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When the brain speaks, the heart feels it—the link between the brain's reward system and acute myocardial infarction
Research by the Technion has demonstrated that activation of the brain's reward system could boost recovery from a heart attack.... Read more
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Calcium, zinc intake tied to lower risk for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
People with higher intakes of calcium and zinc before pregnancy appear to have a significantly lower risk for hypertensive disorders... Read more
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'Google Earth for the human heart' set to accelerate cardiovascular medicine
Two whole adult human hearts, one healthy and one diseased, have been imaged in unprecedented detail by researchers from UCL... Read more
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Weight gain in young and middle-aged adults is linked to poor heart health in older age
By the time they are in their 60s, fewer people who gain excess weight from their 20s onwards have healthy... Read more
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Novel protein detects and responds to changes in blood flow
When blood moves through your body, it exerts a frictional force on the walls of blood vessels. This force, known... Read more
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US stroke survival is improving, but race still plays role
There's good news and bad for stroke survival in the United States: New research shows that Americans are now more... Read more
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Lowering systolic blood pressure below 120 mmHg may reduce dementia risk among Black, Latino populations
A new study suggests that reducing systolic blood pressure below the clinically safe threshold of 120 mmHg over time may... Read more
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Study finds long-term stroke survival improving, but racial disparities remain
Overall rates of long-term survival following stroke are improving, but Black individuals experience worse long-term outcomes compared to white individuals,... Read more
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30-year risk of cardiovascular disease may help inform blood pressure treatment decisions
A comparison of two risk prediction tools used to calculate an individual's risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) suggests that... Read more
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Can energy drinks cause heart issues?
In recent years, there's been a big boost in the beverage industry when it comes to the sale of energy... Read more
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From Dr. Oz to heart valves: A tiny device charted a contentious path through the FDA
In 2013, the FDA approved an implantable device to treat leaky heart valves. Among its inventors was Mehmet Oz, the... Read more
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Off-the-shelf wearable trackers provide clinically-useful information for patients with heart disease
A study published in Nature Medicine examined if a commercially-available fitness tracker and smartphone could continuously monitor the response to... Read more
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Alternative understanding of brain leads to new treatments for stroke patients
Since the early 20th century, researchers believed that movements on the right and left sides of the body were controlled... Read more
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AI speeds up heart scans, saves time, and could lead to better treatment for heart conditions
Researchers have developed a method for analyzing heart MRI scans with the help of artificial intelligence, which could save valuable... Read more
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Short and long sleep duration associated with blood vessel damage in those recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes
New research to be presented at this year's Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)... Read more