian JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, located at Hackensack Meridian JFK University Medical Center. The race will take place on Sunday, July 30 at Roosevelt Park in Edison.

Newswise: New study finds U.S. military veterans living in discriminatory ‘redlined’ areas suffered higher rates of cardiovascular disease
Released: 11-Jul-2023 11:30 AM EDT
New study finds U.S. military veterans living in discriminatory ‘redlined’ areas suffered higher rates of cardiovascular disease
Case Western Reserve University

U.S. military veterans who lived in what were once known as “redlined” areas had a higher risk for heart attacks and other cardiovascular issues, according to a new study by researchers at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and the Cleveland VA Medical Center.

Newswise: Metabolic Syndrome Risk Doubled from Adolescence to Young Adulthood
Released: 11-Jul-2023 8:05 AM EDT
Metabolic Syndrome Risk Doubled from Adolescence to Young Adulthood
American Physiological Society (APS)

Risk of metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions that increase the risk of heart disease, stroke and Type 2 diabetes, doubled in people during the growth period from adolescence to young adulthood.

Newswise: Mount Sinai Queens Opens New Cardiac Catheterization Lab to Expedite Care for Heart Attack Patients
Released: 11-Jul-2023 7:00 AM EDT
Mount Sinai Queens Opens New Cardiac Catheterization Lab to Expedite Care for Heart Attack Patients
Mount Sinai Health System

Mount Sinai Queens today announced the opening of a new cardiac catheterization lab that will provide rapid and comprehensive care to hundreds of heart patients every year for life-threatening emergencies and scheduled cardiac procedures.

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Released: 10-Jul-2023 3:05 PM EDT
New deep light imaging could improve disease diagnosis
University of St. Andrews

An international team of researchers, in collaboration with the University of St Andrews, have made a technology breakthrough for one of the most important forms of light imaging, optical coherence tomography (OCT), which could revolutionise applications in ophthalmology, dermatology, cardiology, and the early detection of cancer.

6-Jul-2023 8:30 AM EDT
Alcohol Use, Even at Low Levels, Increases Risk of Developing Disease
Research Society on Alcoholism

Even low levels of alcohol use can increase the likelihood of developing diseases like cancer and heart disease. A systematic review of studies of the relationship between alcohol use and risk of disease published in Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research found that disease risk increases as alcohol use increases and high levels of alcohol use have clear detrimental health effects. While lower-level alcohol use can be protective against certain diseases, it can have significant adverse health effects for many other diseases. The authors urge greater awareness that any level of alcohol use can increase a person’s risk of developing serious, even fatal, diseases.

Released: 7-Jul-2023 3:10 PM EDT
Global diet study challenges advice to limit high-fat dairy foods
European Society of Cardiology

Unprocessed red meat and whole grains can be included or left out of a healthy diet, according to a study conducted in 80 countries across all inhabited continents and published today in European Heart Journal.

Released: 7-Jul-2023 11:20 AM EDT
Researchers uncover how a genetic mutation can cause individuals with normal cholesterol levels to develop coronary artery disease at a young age
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

A novel molecular pathway to explain how a mutation in the gene ACTA2 can cause individuals in their 30s – with normal cholesterol levels and no other risk factors — to develop coronary artery disease has been identified, according to researchers with UTHealth Houston.

Released: 7-Jul-2023 11:20 AM EDT
Clinical trial gives woman a new lease on life
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Versil Joyles-Stapleton, 76, can’t seem to slow herself down — a drastic change to how she lived her life just 2 years ago.

Released: 7-Jul-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Expanding Medicaid improved care without crowding out other patients
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

People with low incomes who live in states that expanded Medicaid got more of the kind of health care that can keep them healthier in the long run, compared with similar people in non-expansion states.

Newswise: Wireless wonder: wearable ultrasound patch goes completely cable-free
Released: 7-Jul-2023 11:00 AM EDT
Wireless wonder: wearable ultrasound patch goes completely cable-free
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

This fully wireless ultrasound patch, which can capture detailed medical information and wirelessly transmit the data to a smart device, could represent a major step forward in at-home health care technology.

   
Newswise: Not eating enough of these six healthy foods is associated with higher cardiovascular disease and deaths globally
5-Jul-2023 3:00 PM EDT
Not eating enough of these six healthy foods is associated with higher cardiovascular disease and deaths globally
McMaster University

This study found that not eating enough of six key foods in combination is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in adults. Researchers derived a diet score from PHRI’s ongoing, large-scale global Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiological (PURE) study, then replicated that in five independent studies to measure health outcomes in different world regions and in people with and without prior CVD.

