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Newswise: Smidt Heart Institute’s Hypertension Center Earns Accreditation
Released: 25-Jul-2023 12:00 PM EDT
Smidt Heart Institute’s Hypertension Center Earns Accreditation
Cedars-Sinai

The Hypertension Center in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai has earned accreditation from the American Heart Association, signifying that it exceeds the highest standards of care for patients with high blood pressure—a condition that affects nearly half of all U.S. adults and increases risk for heart attack, stroke and kidney failure.

Newswise: Research pinpoints inflammation source behind atherosclerosis
Released: 25-Jul-2023 11:15 AM EDT
Research pinpoints inflammation source behind atherosclerosis
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Medical Center Dallas have discovered in mice how high cholesterol causes blood vessels to become inflamed, a necessary prerequisite for atherosclerosis – the “hardening of the arteries” responsible for most heart attacks and strokes. The findings, published in Nature Communications, could lead to new interventions to protect against cardiovascular diseases (CVD), the leading cause of death globally.

Newswise: Mount Sinai Receives Significant Funding to Study Which Coronary Revascularization Procedure Best Improves Survival and Quality of Life for Women and Underserved Minority Groups
Released: 25-Jul-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Mount Sinai Receives Significant Funding to Study Which Coronary Revascularization Procedure Best Improves Survival and Quality of Life for Women and Underserved Minority Groups
Mount Sinai Health System

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai will help lead and launch the first clinical trial focusing on women and minority populations to determine which coronary revascularization procedure best improves their survival and quality of life.

Released: 24-Jul-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Risk of fatal heart attack may double in heat wave & high fine particulate pollution days
American Heart Association (AHA)

The combination of soaring heat and smothering fine particulate pollution may double the risk of heart attack death, according to a new study of more than 202,000 heart attack deaths in China.

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Released: 24-Jul-2023 2:45 PM EDT
Cedars-Sinai Patient Receives Rare Triple Organ Transplant
Cedars-Sinai

Valance Sams Sr.’s world was turned upside down 10 years ago when he was diagnosed with sarcoidosis, a rare inflammatory disease that caused a buildup of scar tissue on his heart and left him unable to work, exercise or even walk.

Newswise: University Hospitals Launches Program to Determine Need/Distribute Lifesaving Cardiac Defibrillators in Northeast Ohio Schools
Released: 24-Jul-2023 12:55 PM EDT
University Hospitals Launches Program to Determine Need/Distribute Lifesaving Cardiac Defibrillators in Northeast Ohio Schools
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

University Hospitals (UH) is partnering with the Cleveland Browns, Make Them Know Your Name Foundation (MTKYN) and Kaulig Companies to ensure every school in Northeast Ohio is equipped with the latest life-saving technology and training in case an athlete suffers cardiac arrest.

Newswise: Research Reveals Blood Platelets Play Important Role in Kawasaki Disease
Released: 24-Jul-2023 11:30 AM EDT
Research Reveals Blood Platelets Play Important Role in Kawasaki Disease
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s investigators have advanced our understanding of the role that blood platelets play in Kawasaki disease, a serious illness that primarily affects children younger than 5 years old and causes their blood vessels to swell.

Released: 24-Jul-2023 11:25 AM EDT
Link found between childhood television watching and adulthood metabolic syndrome
University of Otago

A University of Otago study has added weight to the evidence that watching too much television as a child can lead to poor health in adulthood.

   
Released: 24-Jul-2023 10:45 AM EDT
Hackensack Meridian JFK University Medical Center EMS Recognized by American Heart Association for Providing High Quality Care to People with Most Severe Type of Heart Attack and Stroke
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack MeridianJFK University Medical Center’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) has received, for the ninth consecutive year, the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS Gold achievement award for its high quality, rapid and research-based care to people experiencing the most severe form of heart attack and stroke, ultimately saving lives.

Newswise: Cause of sleep disturbance in cardiac disease identified: Ganglia play previously unrecognized role
Released: 20-Jul-2023 5:10 PM EDT
Cause of sleep disturbance in cardiac disease identified: Ganglia play previously unrecognized role
Technical University of Munich

Around one third of people with heart disease suffer from sleep problems. In a paper published in the journal Science, a team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) shows that heart diseases affect the production of the sleep hormone melatonin in the pineal gland.

Released: 20-Jul-2023 5:00 PM EDT
Symptom relief and healthy habits are top goals for treating chronic heart disease
American Heart Association (AHA)

For the more than 20 million people in the U.S. with chronic coronary disease, a heart-healthy diet and lifestyle are the best ways to prevent worsening health.

Newswise: Powerhouse proteins protect heart cells from chemotherapy damage 
Released: 20-Jul-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Powerhouse proteins protect heart cells from chemotherapy damage 
University of Illinois Chicago

Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have identified a process by which enzymes can help prevent heart damage in chemotherapy patients

   
Newswise: Can Technology Help You Keep Watch of Your Heart Health?
Released: 20-Jul-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Can Technology Help You Keep Watch of Your Heart Health?
LifeBridge Health

Interventional cardiologist Dr. Henry Sun, director of LifeBridge Health's Cardiovascular Institute, gives the scoop on the heart health monitoring capabilities of smart watches.

   
Newswise: New Study Shows Black Cancer Survivors Face Increased Mortality From Heart Disease; Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Insurance Contributing Factors
19-Jul-2023 3:05 PM EDT
New Study Shows Black Cancer Survivors Face Increased Mortality From Heart Disease; Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Insurance Contributing Factors
American Cancer Society (ACS)

A new study from researchers at the American Cancer Society found that Black cancer survivors in the United States experience a higher risk of dying from cardiovascular disease compared with White cancer survivors.

