Sugar Can Stress Out Your Heart
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A new study in the Journal of the American Heart Association has found regularly exposing the heart to too much sugar can lead to heart failure. “When the heart muscle is already stressed...
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Study results presented at ENDO 2013 Annual Meeting SAN FRANCISCO, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced results of a pre-specified safety analysis from the INTREPID (HIV-infected patieNts and TREatment with PItavastatin vs. pravastatin for Dyslipidemia) trial evaluating the effect of LIVALO(®) (pitavastatin) 4 mg compared with pravastatin 40 mg on changes in levels of blood glucose and glycated hemoglobin...
- Amended protocol includes enhanced blood pressure monitoring to ensure optimal patient management - FRAMINGHAM, Mass., and SYDNEY, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- HeartWare International, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTWR; ASX: HIN), a leading innovator of less invasive, miniaturized circulatory support technologies that are revolutionizing the treatment of advanced heart failure, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted conditional approval to an IDE...
Health Reviser, the leader in in development of health monitoring heart rate variability (HRV) systems, announced the release of application program interface allowing calculation of HRV reports from RR intervals. (PRWEB) June 13, 2013 Health Reviser is a company providing cloud HRV applications to allow professional users and consumers to assess and track health, fitness and stress conditions in the body. Before today, Health Reviser was the only application consuming its comprehensive...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. and SYDNEY, June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- HeartWare International, Inc. (NASDAQ: HTWR - ASX: HIN), a leading innovator of less invasive, miniaturized circulatory support technologies that are revolutionizing the treatment of advanced heart failure, today announced that CEO Doug Godshall is scheduled to present at the Wells Fargo Securities Research and Economics 2013 Healthcare Conference at 9:25 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. The conference is being held June...
Two Additional Top Children's Hospitals Ready to Perform 1st SynCardia Total Artificial Heart Implant TUCSON, Ariz., June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SynCardia Systems, Inc. (www.syncardia.com), manufacturer of the world's first and only FDA, Health Canada and CE (Europe) approved Total Artificial Heart, announced today that U.S. News & World Report has named seven SynCardia Certified Centers among the nation's "Best Children's Hospitals" for cardiology and heart surgery in its...
Stony Brook Medicine's Dr. Michael Poon Studies Impact of EECP Therapy on Treatment and Prevention of Cerebral, Coronary and Peripheral Vascular Diseases WESTBURY, N.Y., June 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Vasomedical, Inc. (OTC BB: VASO) announced today that Stony Brook Medicine's new Center for Cardiovascular Wellness and Preventive Research will feature the Company's EECP Therapy devices in the treatment of vascular endothelial dysfunction and in preventing the onset and...
-- ValveXchange® paves way for CE mark, commercial sale of first serviceable bioprosthetic valve -- Denver, Colo., (PRWEB) June 11, 2013 Surgeons in Europe have completed clinical trials on the world’s first serviceable bioprosthetic heart valve, paving the way for the CE mark and commercial sale of an advanced heart valve that eliminates many common problems for cardiac valve patients. Cardiac surgeons in Germany, Austria and Poland have successfully completed implants and patient...
According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research "Interventional Cardiology Devices Market (Bare Metal/Drug Eluting/Bio-absorbable Stents, PTCA Balloons, Scoring Balloons, Guidewires, Guiding Catheters, Angiography Catheters, IVUS, Balloon Inflation Devices) - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Trends and Forecast, 2012 - 2018," the global market for interventional cardiology devices was calculated at USD 15.8 billion in 2011 and is expected to grow...
Agreement with Leading Supplier Advances National Push into the Animal Healthcare Market IRVINE, Calif., June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today that Butler Schein Animal Health, the U.S. animal health business of Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSIC), is now a distributor of Masimo's breakthrough line of pulse oximetry technologies. Surgical anesthesia used on animals can severely limit peripheral perfusion or blood circulation to the extremities,...
The Website Provides Continuous Updates to its BLS Certification Training Materials NEW YORK, June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- ACLS PALS BLS, a website that offers online certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support and Basic Life Support, has just added a new page that focuses specifically on the benefits of the site's BLS certification course. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130610/CG29019) In addition, ACLS-PALS-BLS.com is...
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The heart is a part of the circulatory system, and is considered one of the most vital organs of the human body. It is about the size of a fist, has a mass of approximately 300 grams, and its main function is to contract and produce enough pressure to circulate blood throughout the body. The top of the heart where the veins and arteries all connect is called the base. The pointed lower tip of the heart is called the apex. The coronary sulcus is a deep groove that runs horizontally across the...
The cardiac stress test is a diagnostic test used in Cardiac pathology for the purpose of patient diagnosis. It measures the heart’s function while placing a heavier workload on the heart. The cardiologist cannot be at the patient’s side while at work, under stress, during a workout or pushed to the limit so this test mimics those activities in a controlled setting. How it is Performed The stress is created by increasing the workload on the cardiac system. This can be accomplished by...
Nature Medicine is a peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1995 and published monthly by the Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Ltd. As with other Nature journals, this periodical has no external Editorial Board, with editorial decisions being made by an in-house team. Nature Medicine publishes research articles, reviews, news and commentary pieces. Topics include cancer, cardiovascular disease, gene therapy, immunology, vaccines, and neuroscience. Research...
Circulation is a scientific journal published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins on behalf of the American Heart Association. In 2008 the journal added six subspecialty publications: Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Circulation: Heart Failure, Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, and Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics. Circulation publishes articles related to research in and the...
Hypertension is a peer-reviewed scientific journal established in 1979 and published monthly by the American Heart Association (AHA). As of May 2012, the editor-in-chief is John E. Hall (University of Mississippi). Publishing formats include original manuscripts, invited review summaries, invited case-based reviews, recent study highlights, invited brief commentaries, scientific or technical tutorials, letter to the editor, and novel findings of unusual interest. This journal focuses on...
