Cardiovascular disease to become leading cause of death worldwide by 2020 - Pharmaceutical Business Review

 

While the mortality from atherosclerotic conditions, such as coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke has declined by approximately 60% over the past 30 years, CHD remains the single largest killer of Americans. When considered separate from other cardiovascular diseases, heart disease and stroke still represent the first and third leading causes of death, respectively, among men and women in the US. In developed countries, cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounts for nearly 50% of all deaths, and within the next 15-20 years, cardiovascular disease is projected to surpass infectious diseases to become the leading cause of death worldwide

Cardiovascular disease to become leading cause of death worldwide by 2020 - Pharmaceutical Business Review

Zocor, Simvastatin Found to Disrupt Sleep Due to Fat Soluble Characteristic of Lipophilic Statins

 

“The results showed that simvastatin use was associated with significantly worse sleep quality. A significantly greater number of individuals taking simvastatin reported sleep problems than those taking either pravastain or the placebo,” Golomb said.

Zocor, Simvastatin Found to Disrupt Sleep Due to Fat Soluble Characteristic of Lipophilic Statins

The Daily Bruin - Ultrafine particles in emissions found to cause heart disease

 

Air pollution has been suggested as a risk factor for developing heart disease for several years, but a new UCLA study has found ultrafine particles from vehicle emissions that may lead to heart attack or stroke.

The Daily Bruin - Ultrafine particles in emissions found to cause heart disease

 

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Mark’s Daily Apple » Blog Archive » The Definitive Guide to Cholesterol

The link below gives one of the best summaries of what causes heart disease that I have seen.  Check it out.

Mark’s Daily Apple » Blog Archive » The Definitive Guide to Cholesterol

Rat Heart Created

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This video shows the process of creating a rat heart from cells.

Researchers grow beating heart in lab - CNN.com

 

They took the hearts from eight newborn rats and removed all the cells. Left behind was a gelatin-like matrix shaped like a heart and containing conduits where the blood vessels had been. Scientists then injected cells back into this scaffold -- muscle cells and endothelial cells, which line blood vessels. Watch more on rebuilding hearts from scratch

The muscle cells covered the matrix walls and lined up together, while the endothelial cells found their way inside to coat the blood vessels, she said. Then the hearts were stimulated electrically.

"By two days we saw tiny, microscopic contractions, and by seven to eight days there were contractions large enough to see with the naked eye," she said. The tiny hearts could pump liquid at about one-fourth the rate of a normal fetal rat's heart.

Researchers grow beating heart in lab - CNN.com

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Framingham Heart Study expanding into genetics

Framingham SHARe, seeks to link data from the study to ongoing research into disease.

Scientists know just a small proportion of the genes most strongly linked with certain diseases. DNA and 60 years of clinical information from people in the Framingham study will strengthen the ability to identify new associations, and help scientists narrow down which genes go with which diseases. That can pave the way for huge advances in prevention and treatment, they say.

The Framingham Study is moving in new directions.  Genetics will be a major focus.
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Tags: CHD, Framingham, Heart Disease

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