Heart benefits of weight-loss drug extend to people with heart failure, study finds
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The anti-obesity drug semaglutide could help prevent heart attacks and other major adverse cardiac events in ...
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Study of pythons could lead to new therapies for heart disease
A royal python. Photo credit: Yuxiao Tan/CU Boulder In the first 24 hours after devouring its massive prey, the python's ...
How Autoantibodies Attack the Heart in Lupus Patients
Autoantibodies attack the hearts of lupus patients. Credit: Xiaokan Zhang/Vunkak-Novakovic Lab Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in ...
Gut microbial pathway identified as target for better treatment of heart disease
Docking of PAGln to extracellular candidate binding sites and known allosteric sites of β2AR. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50855-3 ...
Blood platelet score detects previously unmeasured risk of heart attack and stroke
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Platelets are circulating cell fragments that clump together and form blood clots that stop bleeding in ...
Security at the heart of the Democratic Convention in Chicago
Between possible massive pro-Palestinian demonstrations and the risk of attacks, the security situation surrounding the Democratic Convention that Chicago is ...
Improving access to heart failure screening with a low-cost saliva test
A new saliva test for heart failure measures two biomarkers from a drop of saliva in about 15 minutes and ...
New shunt could eliminate many heart surgeries
Researchers develop a blood shunt whose internal diameter expands when exposed to a blue-light-emitting catheter, limiting the need for high-risk ...
Study finds method reduces risk of early heart failure
Credits: Jakob Lundberg The risk of early heart failure after a heart transplant is lower if the donor heart is ...
Cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease predicted by patient’s age, sex and irregular heart rate
Older age, female gender, irregular heartbeat and daily activity level can help predict how much cognitive function Alzheimer's patients will ...