Released: 6-Jul-2023 6:00 PM EDT
New study: Black women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy have increased stroke risk
Boston University School of Medicine

U.S. Black women have a disproportionately higher burden of both preeclamptic pregnancy and stroke compared with white women, but virtually all existing evidence on the association between the two medical conditions has come from studies of white women.

Released: 5-Jul-2023 6:15 PM EDT
Dissolving cardiac device monitors, treats heart disease
Northwestern University

Nearly 700,000 people in the United States die from heart disease every year, and one-third of those deaths result from complications in the first weeks or months following a traumatic heart-related event. To help prevent those deaths, researchers at Northwestern and George Washington (GW) universities have developed a new device to monitor and treat heart disease and dysfunction in the days, weeks or months following such events.

30-Jun-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Fluctuating Levels of Cholesterol and Triglycerides Linked to Increased Risk of Dementia
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

Older people who have fluctuating levels of cholesterol and triglycerides may have a higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias compared to people who have steady levels, according to new research published in the July 5, 2023, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. While the study found a link, it does not prove that fluctuating levels of cholesterol and triglycerides cause dementia.

Newswise: Hackensack University Medical Center Becomes First in New Jersey to Offer New Procedure to Diagnose Heart Disease in Small Blood Vessels
Released: 5-Jul-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Hackensack University Medical Center Becomes First in New Jersey to Offer New Procedure to Diagnose Heart Disease in Small Blood Vessels
Hackensack Meridian Health

Interventional cardiologists at Hackensack University Medical Center are the first in the state to employ a novel method to assess the health of smaller arteries in the heart and pinpoint microvascular disease, which until now has presented a diagnostic challenge.

Released: 5-Jul-2023 8:00 AM EDT
Mount Sinai Launches Center for Ophthalmic Artificial Intelligence and Human Health
Mount Sinai Health System

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has launched the Center for Ophthalmic Artificial Intelligence and Human Health, the first of its kind in New York and one of the first in the United States.

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Released: 3-Jul-2023 6:05 PM EDT
Serious monkey business: chimpanzee heart check via digital camera
University of South Australia

University of South Australia scientists have found a way to remotely measure the heart rates of chimpanzees using a digital camera and artificial intelligence. It's hoped the contact-free technique will help detect cardiac disease in the species.

29-Jun-2023 3:50 PM EDT
Older Frail Patients Have a 1-in-3 Chance of Surviving CPR During Surgery
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

It’s estimated that around 25% of patients who have a cardiac arrest and receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in a normal hospital setting will survive.

Newswise: Martin/Hopkins Method to Calculate LDL Or ‘Bad’ Cholesterol Outperforms Other Equations, Study Shows
Released: 3-Jul-2023 10:00 AM EDT
Martin/Hopkins Method to Calculate LDL Or ‘Bad’ Cholesterol Outperforms Other Equations, Study Shows
Johns Hopkins Medicine

In a new large, comprehensive analysis that looked at data from more than 5 million patients, the Martin/Hopkins method developed by Johns Hopkins researchers to calculate low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol — so-called bad cholesterol — produces higher accuracy rates than the nearly two dozen other available equations.

Released: 30-Jun-2023 9:45 AM EDT
RSNA Journals Make Huge Impact in Radiology
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)

The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) announced today that its leading medical imaging research journal, Radiology, maintains the largest impact factor in its category. In addition, RSNA’s subspecialty journals, Radiology: Artificial Intelligence, Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging and Radiology: Imaging Cancer have achieved impact factors for the first time, and RadioGraphics continues to excel, according to the newly released 2023 update to the Clarivate Analytics Journal Citation Reports.

   
Newswise: Lessons Learned from World’s First Successful Transplant of Genetically-Modified Pig Heart into Human Patient
29-Jun-2023 2:30 PM EDT
Lessons Learned from World’s First Successful Transplant of Genetically-Modified Pig Heart into Human Patient
University of Maryland School of Medicine

A new study published today in The Lancet has revealed the most extensive analysis to date on what led to the eventual heart failure in the world's first successful transplant of a genetically-modified pig heart into a human patient.

