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Yale researchers have discovered why a certain type of blood cell gets so big. This finding also gives clues as to how leukemia can occur when the process goes wrong. ... Read More »
Living kidney donors are at no greater risk of heart disease than the healthy general population, finds a study published on bmj.com today. In the general population, ... Read More »
Researchers at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Ariz., in collaboration with Amgen Inc. and several other institutions, have discovered a ... Read More »
New research reported by the American Heart Association has looked at the benefits of mitral heart valve repair alongside bypass surgery. The mitral valve separates... Read More »
The results of a new study may help better the understanding of the effects of cold air on the heart and how the hearts of healthy individuals can compensate for... Read More »
Researchers from Atritech, now part of Boston Scientific, have developed the WATCHMAN device, a small mesh umbrella that can be inserted into part of the heart cavity ... Read More »
A meta-analysis of eight previously published clinical trials suggests stent implantation for patients with stable coronary artery disease is not associated with... Read More »
Based on a review of the latest evidence, the Guidelines Committee of the Heart Failure Society of America now recommends that the use of cardiac resynchronization... Read More »
Patients with heart disease who took cholesterol-lowering statins were less likely to develop depression than those who did not, in a study by Mary Whooley, a... Read More »
New research from the University of Calgary shows that using a CT (computerised tomography) scan, doctors can predict if patients who have had a transient ischemic... Read More »
Here's the weekly roundup of medical innovation trends and developments that are making headlines!
Women have increased risk of in-hospital death following a... Read More »
When woodchucks hibernate they enter a profoundly altered physiological state: their body temperature drops (often as low as freezing) and heart and respiration rates ... Read More »
A new study followed people over a 10-year time period and shows that healthy people with higher urine concentrations of BPA, a controversial chemical widely used in... Read More »
A discovery reported in the March 1st issue of the journal Nature, uncovers the first molecular evidence linking the body’s natural circadian rhythms to sudden... Read More »
Researchers at University of Bristol have published new findings that reveal the mechanisms by which two proteins regulate the amount of calcium in the heart. In the... Read More »
Stanford engineers have created a new type of self-propelled medical device that is capable of controlled motion through the bloodstream. Ada Poon, an assistant... Read More »
If you’re like the majority of Americans, you take an aspirin when you have a headache, or possibly as a preventative measure against heart attack or stroke... Read More »
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have produced a new chemical compound for the possible treatment of brain damage caused by stroke. The compound binds... Read More »
Among heart attack patients, women are more likely than men to present to a hospital without chest pain and also have a higher rate of in-hospital death following a... Read More »
The beating of our heart is the coordinated action of more than a billion muscle cells. Most of the time, only the muscle cells from the larger heart chambers... Read More »