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Cell-free cardiac patch could improve heart attack recovery
europeanpharmaceuticalreview
April 10, 2020
Experiments testing the artificial cardiac patch in pigs and rats showed the patch can reduce scarring and improve cardiac function after a heart attack.
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Do You Take Warfarin? Time of Day Might Not Matter
drugs
January 19, 2020
Patients taking the blood thinner warfarin have been told that it should be taken at night, but a new study found the time of day doesn't matter.
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Women's blood vessels age faster than men's
worldpharmanews
January 16, 2020
New research from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai showed for the first time that women's blood vessels - including both large and small arteries - age at a faster rate than men's.
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'Burnout' Could Raise Your Odds for A-fib
drugs
January 15, 2020
Feeling exhausted, with too few hours in the day to do what needs to be done? Be careful of burnout -- especially after a new study finds it can raise your risk for the dangerous irregular heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation.
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Donor Heart Acceptance Practices Vary Across Transplant Centers
drugs
January 06, 2020
There is great variability in donor heart acceptance decisions among U.S. transplant centers, according to a study published online December in the American Journal of Transplantation.
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Big Advances Made Against Diabetes in 2019
drugs
January 02, 2020
A new artificial pancreas system, drugs that help control blood sugar and protect the heart and the kidneys, a new medication that delays type 1 diabetes ...
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Heart Tissue May Be Harmed by Heavy Drinking: Study
drugs
December 25, 2019
Heavy drinking may damage heart tissue, researchers warn.Previous studies have shown that heavy drinking increases the risk of heart failure, high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke and heart rhythm disorders ...
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Exposure to Air Pollution May Up Mortality After Heart Transplant
drugs
December 19, 2019
Exposure to air pollution is associated with increased mortality risk after heart transplantation, according to a study published in the issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
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Do You Know the 5 Symptoms of a Heart Attack? Many Don't
drugs
December 19, 2019
Time is of the essence when you're having a heart attack.But one in five Americans can't name the three most common symptoms of a heart attack ...
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ntra-Cellular Therapies Announces Progression to Higher Dose Cohort in ITI-214 Study
americanpharmaceuticalreview
September 27, 2019
Intra-Cellular Therapies announced the successful completion of the second dose cohort (single dose of 30 mg administered orally) in Study ITI-214-104 (Study ‘104) ...