Released: 29-Jun-2023 8:20 AM EDT
Researchers discover new opportunities for preventing kidney injury following cardiac surgery
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

A new study finds that the minimum level of oxygen delivery during cardiopulmonary bypass may be lower than previously thought — meaning, there may be opportunities to avoid transfusing patients during cardiac surgical procedures. Researchers say cardiac surgical programs may be unnecessarily transfusing patients to prevent kidney injury.

Newswise: Climbing to New Heights After Robotic Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
Released: 28-Jun-2023 11:15 AM EDT
Climbing to New Heights After Robotic Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
Cedars-Sinai

The summit is a good place to be. Staying active on the hiking trails around the southern highlands of Australia, where he retired earlier this year after a career in film marketing, Jon Anderson is feeling there’s little he can’t conquer.

Newswise:Video Embedded women-with-long-covid-may-develop-high-blood-pressure
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Released: 28-Jun-2023 7:00 AM EDT
Women with Long COVID May Develop High Blood Pressure
American Physiological Society (APS)

New research identifies parts of the cardiovascular system that are disrupted by long COVID. The study is published in the American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology and was chosen as an APSselect article for June.

Newswise:Video Embedded patch-detects-muscle-movement-through-skin-w-nanomagnets
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Released: 27-Jun-2023 6:30 PM EDT
This patch uses nanomagnets to detect muscle movement through the skin
Cell Press

Using nanomagnets composites and conductive yarn, scientists have invented a smart textile that can sense and measure body movements—from muscles flexing to veins pulsing.

   
Newswise: TTUHSC El Paso and Coldwell Foundation Announce Gift
Released: 26-Jun-2023 11:00 AM EDT
TTUHSC El Paso and Coldwell Foundation Announce Gift
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso

Three researchers with Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso are studying treatments that may increase patients’ odds of surviving cancer and cardiovascular disease.

Newswise: Warfarin use should not disqualify stroke patients from lifesaving clot-removing surgery
Released: 26-Jun-2023 11:00 AM EDT
Warfarin use should not disqualify stroke patients from lifesaving clot-removing surgery
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Most stroke patients taking the anticoagulant warfarin were no more likely than those not on the medication to experience a brain bleed when undergoing a procedure to remove a blood clot, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report in a new study. The findings, published in JAMA, could help doctors better gauge the risk of endovascular thrombectomy (EVT), potentially expanding the pool of eligible patients for this mainstay stroke treatment.

Newswise: “Anchoring bias” can delay testing and diagnosis by physicians for deadly conditions like blood clots in the lung
22-Jun-2023 3:05 PM EDT
“Anchoring bias” can delay testing and diagnosis by physicians for deadly conditions like blood clots in the lung
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Patients with congestive heart failure experiencing shortness of breath are less likely to be tested in the emergency department for a potentially fatal pulmonary embolism when the reason for the visit is initially noted as congestive heart failure instead of the broader “shortness of breath”.

Newswise: Novel Study Deepens Knowledge of Treatment-Resistant Hypertension
Released: 26-Jun-2023 10:55 AM EDT
Novel Study Deepens Knowledge of Treatment-Resistant Hypertension
Cedars-Sinai

For many patients with hypertension—an elevated blood pressure that can lead to stroke or heart attack—medication keeps the condition at bay. But what happens when medication that physicians usually prescribe doesn’t work? Known as apparent resistant hypertension (aRH), this form of high blood pressure requires more medication and medical management.

Released: 26-Jun-2023 9:45 AM EDT
Pessoas com obesidade mórbida e uma variante genética apresentam maior risco de hipertensão, revela pesquisa da Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic

Pessoas com obesidade grave e uma variante genética específica correm maior risco de pressão alta, descobriu um estudo da Mayo Clinic.

Released: 26-Jun-2023 9:05 AM EDT
Las personas con obesidad grave y una variante de vía genética corren un mayor riesgo de tener hipertensión, según una investigación de Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic

Las personas con obesidad severa y una variante genética específica tienen un mayor riesgo de hipertensión, según descubrió un estudio de Mayo Clinic.

Released: 26-Jun-2023 12:05 AM EDT
توصلت أبحاث Mayo Clinic أن من يعانون من السُمنة المفرطة وأحد المتغيرات الجينية، عرضة أكثر للإصابة بارتفاع ضغط الدم
Mayo Clinic

مع السمنة ، يزداد خطر الإصابة بأمراض القلب والأوعية الدموية ، والتي تشمل السكتة الدماغية وفشل القلب الاحتقاني واحتشاء عضلة القلب. السمنة مرض متعدد العوامل ينتج عن اختلال توازن الطاقة. السمنة عامل خطر قابل للتعديل لأمراض القلب والأوعية الدموية.

