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Sweeping Genetic Analysis of Rare Disease Yields Common Mechanism of Hypertension
Analyzing all the genes of dozens of people suffering from a rare form of hypertension, Yale University researchers have discovered a new mechanism that regulates the blood pressure of all humans. The findings by an international research team headed...
Study Finds Air Pollution Linked to Diabetes And Hypertension in African-American Women
The incidence of type 2 diabetes and hypertension increases with cumulative levels of exposure to nitrogen oxides, according to a new study led by researchers from the Slone Epidemiology Center (SEC) at Boston University. The study, which appears online...
Can Twitter Save Lives?
Discussion about cardiac arrest on Twitter is common and represents a new opportunity to provide lifesaving information to the public, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The Penn investigators...
Results of the PROFI Study Reported At TCT 2011
Results from the PROFI study indicate that the use of a proximal balloon occlusion in carotid artery stenting lead to fewer cerebral ischemic lesions – a predictor of stroke – than with the use of a filter. Trial results were presented at the 23rd...
Depression in Young People Increases Risk of Heart Disease Mortality
The negative effects of depression in young people on the health of their hearts may be stronger than previously recognized. Depression or a history of suicide attempts in people younger than 40, especially young women, markedly increases their risk for...
Blood Test Could Identify Smokers At Higher Risk for Heart Disease, UT Southwestern Researchers Find
A simple blood test could someday quantify a smoker’s lung toxicity and danger of heart disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. Nearly one in five adults in the U.S. smoke, and smoking-related medical expenses and loss...
Young, Apparently Healthy — And At Risk of Heart Disease
Atherosclerosis – or buildup of fat in the walls of arteries ? is thought of as a disorder of older people but it affects a large number of young men and women, according to a new Heart and Stroke Foundation study. “The proportion of young, apparently...
Estrogen Treatment May Help Reverse Severe Pulmonary Hypertension
UCLA researchers have found that the hormone estrogen may help reverse advanced pulmonary hypertension, a rare and serious condition that affects 2 million to 3 million individuals in the U.S., mostly women, and can lead to heart failure.
