Heart Disease
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When you think exercise, holding your body still in a pose for a minute hardly springs to mind as a workout. But scientists have found that isometric moves such as wall sits and planks may be even better for your heart than both weights and cardio.
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Researchers have used machine learning to assess bone density scans for calcification in the aorta, the body’s main artery. They say their method could be used to predict future cardiovascular and other disease, even before symptoms appear.
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A 31-year-old woman desperately needed a heart transplant to save her life, but doctors knew her body would reject the organ. So they took an unusual approach: they also replaced her healthy liver. The procedure was a groundbreaking success.
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For the first time, scientists have discovered how a change in the ACTA2 gene can cause heart disease in otherwise adults who have normal cholesterol levels and no other risk factors. This could lead to early detection of an often silent killer.
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We know a diet rich in fruit and vegetables has broad health benefits. Now, a new study says that prescribing free fruit and veg to adults with type 2 diabetes could prevent 296,000 cardiovascular disease cases and save billions in health-care spending.
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Promising results from the very first primate trial looking at the brain-boosting effects of longevity protein klotho has buoyed scientists and opens the door to human trials aimed at restoring cognitive function and other age-related conditions.
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According to a decade-long study, loneliness was a bigger risk factor for diabetics developing cardiovascular disease than smoking, diet, and physical activity. The researchers say the findings should inform patient evaluations going forward.
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High levels of a common genetic ‘bad’ cholesterol protein has again turned up in the blood of coronary heart disease (CHD) patients. While one in five of us have this gene variant that can sneakily spike cholesterol levels, medical help is on the way.
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Looking at more than 30,000 people who'd suffered a heart attack, it was found they also had a steady, quicker decline in cognition, memory and executive function in the years that followed. And the medical world doesn't yet know why.
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Researchers have found that showing patients images of plaque buildup in their arteries not only educates them but motivates them to address the risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease, reducing bad cholesterol and blood pressure.
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New research out of China has unveiled a concerning link between air pollution exposure and heart rhythm disturbances, further demonstrating the dangers of unclean air and the urgent need for global efforts to improve air quality.
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Modern cancer treatments have greatly improved survival rates, but one huge side effect of some drugs is serious heart damage. In a breakthrough discovery, scientists have found the link that could lead to treatments that don't also attack the heart.
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