New app aims to reduce stress with slow breathing
By Natasha Baker TOKYO (Reuters) - Want to reduce stress and improve mental focus? A new app that promotes slow breathing may help. Called MyCalmBeat, the app uses a heart...
View ArticleNew blood thinners have fewer disadvantages than Coumadin
Two new blood thinners, Xarelto (rivaroxaban) and Pradaxa (dabigatran etexilate) have been approved by the FDA for patients with atrial fibrillation that is not caused by a heart valve problem. The...
View ArticleResearchers discover hormones from the heart that burn fat
Scientists have discovered that hormones released by the heart play a role in burning fat. The hormones turn on molecular mechanisms that burn fat, much like those activated to warm the body when it...
View ArticleFirst-of-its-kind stem cell treatment re-grows heart muscle
Results from a Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute clinical trial show that treating heart attack patients with an infusion of their own heart-derived cells helps damaged hearts re-grow healthy muscle....
View ArticleFrom the heart: Patients' own cardiac-derived stem cells heal damaged hearts
Every year in the United States alone, 785,000 people will have a first heart attack and 470,000 more will suffer a repeat heart attack, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
View ArticleThe mathematics of a heart beat could save lives
The beating of our heart is the coordinated action of more than a billion muscle cells. Most of the time, only the muscle cells from the larger heart chambers contract and relax. But when the heart...
View ArticleMechanism by which proteins in heart cells regulate calcium identified
Researchers at University of Bristol have published new findings that reveal the mechanisms by which two proteins regulate the amount of calcium in the heart. In the heart cells of healthy people,...
View ArticleWhy cold air increases risk of coronary events
The results of a new study may help better the understanding of the effects of cold air on the heart and how the hearts of healthy individuals can compensate for cold, while those with heart disease...
View ArticleMitral valve repair may improve heart function when performed with bypass...
New research reported by the American Heart Association has looked at the benefits of mitral heart valve repair alongside bypass surgery. The mitral valve separates the heart’s left upper chamber (the...
View ArticleStem cells derived from bone marrow improves heart function in some patients
New research presented at the 2012 American College of Cardiology Meeting has shown that stem cells derived from a patient’s own bone marrow can help heart function. In some patients with heart...
View ArticleNew, implantable device could warn patients of potential heart attack
A new implantable medical device, currently undergoing clinical trials, could warn patients of an impending heart attack. The AngelMed Guardian uses a combination of vibrations, audible tones, and...
View ArticleMetal stents not harmful to patients with metal allergies
New evidence suggests patients with a history of skin allergy to nickel or other metal components found in coronary stents -- small tubes inserted into narrowed or weakened arteries to help improve...
View ArticleTestosterone supplements could help heart patients
Testosterone supplements helped heart failure patients breathe better and exercise more, according to new research in Circulation Heart Failure. Researchers analyzed four randomized clinical trials of...
View ArticleCocoa for your heart?
A method for the analysis of flavanols in cocoa has been developed by researchers from Mars Botanical, a scientific division of the eponymous chocolate bar company Mars, Inc., and recently published...
View Article3D X-ray reveals fibers that control heart rhythm
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have developed a new X-ray technique to identify tissue fibers in the heart that ensure the muscle beats regularly. A beating heart is the coordinated action...
View ArticleMedical Nova Weekly: Top trends for 4/30-5/4
Here’s your weekly roundup of hot medical news! Mending a broken heart with stem cells and microRNAs Just like a deep wound causes a scar to form on the skin’s surface, the damage sustained during a...
View ArticleBluetooth for your unborn baby
An inexpensive and accurate Bluetooth fetal heart rate monitoring system has been developed by researchers in India. Vijay Chourasia of the LNM Institute of Information Technology and Anil Kumar...
View ArticleRecommendations on heart failure devices, drugs and diagnosis
The European Society of Cardiology launched new recommendations on devices, drugs and diagnosis in heart failure the during this week’s the Heart Failure Congress 2012. Among the recommendations,...
View ArticleBaby kept alive with world’s smallest artificial heart
Italian doctors are reporting that they kept a 16-month-old boy alive for 13 days as he waited for a heart transplant by implanting him with the world’s smallest artificial heart. The boy suffered...
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