http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/ New Article Alert From From Heart watch blog Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:13:55 GMT en-us http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/images/blogs/heart-news-new-alert-62780.jpg http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/ 100 74 http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2011/animal-models-in-cardiovascular-research.html http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2011/animal-models-in-cardiovascular-research.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:13:55 GMT Anyone who follows science has read enthusiastic stories about medical breakthroughs that include the standard disclaimer that the results were obtained in mice and might not carry over to humans. Much later, there might be reports that a drug has been abandoned because clinical trials turned up unforeseen side effects or responses in humans. Given the delay, most readers probably don't connect the initial success and the eventual failure........ ]]> http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2011/routine-periodic-fasting-is-good.html http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2011/routine-periodic-fasting-is-good.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:13:55 GMT asting has long been linked to religious rituals, diets, and political protests. Now new evidence from cardiac scientists at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute demonstrates that routine periodic fasting is also good for your health, and your heart. Today, research heart specialists at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute are reporting that fasting not only lowers one's risk of coronary artery disease and diabetes, but also causes significant changes in a person's blood cholesterol levels. Both diabetes and elevated cholesterol are known risk factors for coronary heart disease........ ]]> http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2011/walnuts-are-top-nut-for-heart-healthy-antioxidants.html http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2011/walnuts-are-top-nut-for-heart-healthy-antioxidants.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:13:55 GMT A new scientific study positions walnuts in the No. 1 slot among a family of foods that lay claim to being among Mother Nature's most nearly perfect packaged foods: Tree and ground nuts. In a report here today at the 241st National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society, scientists presented an analysis showing that walnuts have a combination of more healthful antioxidants and higher quality antioxidants than any other nut........ ]]> http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2011/factors-that-affect-heart-attack-survival.html http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2011/factors-that-affect-heart-attack-survival.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:13:55 GMT A new Yale University study looks at why there is such a big difference in the mortality rates among patients treated for heart attacks in hospitals across the country. The study appears in the recent issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. Until now, little has been known about the factors that may influence this variation in death rates. The Yale team evaluated 11 hospitals through interviews and site visits. Those selected were among the best and worst performers, as rated by the federal agency that administers Medicare and Medicaid........ ]]> http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2011/gene-regions-that-predispose-to-heart-attacks.html http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2011/gene-regions-that-predispose-to-heart-attacks.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:13:55 GMT Thirteen new gene regions have been convincingly associated with coronary atherosclerosis in a massive, new, international genetics study involving researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine. The results of the study, to be published online March 6 in Nature Genetics, provide 13 vital new clues on the etiology of this disease, the most common cause of death worldwide. The study doubles the number of gene regions previously known to predispose people to this condition. Coronary atherosclerosis is the process by which plaque builds up in the wall of heart vessels, eventually leading to chest pain and potentially lethal heart attacks........ ]]> http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2011/cardiac-catheter-that-can-do-it-all.html http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2011/cardiac-catheter-that-can-do-it-all.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:13:55 GMT In an improvement over open-heart surgery, heart specialists now use catheters to eliminate damaged heart tissue in certain patients, such as those with arrhythmias. But this, too, can be a long and painful procedure as a number of catheters, with different functions, need to be inserted sequentially........ ]]> http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2011/having-a-healthy-heart-is-essential-to-a-long-life.html http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2011/having-a-healthy-heart-is-essential-to-a-long-life.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:13:55 GMT Having a healthy heart is one of the biggest gifts that you can give yourself and family. A healthy heart is something that is not a hard accomplishment and there are many small things you can do to guarantee a full and happy life. It does not matter what age you are, taking care of your heart is essential. ....... ]]> http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2011/who-receive-greatest-benefit.html http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2011/who-receive-greatest-benefit.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:13:55 GMT Mild heart failure patients with a particular condition that results in disorganized electrical activity throughout the heart benefit substantially from cardiac resynchronization treatment with defibrillator (CRT-D), as per a research studyreported in the American Heart Association journal Circulation........ ]]> http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2011/platelet-rich-plasma-for-heart-attacks.html http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2011/platelet-rich-plasma-for-heart-attacks.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:13:55 GMT Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine, in collaboration with BioParadox, Inc., have published data supporting the use of platelet-rich plasma as a promising biologic therapy for myocardial infarction (heart attack). The findings were published online in Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine and will be presented at The Sixth International Conference on Cell Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease at Columbia University Medical Center, New York City, on January 20, 2011........ ]]> http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2010/working-out-without-working-hard.html http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2010/working-out-without-working-hard.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:13:55 GMT We all know that diet and exercise are important to a healthy heart, but it is sometimes unrealistic to find the time and money for everything that is theoretically "good for us." If you're using your busy lifestyle or a tight budget as an excuse for not fitting balanced workouts into your day, the Flex Belt is going to make that a bit more difficult........ ]]> http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2010/recycling-pacemakers.html http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2010/recycling-pacemakers.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:13:55 GMT Millions worldwide die each year because they can't afford a pacemaker. Meanwhile heart patients in the United States say they'd be willing to donate theirs after death to someone in need. In the current issue of Circulation, experts at the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center examine the legality and logistics of collecting pacemakers, after they are removed for burial or cremation, for sterilization and reuse across the globe........ ]]> http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2010/end-of-life-care-patterns-for-patients-with-heart-failure.html http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2010/end-of-life-care-patterns-for-patients-with-heart-failure.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:13:55 GMT Health care in the last six months of life has become progressively more expensive for patients with heart failure both among Medicare beneficiaries in the United States and elderly adults in Canada, with a high rate of hospitalizations in the final six months of life in both countries, as per two reports posted online today that would be reported in the February 14 print issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. A third report finds that more men dying of prostate cancer are receiving hospice care, but that the timing of hospice referral remains poor........ ]]> http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2010/fetal-heart-cell-proliferation.html http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2010/fetal-heart-cell-proliferation.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:13:55 GMT Heart muscle cells do not normally replicate in adult tissue, but multiply with abandoned during development. This is why the loss of heart muscle after a heart attack is so dire-you can't grow enough new heart muscle to make up for the loss. A team of scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine describe the interconnections between three-molecules that control fetal, heart-muscle-cell proliferation in a mouse model that will help heart specialists better understand the natural repair process after heart attacks and help researchers learn how to expand cardiac stem cells for regenerative therapies........ ]]> http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2010/disparities-in-heart-attack-treatment.html http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2010/disparities-in-heart-attack-treatment.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:13:55 GMT The well-documented disparities in cardiac care appears to begin almost as soon as patients arrive at hospital emergency rooms. As per a research findings published in Academic Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) scientists report that African-American and Hispanic patients assessed for chest pain were less likely than white patients to be categorized as requiring immediate care, despite a lack of significant differences in symptoms. Such practices directly violate American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association guidelines specifying immediate electrocardiogram (ECG) examination for any patient with chest pain........ ]]> http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2010/during-angioplasty-operations.html http://www.heart-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2010/during-angioplasty-operations.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:13:55 GMT A landmark international study, coordinated by McMaster University, has observed that lower doses of a blood thinner called unfractionated heparin (UFH) during angioplasty did not reduce bleeding or vascular complications in comparison to standard dose UFH in patients initially treated with a blood thinner, fondaparinux........ ]]>