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In adults, clot-busting drugs can reduce disability if given within a few hours after a stroke. But few studies have looked at whether these drugs are safe for... Read More »
Patients’ own cardiac stem cells regrow heart muscle
Many heart attacks leave behind scar tissue, which inhibits cardiac functions for a patient’s... Read More »
Severe heart damage in people who are obese and diabetic is linked with a pancreatic hormone called amylin, UC Davis researchers have found. In the failing hearts of... Read More »
Every year in the United States alone, 785,000 people will have a first heart attack and 470,000 more will suffer a repeat heart attack, according to the Centers for... Read More »
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Shiva SinghGood to know we have healing within us.
Feb 16, 2012
Aurora SterlingHeart disease is one of the most common causes of death. Hopefully, research like this will one day change that stat.
Feb 15, 2012
The biological scaffold that gives structure to a heart valve after its cellular material has been removed can be freeze-dried and stored for later use as a... Read More »
Results from a Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute clinical trial show that treating heart attack patients with an infusion of their own heart-derived cells helps damaged... Read More »
A common heart disease may be passed genetically from father to son, according to a study led by the University of Leicester. A paper published in medical journal The ... Read More »
Scientists have discovered that hormones released by the heart play a role in burning fat. The hormones turn on molecular mechanisms that burn fat, much like those... Read More »
Two new blood thinners, Xarelto (rivaroxaban) and Pradaxa (dabigatran etexilate) have been approved by the FDA for patients with atrial fibrillation that is not... Read More »
The brain is what makes us human, so it is understandable that people fear the wide-ranging symptoms that can accompany brain injury. These symptoms include impaired... Read More »
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Bill HarringtonMy daughter was 19 at the time of her crash that left her TBI. She's now 36 and has shown little improvement through the years. I wish this were available for her. I would love to have a better quality of life now.
Feb 6, 2012
Ann ConkleVery exciting research!
Feb 6, 2012
An innovative approach to genome screening has provided clues about rare mutations that may make people susceptible to brain aneurysms, according to preliminary... Read More »
Johns Hopkins neurologists have developed a new technique that successfully dissolves blood clots in the brain. The minimally-invasive procedure allows for removing... Read More »
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Florida have developed a new head patch to monitor stroke victims during their hospitalization. “About one-third of stroke... Read More »
People would like to believe that when they make certain life choices -- be they related to diet, climate or lifestyle -- the possible negative effects are confined... Read More »
A new study by researchers at the University of Manchester indicates that a drug recently approved to treat multiple sclerosis (MS) in the United States may also... Read More »
Scientists at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) have learned more about the mutation in DNA that leads to the development of acute myeloid leukemia... Read More »
Scientists with Children’s Research Institute at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center identified the cells responsible for creating the... Read More »
Doctors at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Mass. have found that a leukemia drug previously thought harmful to patients’ immune systems actually... Read More »
The American Stroke Association has been running an advertisement lately in my neighborhood that reads, “Learn to recognize a stroke, because time lost is brain ... Read More »
Boston Scientific Corporation announced the U.S. launch of its Charger™ PTA Balloon Catheter. Designed for both post-stent use and conventional balloon... Read More »