Beta blockers—drugs commonly prescribed for a range of cardiac conditions, including heart attacks—provide no clinical benefit for patients who have had an uncomplicated myocardial infarction with preserved heart function. ...
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Biomedical engineers at Duke University have successfully conducted experiments to treat damage caused by heart attacks in nonhuman primates using gene therapy for the first time.
Aug 28, 2025
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Inflammatory bowel disease, in which the immune system attacks the gut, is a painful chronic condition that affects three million Americans. Rates of IBD are rising, and there's currently no cure. IBD can also be deadly: ...
Aug 25, 2025
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After a person survives a heart attack, the heart has a brief window of time in which it can heal if the right circumstances exist. But most of the time, scar tissue forms in the areas that lacked oxygen during the heart ...
Aug 25, 2025
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The first study of its kind to compare cardiovascular risk in type 1 diabetes (T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) in both men and women shows that younger men with T2D have worse mortality and cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes ...
Aug 24, 2025
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U.S. adults aged 65 and older with high blood pressure, heart failure or stroke had significant declines in cardiovascular health, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
Aug 20, 2025
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Cutting off blood flow can prematurely age the bone marrow, weakening the immune system's ability to fight cancer, according to a new study from NYU Langone Health.
Aug 19, 2025
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It's often mistaken for a heart attack, but Takotsubo cardiomyopathy—previously known as Broken Heart syndrome—is a serious and sometimes fatal heart condition increasingly reported in intensive care units (ICUs). Yet ...
Aug 19, 2025
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Research led by investigators at Mass General Brigham suggests that the health benefits of more aggressive blood pressure control outweigh concerns about overtreating people with high blood pressure readings. Results of the ...
Aug 18, 2025
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New research from the Charles Perkins Center at the University of Sydney has uncovered a new biological pathway that may help explain why people with type 2 diabetes are more prone to developing dangerous blood clots, potentially ...
Aug 15, 2025
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