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A simple method to improve heart-attack repair using stem cell-derived heart muscle cells

August 6, 2019 A, cell-derived, cells, heart, Heart attack, improve, method, muscle, repair, simple, stem, to, Using

The heart cannot regenerate muscle tissue after a heart attack has killed part of the muscle wall. That dead tissue

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AHA news: Here’s how many years you could gain by keeping heart disease at bay

July 25, 2019 AHA:, at, bay?, By, Could, disease, gain, heart, Here's, How, keeping, Many, News, years, you.

THURSDAY, July 25, 2019 (American Heart Association News)—Heart disease is the nation’s No. 1 cause of death, killing about 650,000

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Evolutionary gene loss may help explain why only humans are prone to heart attacks

July 22, 2019 Are, attacks, Evolutionary, explain, gene, heart, help, humans?, loss, may, Only, prone, to, Why

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine say the loss of a single gene two to three

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AHA news: Where there’s wildfire smoke, there may be heart problems

July 22, 2019 AHA:, be, heart, may, News, problems, smoke, there, There's, where, wildfire

When the Tubbs Fire swept through their neighborhood in Santa Rosa, California, in October 2017, there was little time for

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Heart attack patients with diabetes may benefit from cholesterol-lowering injections

July 2, 2019 attack, benefit, Cholesterol-Lowering, Diabetes, From, heart, Injections, may, patients, with

Regular injections of a cholesterol-cutting drug could reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke in patients with diabetes and

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New clinical certification aims to improve heart failure patient outcomes by implementing standardized care treatment

June 28, 2019 Aims, By, care, certification, clinical, failure, heart, implementing, improve, New, outcomes, Patient, standardized, to, treatment

The new Post-Acute Care Heart Failure Certification offered from the American Heart Association, provides education and resources to skilled nursing

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Undetected diabetes linked to heart attack and gum disease

June 10, 2019 and, attack, Diabetes, disease, gum, heart, Linked, to, undetected

People with undetected glucose disorders run a higher risk of both myocardial infarction and periodontitis, according to a study published

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US soldiers have worse heart health than civilians

June 5, 2019 civilians, Have, health, heart, soldiers, than, US, Worse

Active duty Army personnel have worse cardiovascular health compared to people of similar ages in the civilian population, according to

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Lowering the risk of heart disease after pre-eclampsia in pregnancy

June 4, 2019 after, disease, heart, in, lowering, of, pre-eclampsia, pregnancy, risk, the

Pre-eclampsia is a serious condition triggered by pregnancy that starts with an increase in blood pressure and the detection of

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A gut check for heart failure patients

May 26, 2019 A, check, failure, for, gut, heart, patients

Heart failure patients who consume more dietary fibre tend to have healthier gut bacteria, which is associated with reduced risk

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