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New strategies of injecting cardiovascular disease (CVD) patients with vaccines and monoclonal antibodies to combat atherosclerosis could soon change the treatment... Read More »
Here’s the weekly collection of hot medical news!
Health on trial at the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has been busy with health topics. First... Read More »
Paramedics can reduce someone's chances of having a cardiac arrest or dying by 50 percent by immediately administering a mixture of glucose, insulin and potassium ... Read More »
Everyday, heart disease patients and doctors decide between treating blocked arteries with bypass surgery or less-invasive percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI... Read More »
Data from a phase 2 clinical trial show that a treatment targeting the PCSK9 (proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9) antibody could be a new treatment for... Read More »
A study revealed that a scan of the heart can safely and quickly rule out the possibility of a heart attack in patients who come to emergency rooms experiencing chest ... Read More »
New research presented at the 2012 American College of Cardiology Meeting has shown that stem cells derived from a patient’s own bone marrow can help heart... Read More »
Here's your weekly collection of medical stories making headlines this week!
Somatic stem cells obtained from skin cells for first time
Scientists have... Read More »
A research study led by Scripps Translational Science Institute shows that a new blood test may be useful for predicting the possibility of an imminent heart attack... Read More »
SanBio Inc. today announced that the first 6 patients, of a total of 18, have been successfully administered SB623, a new allogeneic stem cell therapy product, in the ... Read More »
Research indicates that applying new techniques to magnetic resonance pulmonary angiography (MRPA), which uses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), significantly... Read More »
A study by the Montreal Heart Institute and Innovaderm Research, Inc., has found that a treatment for psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory disease of the skin and... Read More »
A catheter procedure that closes a hole in patients' hearts was no more effective than medical therapy in preventing recurrent strokes, according to a new study... Read More »
University of Wisconsin scientists have used induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells derived from human blood to develop early retina structures. The structures showed... Read More »
Researchers in the UK have discovered that moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can cause changes in the heart's shape and function, similar to the... Read More »
Researchers from Queen Mary, University of London and University of Surrey have identified a protein in blood vessels that is able to protect the body from substances ... Read More »
Johns Hopkins scientists have published laboratory data refuting studies that suggest blood vessels that form within brain cancers are largely made up of cancer... Read More »
A team of researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have successfully brought latent HIV infection out of hiding, with a drug used to treat... Read More »
Research from the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute shows that by using a CT scan (computerized tomography), doctors can predict which... Read More »
A software monitoring program that tracks implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) function could detect problems with the devices earlier than current monitoring ... Read More »