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| Engineers Create Blood Vessels Woven From Human Tissue |
In the new study which appears in the April issue of The FASEB Journal,
researchers show that they can make yarn by cutting sheets of a Cell Assembled Matrix (CAM) into ribbons that can be used directly or twisted into threads.
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Coffee May Be Good For the Heart- A Look at What the Science Says
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If you can’t imagine starting the day without your cup o’ joe, you aren’t alone. On average, American’s drink 3 cups of coffee every day–collectively that’s 400 million cups of coffee-- daily. Given those kinds of numbers, it’s no wonder that the question of whether or not the coffee habit is beneficial or detrimental to patient health is one that generates a lot of interest- and there’s been plenty of studies devoted to it. Here's a look at some of them.
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| For Heart Health Filtered Coffee Is Best |
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While the determination that consumption of coffee is beneficial or harmful depends on the study, new research is diving further into the debate and into how brewing method might play a role in coffee’s impact on cardiovascular disease and mortality.
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| Vaping Increases Risk of Chronic Hypertension in Young, Healthy Nonsmokers |
A group of researchers from Michigan Technological University have evidence that vaping raises the heart rates and blood pressure in young, helathy, non-smoking individuals.
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Study Finds Aortic Stenosis Develops Differently in Men and Women
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An anaylsis of damaged heart valves from patients who had undergone transplants revealed a surprising finding: the process that causes aortic stenosis is different in women and men.
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High Blood Pressure May Be Harming Your Brain While You Sleep
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In healthy people, it's normal for blood pressure to drop during the night. But in hypertensive patients, nighttime blood pressure sometimes doesn't drop, or even increases. A new study published online in the journal Neurology, shows that those individuals may be more likely to have small areas in the brain that appear damaged from vascular disease and associated memory problems.
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And Just In Case You Missed It…..
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| Among Rural Women, Coronary Artery Disease Is on the Rise |
Despite advances in recent decades in the battle against cardiovascular disease, new research suggests deaths from premature coronary artery disease (CAD) among rural women have been on the rise since 2009.
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| Not Just for Europeans: Cardiovascular Benefits of Olive Oil Reported in US Patients |
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While the apparent cardiovascular benefits of olive oil have been proven in studies examining European populations, new research from a team of Harvard physicians is shedding light on impact in US patients.
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| COVID-19: Protecting First Responders and Bystanders During Emergency CPR |
In the setting of the COVID-19 global pandemic, the existing American Heart Association (AHA) cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) guidelines are no longer appropriate. Rescue workers can no longer focus solely on the needs of the patient, but instead they must strike a balance between patient needs and protecting their own health and safety. The AHA has published new recussitation guidelines for rescue workers treationg victims of cardiac arrest with suspected COVID-19.
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| Study Finds Internet Based Health Management Has Benefits |
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Overweight, hypertensive patients who enrolled in a self-administered, internet-based health management program had better outcomes than patients who did not join the program, according to recent study findings.
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| A New Role for Aspirin Therapy: GI Cancer |
Aspirin, the popular and well-established therapy for cardiovascular disease may have a new role in treating cancers of the digestive tract.
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| Impact of ACEi/ARBs in COVID-19 Patients The Focus of New Clinical Trial |
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In an effort to settle the debate surrounding the use of ACE inhibitors (ACEI) and ARBs during the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, investigators from Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, recently launched a new clinical trial. The REPLACE COVID trial plans to recruit 152 hospitalized patients already taking medications from the classes, with the goal of determining whether discontinuing use affects the severity of disease symptoms.
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