Released: 19-Jul-2023 8:30 AM EDT
Cardiac rehabilitation reduces risk of death years after heart surgery, still underutilized
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

People who participate in cardiac rehabilitation have a decreased risk of death years after surgery, with a trend towards better outcomes in patients who attend more sessions, a study finds. Just over half of patients attended a single session of cardiac rehabilitation, and only 12% of those patients completed all 36 sessions. This occurred despite health systems referring patients to the program 94% of the time.

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Released: 19-Jul-2023 4:00 AM EDT
First Dedicated Heart and Vascular Hospital in Waxahachie Opening Soon
Baylor Scott and White Health

Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital – Waxahachie*, an expansion of the nationally recognized Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital – Dallas*, is now complete.

Newswise: Jeanne DeCara named Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the Clinical Sciences
Released: 18-Jul-2023 3:00 PM EDT
Jeanne DeCara named Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the Clinical Sciences
University of Chicago Medical Center

In the role of Associate Dean, Dr. DeCara will focus on appointment, re-appointment, promotion, and tenure recommendations of outstanding clinical faculty and other academic appointees.

14-Jul-2023 9:45 AM EDT
Women less likely to be routed to comprehensive stroke centers for large vessel acute ischemic stroke, according to UTHealth Houston research
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Despite having worse stroke symptoms and living within comparable distances to comprehensive stroke centers, women with large vessel occlusion acute ischemic stroke are less likely to be routed to the centers compared to men, according to a new study from UTHealth Houston.

Newswise: New genes implicated in deadly heart defect
Released: 17-Jul-2023 7:10 PM EDT
New genes implicated in deadly heart defect
Sanford Burnham Prebys

By identifying genes in patients and testing their effects in fruit flies, researchers from Sanford Burnham Prebys have found new genes that contribute to hypoplastic left heart syndrome.

Newswise: Cedars-Sinai Hits New High for Organ Transplants
Released: 17-Jul-2023 11:55 AM EDT
Cedars-Sinai Hits New High for Organ Transplants
Cedars-Sinai

Fiscal year 2023, which ended June 30, proved to be the busiest year yet for Cedars-Sinai’s Comprehensive Transplant Center and Smidt Heart Institute, with more than 600 organs transplanted.

Released: 17-Jul-2023 11:10 AM EDT
Current evidence identifies health risks of e-cigarette use; long-term research needed
American Heart Association (AHA)

Research increasingly reveals health risks of e-cigarette use, and more studies are needed about the long-term impact e-cigarettes may have on the heart and lungs.

Newswise: Report Highlights Public Health Impact of Serious Harms from Diagnostic Error in U.S.
Released: 17-Jul-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Report Highlights Public Health Impact of Serious Harms from Diagnostic Error in U.S.
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Improving diagnosis in health care is a moral, professional and public health imperative, according to the U.S. National Academy of Medicine.

Released: 14-Jul-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Exercise during dialysis has positive health impact
Technical University of Munich

Patients who engage in light exercise while undergoing dialysis are physically fitter and are admitted to hospital less frequently than those who do not.

Released: 13-Jul-2023 2:35 PM EDT
New Ways of Getting to the Heart of the Matter
Texas Tech University

Texas Tech biology professor Peter Keyel is using an innovative approach to better understand why arteries harden.

Newswise: In historic procedure, donor liver protects heart transplant
Released: 13-Jul-2023 11:50 AM EDT
In historic procedure, donor liver protects heart transplant
UW Medicine

Doctors in Seattle are reporting a history-making case in which a patient received two donor organs, a liver and a heart, to prevent the extreme likelihood that her body would reject a donor heart transplanted alone. In this innovative case, the organ recipient’s own healthy liver was transplanted, domino-like, into a second patient who had advanced liver disease.

Newswise: Development of new p38 protein inhibitors with therapeutic potential for some heart diseases
Released: 13-Jul-2023 8:15 AM EDT
Development of new p38 protein inhibitors with therapeutic potential for some heart diseases
Institute for Research in Biomedicine Barcelona

A multidisciplinary team led by Dr. Ángel R. Nebreda, Dr. María J. Macías and Dr. Modesto Orozco, all at IRB Barcelona, has developed a new type of p38 inhibitor, which preferentially impairs one of the activation pathways of this protein. In particular, these inhibitors block the self-activation (or autophosphorylation) of p38 but allow it to continue to be activated by other mechanisms.

Released: 12-Jul-2023 5:05 PM EDT
O sal está invadindo a sua dieta?
Mayo Clinic

Muito sal não faz bem para a saúde. Essa afirmação é especialmente verdadeira para as pessoas que têm pressão arterial elevada. Diminuir o nível de sal no saleiro pode ser um bom começo.

Released: 12-Jul-2023 4:05 PM EDT
¿La sal se está infiltrando en su dieta?
Mayo Clinic

Demasiada sal no es buena para su salud. Especialmente, para personas que tienen presión arterial alta. Reducir la cantidad de veces que busca el salero durante las comidas es un buen comienzo.

Released: 12-Jul-2023 1:10 PM EDT
Gut bacteria linked to fatty deposits in heart arteries
Uppsala University

In a major Swedish study, researchers have discovered a link between the levels of certain bacteria living in the gut and coronary atherosclerotic plaques.

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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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.

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.



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