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Medical News for 17 November 2019
Researchers discover new mutations in gene associated with disease that causes the heart to weaken
EurekAlert! - 17 Nov 2019 07:00
(Intermountain Medical Center) Researchers from the Intermountain Healthcare Heart Institute in Salt Lake City have identified new mutations in a gene commonly associated with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NIDC), ...
15-year study finds treatment gaps exist for patients with peripheral arterial disease
EurekAlert! - 17 Nov 2019 07:00
(Intermountain Medical Center) In a new 15-year study, researchers at the Intermountain Healthcare Heart Institute in Salt Lake City found that patients with eripheral arterial disease may not be prescribed life-saving m...
Clearing damaged cells out of the body helps heal diabetics' blood vessels
EurekAlert! - 17 Nov 2019 07:00
(The Physiological Society) Research published today in Experimental Physiology shows that ramping up one of the body's waste disposal system, called autophagy, helps heal the blood vessels of diabetics.
Randomized trial at music festival shows potential of virtual reality for CPR training
EurekAlert! - 17 Nov 2019 07:00
(Radboud University Medical Center) Cardiologists at Radboud university medical center performed a research project during a large music festival called Lowlands, in the Netherlands in August 2019. The first results of t...
Teens with heart disease improve exercise capacity in large clinical trial
EurekAlert! - 17 Nov 2019 07:00
(Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) The largest-ever clinical trial of a medication for pediatric cardiology patients found that an oral drug significantly improved exercise capacity in adolescent patients with severe,...
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