| Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today |
Society Of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Announces Recipients Of Fourth Annual Young Investigator Award The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT), the leading international professional society dedicated to research, education and clinical excellence in cardiovascular computed tomography (CT), has named Dr. Raman Dusaj and Dr. Thomas Smith the recipients of the fourth annual Young Investigator Award... |
Calcium Supplements May Increase Risk Of Heart Attacks An international team of researchers that reviewed data from several trials found that taking calcium supplements was linked to a higher risk of heart attack and other cardiovascular events; the authors called for new research to re-assess the role of calcium supplements in the treatment of osteoporosis... |
CPR Without Mouth-To-Mouth Rescue Breathing May Be Better For Many Victims Of Cardiac Arrest A leading expert in cardiopulmonary resuscitation says two new studies from U.S. and European researchers support the case for dropping mouth-to-mouth, or rescue breathing by bystanders and using "hands-only" chest compressions during the life-saving practice, better known as CPR... |
Vitamin D Deficiency Linked To Arterial Stiffness In Black Teens Vitamin D deficiency is associated with arterial stiffness, a risk factor for heart disease and stroke, in black teens according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). Black teens taking vitamin D supplementation of 2,000 international units (IU) per day had a decrease in central arterial stiffness... |
American Red Cross Statement On Compression-Only CPR "Articles published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) cite a pair of studies on Compression-Only Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), sometimes called continuous chest compressions, Hands-Only CPR, or cardio cerebral resuscitation (CCR). "These articles validate the American Red Cross guidance on Compression-Only CPR... |
Statement From American Heart Association President Ralph Sacco, M.D. On Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Approval Of Labor-HHS-Education Bill The $1 billion increase for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) approved by the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee is a much needed boost to heart disease and stroke research and a welcome source of revenue for the research community in this challenging fiscal environment... |
Millions Of Americans In Early Stages Of Kidney Disease Need Stroke Monitoring Millions of Americans in the early stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at an increased risk of having atrial fibrillation (AF) - a major risk factor for stroke - according to new research by investigators at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center... |
Trophos Publishes The Identification And Characterization Of The Novel Cardioprotective Compound, TRO40303 Trophos SA a clinical stage pharmaceutical company developing innovative therapeutics from discovery to clinical validation for indications with under-served needs in neurology and cardiology, announcedthat a publication entitled "TRO40303 (3,5-seco-4-nor-cholestan-5-one oxime-3-ol), a new cardioprotective compound, inhibits mitochondrial permeability transition" was published ... |
Transporting Patients Directly To PCI-Capable Hospitals Best Strategy For Treating Deadliest Heart Attack To improve emergency care for heart attack patients, new research suggests that expanding percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) capacity at hospitals is less effective than using emergency medical services (EMS) to transport patients directly to existing PCI centers... |
Insurers Test At-Home Technology, Monitoring Devices To Help Cut Heart Failure Hospitalizations The Wall Street Journal: "Technology that aims to keep congestive heart failure patients out of the hospital is gaining traction. The idea is for heart patients to take readings like their weight, blood pressure and other key metrics using wireless and other technologies; the data are then transmitted to a case manager or medical care giver... |
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