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Tag: Heart
Defibrillator breakthrough alleviates need for wires
Researchers have done away with the need of placing a lead in the veins of the upper chest of patients who get fitted with the implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) for cardiac arrhythmias…
Break free from calorie counting; shift to nutritional value for healthy heart
Experts, in an editorial published in Journal Open Heart, have suggested that it is high time now for people to stop counting calories and for health professionals to promote nutritional value of…
Protein that helps heart to continue beating in old age discovered
Researchers have discovered a protein called vinculin that triggers healthy adaptive changes to the cardiac muscle cells thereby enabling the heart to continue beating even during old age. The research, which was…
Preoperative statins reduce risk of death in coronary artery bypass graft surgery by 67%
A research, which explored the protective effect of various heart medications that patients are taking before undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, concludes that statins reduce the risk of death by…
Kidney health could better predict heart disease risk, researchers suggest
Health of kidneys could act as predictors of heart failure and death from heart attacks and checking for kidney functions and damage to the organ could be as good a heart disease…
Scientists identify stem cells that can repair damaged hearts
Regenerative medicines are becoming popular since the advent of stem cell therapies and progress therein, but one particular area that researchers have been having difficulty with is the type and combination of…
Glass of red wine every night could help diabetics manage their cholesterol
A new research, to be presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Prague, has found that having a glass of red wine every night could be beneficial for diabetics as it…
British surgeons perform Europe’s first non-beating heart transplant
In a landmark procedure, British surgeons have performed the first non-beating heart transplant in Europe paving way for increased availability of hearts for people waiting for a transplant. The procedure was performed…
Heart patients advised to stay positive to halve future heart attack risk
Heart patients have been advised to refrain from harbouring negative thoughts and stay positive to fend off future heart problems and reduce the risks of heart attacks in future by as much…