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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Journal of Clinical Lipidology paper reports managing to an LDL-P target can help lower the direct and indirect costs associated with cardiovascular events RALEIGH, N.C., June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LipoScience, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPDX), a diagnostic company pioneering a new field of personalized nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) diagnostics to advance the quality of patient care in cardiovascular, metabolic and other diseases, today announced the online publication of data in the...
Students Who Order Several of the Online Courses at Once will Receive a Lower Price NEW YORK, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- United Medical Education, a top provider of online Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification, has just announced that it is offering a discount to students who order several of its courses at one time. For example, those who order two courses will receive a 10 percent discount,...
WEYMOUTH, Mass. and IRVINE, Calif., June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) and South Shore Hospital, ranked among the top three hospitals in Massachusetts by U.S. News & World Report (2012-13), jointly announce that South Shore Hospital has converted to Masimo SET(®) pulse oximetry and sensor technologies, used at leading health organizations worldwide. Masimo SET(®) pulse oximetry virtually eliminates false alarms(1) and increases a clinician's ability to detect...
MINNEAPOLIS, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Nonin Medical, Inc., the inventor of fingertip pulse oximetry and a leader in noninvasive medical monitoring, announced today that it has been named a Prime Platinum Partner by Tri-anim Health Services, Inc. for the second consecutive year. Tri-anim Health Services sells and distributes products for hospitals, extended care, surgical, home care, and long-term acute care in the United States. Tri-anim is owned by Sarnova, Inc., the nation's...
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...
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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...
