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February 5, 2015February 6, 2015

Elevated Waist Circumference Among Australia’s Aboriginal Population Increases Risk for Cardiovascular Disease

A team of researchers from Australia examined a group of 920 Australian Aboriginals for a period of 20 years and found that the population has elevated waist circumference (WC) and consequently are ... Read more

February 4, 2015February 5, 2015

Genetic Combination in the DBH Gene Offers Protection Against Heart Attack

A study published in the journal Circulation Research revealed that two specific mutations in a particular gene decrease the risk of myocardial infarction. The gene in question is the DBH (dopamine ... Read more

February 4, 2015February 5, 2015

One Third of People Would Risk Shortening Their Lives Instead of Taking a Daily Pill for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

A team of researchers led by Robert Hutchins from the University of California San Francisco found that one-third of people would risk shortening their lives instead of taking a daily ... Read more

February 3, 2015February 3, 2015

OHSU Researchers Discover Peptide That Can Penetrate Heart Attack Scar Tissue, Regenerate Cardiac Nerves

Results from a recent study conducted by a team of researchers at the Oregon Health & Sciences University (OHSU), indicate that a specific peptide named ISP can penetrate heart attack ... Read more

February 3, 2015February 3, 2015

Blood Vessel Calcification in those with Kidney Stones at increased Heart Disease Risk

A recent study entitled “Vascular Calcification and Bone Mineral Density in Recurrent Kidney Stone Formers” suggests kidney stone formers have higher levels of calcification in their abdominal aorta, a possible ... Read more

February 2, 2015February 2, 2015

Australian Researchers Find Video Game Technology Can Help Diagnose Sudden Cardiac Arrest Danger

Scientists at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (VCCRI) in New South Wales, Australia, have discovered a method of using computer gaming technology as a tool for better diagnosis of ... Read more

February 2, 2015February 2, 2015

Researchers Granted $2.2M to Study Link Between Depression and Cardiovascular Disease in HIV Patients

A research team from the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis led by Jesse Stewart, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology, has been granted a $2.2 million award from ... Read more

January 29, 2015January 29, 2015

Researchers Defend Effectiveness of Catheterization Teams on Weekends

Increasing the costs of having an on-call catheterization team at hospitals during the weekends to perform coronary angiography and other interventions in patients suffering from non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS) is cost ... Read more

January 28, 2015January 30, 2015

Internet Connected Cardiac Pacemakers Getting Closer To Reality

Scientists at UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country in the port city of Bilbao in northern Spain are designing a security protocol to protect information contained in pacemakers and other electronic ... Read more

January 28, 2015January 28, 2015

Study Shows Elevated Hypertension Risks Among Chronic Insomniacs

A new study entitled “Insomnia With Physiological Hyperarousal Is Associated With Hypertension” reports that chronic insomniacs who are hyper-alert have a higher risk to develop hypertension. The study was published ... Read more