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Safe new therapy for genetic heart disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 30, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new clinical trial suggests that long-term use of candesartan, a drug currently used to treat hypertension, may significantly reduce the symptoms of genetic heart disease. The related report by Penicka et al, "The effects ...





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Genetic link to heart failure

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A team of researchers, at Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, has identified a group of 12 genetic variants in the HSPB7 gene that is associated with heart failure in humans.


Depression increases risk for heart disease more than genetics or environment

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A history of major depression increases the risk of heart disease over and above any genetic risks common to depression and heart disease, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis ...


Genes in prevention: Hopes and doubts

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

At present almost every month there are papers reporting the discovery of new genetic variants that affect the risk of coronary artery disease and heart attacks. This is a truly exciting time for both researchers and clinicians ...


Sperm donor passed on sudden death heart defect

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created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- A sperm donor passed on a potentially deadly genetic heart condition to nine of his 24 children, including one who died at age 2 from heart failure, according to a medical journal report.


Heart failure linked to gene variant affecting vitamin D activation

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created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Previous studies have shown a link between low vitamin D status and heart disease. Now a new study shows that patients with high blood pressure who possess a gene variant that affects an enzyme critical to normal vitamin ...


Gene test determines risk of heart surgery complications

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created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genetic differences can explain why some patients undergoing heart surgery later experience shock and kidney complications, according to a study by researchers at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the ...


Medco plans to compare Plavix, Effient in study

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Medco Health Solutions Inc. said Tuesday it will compare the blood thinner Plavix, the world's second-best selling drug, with the newer Effient.


Scientists find shared genetic link between periodontitis and heart attack

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created May 25, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The relationship between the dental disease periodontitis and coronary heart disease (CHD) has been known for several years. Although a genetic link seemed likely, until now its existence was uncertain. Now, for the first ...


Why 'lazy Susan' has a weak heart

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When young, apparently healthy athletes suddenly collapse, it can be due to hereditary cardiac disease. Researchers at the Heidelberg University Hospital have now discovered a genetic modification that leads to cardiac weakness ...


From fruit fly wings to heart failure -- why Not(ch)?

From fruit fly wings to heart failure -- why Not(ch)?

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created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Almost a century after it was discovered in fruit flies with notches in their wings, the Notch signalling pathway may come to play an important role in the recovery from heart attacks. In a study published ...



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