Quote of the dayPeninsula On-lineDOHA: At least 41 Indians have died in Qatar this year of heart failure alone and many of them were young low-income workers who perished due to heat stroke. Figures released by the Indian embassy here yesterday suggest…
Obesity Ups Kidney Injury in Heart SurgeryMedPage TodayExplain that a study found that obesity was independently associated with acute kidney injury following cardiac surgery. Note that F2-isoprostanes, a marker of oxidative stress, were also associate…
CBS News'Skin Cells From Heart Failure Patients Made Into Healthy New Heart Muscle Cells'Medical News TodayFor the first time in medical science, Israeli scientists have successfully turned skin cells from heart failure patients into healthy ne…
$100000 grant will benefit heart-failure patients in Berks Countybctv.orgBerks Visiting Nurse Association has been awarded $100000 over the next two years by the Highmark Foundation to provide chronic-care-management services to patients with congestiv…
Hope rekindled for ACE inhibitors, ARBs in preserved-EF heart failureTheHeart.OrgBelgrade, Serbia – Renin-angiotensin-system (RAS)-blocking agents were seen to significantly improve survival in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fracti…
Heart Failure Stem Cells Induced to CardiomyocytesDoctors LoungeHuman-induced pluripotent stem cells derived from patients with heart failure can be induced to differentiate into cardiomyocytes, which then can integrate with host cardiac tissue, accord…
Exciting New Research Results Reported at the Recent European Society of …MarketWatch (press release)At the recently concluded European Heart Failure Congress results describing the clinical utility of ST2 in patients with heart failure were reported…
Cytokinetics Announces Opening of Second Cohort in Phase IIb Clinical Trial of …MarketWatch (press release)The primary objective of this trial is to evaluate the effect of 48 hours of intravenous omecamtiv mecarbil compared to placebo on dyspnea (sho…
LifeNews.comStem cell treatment for heart failure takes small step forwardLos Angeles TimesResearchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, reported Tuesday that they had removed skin cells from two patents with heart failur…
Berks VNA Receives $100000 Grant to Enhance Services For Patients With Heart …Boyertown Berk Montgomery NewspapersBerks Visiting Nurse Association has been awarded $100000 over the next two years by the Highmark Foundation to provide chronic care man…