Valentine’s Day is a little more than a week away, which means sweethearts of all ages are looking forward to the roses, the romantic dinners, and the boxes of chocolates, sure, but a little love making is definitely on most menus! However, where does that leave one in 3 Americans who’ve been the victim of […]
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A new study reveals good news for fans of blues and reds—berries that is! Findings from Harvard School of Public Health in Boston link eating your strawberries and blueberries to lowering the risk of heart attack for women. The study polled the dietary habits of 93,600 American women, ranging in ages from 25 to 42-years-old, […]
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Dying of a broken heart is possible—especially during the holidays! This fact came to light recently at a conference for primary-care physicians at Vancouver’s St. Paul’s Hospital. The conference was focused on “Takotsubo Syndrome”, a type of stress cardiomyopathy, or (literally) broken heart, which tends to attack older women suffering severe emotional turmoil. The typical […]
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Announcing a recent breakthrough for heart disease patients! Canadian scientists discovered that they can create life-giving patches from a patient’s own stem cells to repair damaged or diseased hearts. The findings provide a hopeful alternative for current stem cell therapies that use donated bone marrow stem cells, but risk being rejection by the receiving heart […]
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Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the HTWR, HIN.AU, a heart-pump for heart patients awaiting heart transplants. This is welcome news for more than five million heart patients in the U.S., 150,000 with severe heart failure, awaiting heart transplants with a limited supply of hearts available. The pump, created by HeartWare International Inc., […]
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Researchers report that stem cells donated by strangers provide a safe alternative to restoring heart tissue in heart attack cases. This breakthrough study proves that anyone’s cells can be used to treat damaged heart tissue, which means stem cells can be banked for off-the-shelf use, similar to blood banks with no blood or tissue matching […]
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