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April 28, 2015April 28, 2015

NeuroVive Pharmaceutical AB Enrolls First Patient in Clinical Phase 2 Study for Kidney Protection During Cardiac Surgery

NeuroVive Pharmaceutical AB recently announced the enrollment of its first patient in a clinical phase II trial that will evaluate the potential of CicloMulsion® (ciclosporin) to reduce the risk and degree of acute ... Read more

April 27, 2015April 27, 2015

Genetic Overlap Between Alzheimer’s And Cardiovascular Risk Factors Cleared

A genetic overlap between Alzheimer’s disease and two important cardiovascular disease risk factors was found by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine: plasma lipids or fats and high ... Read more

April 24, 2015April 24, 2015

Risk of Cardiac Arrest in Patients on Dialysis Attributable to Inherited Factors

Results from a recent study published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology revealed that the risk of cardiac arrest in patients on dialysis due to kidney failure might be ... Read more

April 23, 2015April 23, 2015

Two Carotid Artery Stenting Methods Show Similar Effectiveness

According to a recent study published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions during elective carotid artery stenting the use of either distal filter embolic protection devices (F-EPDs) or proximal embolic protection devices (P-EPDs) results in ... Read more

April 22, 2015April 22, 2015

No Survival Difference Between Types Of Mitral Valve Replacements Found in New Study

A recent study comparing mechanical prosthetic versus bioprosthetic mitral valves in patients who were 50 to 69 years old and undergoing mitral valve replacement found no significant differences in survival after 15 years. However, ... Read more

April 21, 2015August 27, 2015

AACR Symposium Explores Shared Link Between Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes and Cancer

During a seminar at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Tim Byers, MD, MPH, a University of Colorado Cancer Center researcher, evaluated current evidence ... Read more

April 20, 2015April 20, 2015

Substance From Magnolia Tree Can Protect From Cardiac Hypertrophy

A recent study published in the online journal Nature Communications reported that a natural compound be found in the magnolia tree has the potential to offer protection against heart hypertrophy — a condition related to ... Read more

April 17, 2015April 18, 2015

Gum Disease Remedy Can Prevent Heart Disease

Findings from a recent study conducted by researchers at the Forsyth Institute and Boston University will help to increase knowledge on the connection between the heart and mouth. The study published ... Read more

April 16, 2015April 16, 2015

REPRIEVE Study Begins Enrollment of HIV-infected Participants to Assess Statins’ effects on Cardiovascular Disease

A new multi center international trial called REPRIEVE has begun to enroll in order to assess if statins can decrease the risk for major cardiovascular effects including strokes, heart disease and heart ... Read more

April 14, 2015April 14, 2015

Study Advances Understanding of Heart Cells’ Regeneration

A new research project developed at the Weizmann Institute of Science is providing new insight into the mystery of why mammalian hearts fail to regenerate, reporting the possibility of altering this fate in ... Read more