News tagged with natural heart

Researchers discover new culprit in atherosclerosis

A new study by NYU Langone Medical Center researchers identified a new culprit that leads to atherosclerosis, the accumulation of fat and cholesterol that hardens into plaque and narrows arteries. The research, published ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study explains how heart attack can lead to heart rupture

For people who initially survive a heart attack, a significant cause of death in the next few days is cardiac rupture -- literally, bursting of the heart wall.

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Combined arterial imaging technology reveals both structural and metabolic details

A new device that combines two microimaging technologies can reveal both the detailed anatomy of arterial linings and biological activities that, in coronary arteries, could indicate the risk of heart attacks ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Python circulating fatty acids study could benefit diseased human heart

A surprising new University of Colorado Boulder study shows that huge amounts of fatty acids circulating in the bloodstreams of feeding pythons promote healthy heart growth, results that may have implications ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers lead creation of heart cells

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in Australia and now, in a major boost for drug development, scientists will be able to mimic its effects in a petri dish after identifying a new, reliable way of ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Reversing aging

Technology developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin could significantly reduce the time and cost to finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease and help answer one of the greatest biological questions: why ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists identify genetic link for a 'heavy heart'

(Medical Xpress) -- An international research team led by Imperial College London has for the first time pinpointed a single gene associated with one of the leading causes of heart thickening and failure.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientifically taking the guilt out of guilty pleasures

Red wine and chocolate are part of the working week for Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology researcher Dr. Aaron Micallef.

Chemistry / Other

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Novel imaging probe allows noninvasive detection of dangerous heart-valve infection

A novel imaging probe developed by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators may make it possible to diagnose accurately a dangerous infection of the heart valves. In their Nature Medicine report, which is receiv ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New insight into the regulation of stem cells and cancer cells

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have gained new insight into the delicate relationship between two proteins that, when out of balance, can prevent the normal development of stem cells in the heart and may also be important ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 15, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Restoring blood flow

Tissue deprived of oxygen (ischemia) is a serious health condition that can lead to damaged heart tissue following a heart attack and, in the case of peripheral arterial disease in limbs, amputation, particularly in diabetic ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sea squirt cells shed light on cancer development

Specialized structures used by cancer cells to invade tissues could also help them escape protection mechanisms aimed at eliminating them, a UA-led research team has discovered.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Many Americans approve of stem cell research for curing serious diseases

While research using human embryonic stem cells has roused political controversy for almost two decades, little has been done to scientifically assess American attitudes on the subject. New research from the ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Genetic study shows that low body fat may not lower risk for heart disease and diabetes

Having a lower percentage of body fat may not always lower your risk for heart disease and diabetes, according to a study by an international consortium of investigators, including two scientists from the Institute for Aging ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jun 26, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New target to wipe pain away mapped

Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine have discovered a peptide that short circuits a pathway for chronic pain. Unlike current treatments this peptide does not exhibit deleterious side effects such as ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 05, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast