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Expert Alert: Have heart disease? Protect your health during the COVID-19 pandemic

March 25, 2020 sarah Jonas Coronavirus, COVID-19, Heart Disease

People with heart disease and other underlying health conditions are at a high risk for becoming seriously ill if they develop COVID-19. Heart patients may question if they are doing the right things for their health at a time when there is little research available surrounding this new viral disease. Stephen Kopecky, M.D., a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, talks about what heart patients need to consider in relation to COVID-19.

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Homeless people receive less treatment in hospitals for heart attacks, have higher readmission rates

March 19, 2020 sarah Jonas Heart Disease, Homeless, Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Homelessness has become a social crisis and public health problem around the world, affecting people of all ages. Most homeless people are at a disadvantage with few resources, and may or may not have adequate health insurance. Mental illness and substance abuse are common issues in the homeless community. People living on the streets have a high likelihood of developing heart disease. Yet they have little ability to take care of their health.

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Henry Ford Health System Receives $25 Million Gift, Largest Single Donation in its History

March 10, 2020 sarah Jonas Asthma, Autoimmune Disease, Brain Cancer, Cancer, Cystic Fibrosis, Heart Disease, Henry Ford Cancer Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Medicine, Medicine & Health, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Philanthropy, precision health, Precision Medicine

Nationally-known developer Chris Jeffries and his wife Lisa have donated $25 million to Henry Ford Health System, the largest single gift from an individual in the health system’s 105-year history. This historic gift will rapidly accelerate the growth and expansion of Henry Ford’s Precision Medicine program, with the ultimate goal of creating a Precision Health Center. The efforts will have a robust focus on the advancement of cancer research and treatment, while also expanding to other medical specialties treating behavioral health, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.

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FSU researchers help discover new genetic variants that cause heart disease in infants

March 6, 2020 sarah Jonas Cardiomyopathy, Genetic Disease, Heart Disease

Florida State University researchers working in an international collaboration have identified new genetic variants that cause heart disease in infants, and their research has led to novel insights into the role of a protein that affects how the heart pumps blood.

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New drug shows promise for treatment of cancer and other diseases

March 5, 2020 sarah Jonas Alzheimer's, Cancer, Cancer Drug, Colorectal Cancer, Endometriosis, Heart Disease, Macular Degeneration

In the study, a group of lab mice that had consumed a diet that included the HM-10/10 peptide was found to have a significantly lower tumor load than mice that had not eaten the peptide.

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Researchers Discover a New Diet-Associated Gut-Microbe Metabolite Linked to Cardiovascular Disease

March 5, 2020 sarah Jonas Cardiovascular Disease, Diet, Heart Attack, Heart Disease, Stroke

Cleveland Clinic researchers have identified a gut microbe generated byproduct – phenylacetylglutamine (PAG) – that is linked to development of cardiovascular disease, including heart attack, stroke and death. The study was published in Cell today.

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Little Tissue, Big Mission: Beating Heart Tissues to Ride Aboard The ISS

March 4, 2020 sarah Jonas Aging, Heart Disease, International Space Station (ISS), NASA, Space, Tissue Engineering

Launching no earlier than March 6 at 11:50 PM EST, the Johns Hopkins University will send heart muscle tissues, contained in a specially-designed tissue chip the size of a small cellphone, up to the microgravity environment of the International Space Station (ISS) for one month of observation.

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New evidence supports ablation for heart failure patients with atrial fibrillation

March 4, 2020 sarah Jonas Atrial Fibrillation, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Heart Disease, Mayo Clinic, Peter Noseworthy

Only 1 in 13 everyday patients could have participated in a pivotal international clinical trial looking at the use of catheter ablation to treat atrial fibrillation (AFib) among people with heart failure. However, new Mayo Clinic research provides evidence supporting the benefit of ablation, and shows what the outcomes might be for everyday patients. The Mayo study will be published in Heart Rhythm Journal.

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Cardiac amyloidosis masquerades as other conditions; 1 type affects more black Americans

February 24, 2020 sarah Jonas Heart Disease

Human bodies constantly produce thousands of perfectly folded proteins, but some proteins get misfolded. An excess of these misfolded proteins can overwhelm the body’s ability to remove them. When that happens, the rogue proteins bind together and form a substance called amyloid. Webs of amyloid can deposit in any tissue or organ, but some types affect the heart.

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Study Finds Certain Genetic Test Not Useful in Predicting Heart Disease Risk

February 21, 2020 sarah Jonas Genetic Risk, Heart, Heart Disease

A Polygenic Risk Score — a genetic assessment that doctors have hoped could predict coronary heart disease (CHD) in patients — has been found not to be a useful predictive biomarker for disease risk, according to a Vanderbilt study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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