Researchers at the McCormick School of Engineering are part of a team that has used stretchable electronics to create a multipurpose medical catheter that can both monitor heart functions and perform corrections on heart tissue during surgery. The device marks the first time stretchable...
She and I have like 5 classes together. We're friends and I've known her since last year but we got closer this year and she's a lesbian and I'm bi so its cool but I know that as of a few weeks ago she was hung up on some girl that had rejected her that she had liked for like three years and I'm...
Underlying Connection Between "Good" Cholesterol And Collagen In Heart Health
Arterial stiffening has long been considered a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Keeping arteries soft and supple might reduce disease risk, but the mechanisms of how arteries stave off hardening has...
The New York City Marathon was (rightfully) cancelled, but there's other news in the running world: researchers found that running or other vigorous exercise can reverse heart damage caused by heart attacks. More »Another Reason Why Running Is Awesome: Study Says It Can Reverse Heart Damage is a...
Children who take Adderall, Ritalin, and other central nervous system stimulants, do not have a higher chance of developing serious heart conditions. This finding, confirming research from 2011, came from a study at the University of Florida and was published in the British Medical Journal. The...
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have found a way to create three-dimensional maps of the stress that circulating blood places on the developing heart in an animal model - a key to understanding triggers of heart defects. The team has begun testing the technology to uncover how...
Stroke survivors who smoke put themselves at a greater risk of additional strokes, heart attack or death than those who never smoked, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Stroke. Those who quit smoking before their stroke also had less risk of poorer outcomes...
University of Iowa researchers have previously shown that an enzyme called CaM kinase II plays a pivotal role in the death of heart cells following a heart attack or other conditions that damage or stress heart muscle. Loss of beating heart cells is generally permanent and leads to heart...
Sitting around for long periods raises the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease and premature death, even for people who have the amount of daily physical activity recommended by health professionals. These were the conclusions of a large piece of research covering nearly...
Going for a jog or taking a brisk walk every day could reduce your risk of a heart attack or stroke by 50%, according to new research. Scientists studied the health of over 10,000 people for 10 years. They found that people who jogged or who had a higher walking speed had a lower risk of...
A new study from Karolinska Institutet demonstrates that a change in the ECG wave called the QRS prolongation is associated with a higher rate of heart-failure mortality. According to the team that carried out the study, which is published in the scientific periodical The European Heart Journal...
The risk of death resulting from heart attack is higher in people with schizophrenia than in the general public, according to scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES). On average, people with schizophrenia have a...
On Tuesday, it was confirmed that model, dancer, and drag queen Antoine Ashley, who performed under the name Sahara Davenport had died. He was just 27--and his death left many stunned, heartbroken, and full of questions. Then, late last night, his family left a message on his Facebook fan page...
The statistics show that efforts to reduce heart disease deaths are successful, with mortality now falling in most of the continent. At the same time, the report shows the huge burden CVD presents to Europe's health, and suggests that underlying factors may cause CVD to increase in the near...
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Channing Frye, the sharpshooting bigman for the Phoenix Suns, will be sidelined for an indefinite amount of time after being diagnosed with an enlarged heart. According to the Suns, Frye has a dilated cardiomyopathy — a disease of the heart’s left ventricle.
Last season, Frye averaged 10.5...