Released: 23-Jun-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Women with common heart rhythm disorder have faster cognitive decline than men
European Society of Cardiology

Women with atrial fibrillation progress more rapidly to cognitive impairment and dementia than men with the heart rhythm condition, according to research presented today at ACNAP 2023, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)1 and published in Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association.

Released: 23-Jun-2023 2:05 PM EDT
MedTech Innovation Forum Leads Day One at TCT 2023
Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF)

Building on the resounding success of last year’s standing-room-only debut, the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) and Fogarty Innovation are proud to present an even more dynamic and comprehensive TCT MedTech Innovation Forum in 2023. The highly anticipated program will feature additional learning tracks, expanded networking opportunities, increased attendee capacity, and the TCT Shark Tank Innovation Competition. The day-long interactive summit will take place on the first day of TCT 2023 (Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics), CRF’s esteemed annual scientific symposium, October 23–26, at The Moscone Center in San Francisco, California.

Released: 23-Jun-2023 12:55 PM EDT
BP Below 120 Could Be Target to Prevent Common Heart Condition
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

UCSF researchers have found that aggressive blood pressure control can lower the risk of left ventricular conduction disease, a common heart condition that often leads to pacemaker implantation.

Released: 21-Jun-2023 4:25 PM EDT
Scientists discover mechanism affecting heart development in Down syndrome
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Infants born with Down syndrome, the genetic condition caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21, or trisomy 21, are highly predisposed to congenital heart defects.

20-Jun-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Repurposed drug shows promise for treating cardiac arrhythmias
University of Chicago Medical Center

In a new study published June 21, 2023, in Science Translational Medicine, researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Chicago invented a new reporting technique to monitor activity of CaMKII while screening the effects of nearly 5,000 FDA approved drugs on human cells that expressed the enzyme.

Newswise:Video Embedded hot-yoga-offsets-negative-effects-of-high-salt-diet-on-blood-pressure-in-black-women
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Released: 21-Jun-2023 10:00 AM EDT
Hot Yoga Offsets Negative Effects of High-salt Diet on Blood Pressure in Black Women
American Physiological Society (APS)

Participating in hot yoga over four weeks reduced blood pressure in Black women, according to a study from Texas State University. Researchers also found the blood pressure drop and a widening of the participants’ arteries occurred despite three days of high salt intake.

Released: 21-Jun-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Nationwide Children’s Hospital Marks A Decade as One of the Nation’s Best
Nationwide Children's Hospital

Nationwide Children’s Hospital has been named to U.S. News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospitals Honor Roll for the 10th consecutive year. The Honor Roll is a top distinction awarded to only 10 children’s hospitals nationwide recognized by U.S. News as the “Best of the Best.” Nationwide Children’s is ranked sixth on the 2023-24 Honor Roll list.

Newswise: Less-invasive Cardiac MRI Is a Valuable Diagnostic Tool in the Early Evaluation of Patients with Acute Chest Pain
20-Jun-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Less-invasive Cardiac MRI Is a Valuable Diagnostic Tool in the Early Evaluation of Patients with Acute Chest Pain
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

An estimated 3 million patients visit emergency departments each year with acute chest pain and mildly elevated troponin levels. A new study from researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine reveals that cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), is a safe and valuable tool to help evaluate these complex patients.

Newswise: Exercise May Induce Strokes for People with Blocked Arteries
16-Jun-2023 10:35 AM EDT
Exercise May Induce Strokes for People with Blocked Arteries
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Certain conditions can make the increased heart rate associated with exercise dangerous: Researchers found that an elevated heart rate can induce a stroke in patients with highly blocked carotid arteries. Contrastingly, for healthy patients and those with only slightly blocked arteries, exercise is beneficial for maintaining healthy blood flow. In healthy patients, an elevated heart rate increases and stabilizes the drag force blood exerts on the vessel wall, reducing stenosis risk. But for patients already experiencing stenosis, it may not be as beneficial.

   
8-Jun-2023 9:40 AM EDT
Radioactive iodine or surgery associated with increased survival in hyperthyroidism
Endocrine Society

Hyperthyroidism treatment like radioactive iodine or surgery was associated with a decreased risk for death, according to research being presented Saturday at ENDO 2023, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in Chicago.



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