United Press International - Health Business - Prostate therapy may up heart disease: "Androgen deprivation therapy, commonly used to treat prostate cancer, may increase mortality from heart disease in men over 65, say Boston researchers."
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Newswise | Fruit Flies May Pave Way to New Treatments for Age-related Heart Disease
Newswise Fruit Flies May Pave Way to New Treatments for Age-related Heart Disease: "The tiny Drosophila fruit fly may pave the way to new methods for studying and finding treatments for heart disease, the leading cause of death in industrialized countries, according to a collaborative study by the Burnham Institute for Medical Research, UC San Diego (UCSD) and the University of Michigan.
The study reports that mutations in a molecular channel found in heart muscle cell membranes caused arrhythmias similar to those that are found in humans, suggesting that understanding how this channel’s activity is controlled in the cell could lead to new heart disease treatments. "
The involved methods described in this report are amazing. We can watch a fly's heart functionning. From that, we can see how genetic changes in the human heart can affect heat disease.
The study reports that mutations in a molecular channel found in heart muscle cell membranes caused arrhythmias similar to those that are found in humans, suggesting that understanding how this channel’s activity is controlled in the cell could lead to new heart disease treatments. "
The involved methods described in this report are amazing. We can watch a fly's heart functionning. From that, we can see how genetic changes in the human heart can affect heat disease.
Saturday, February 17, 2007
icWales - Pills before ills in heart disease fight
icWales - Pills before ills in heart disease fight: "The Welsh Assembly Government is considering advising men and women to take cholesterol-lowering statins in the latest bid to combat Britain's biggest killer, which claims 12,000 lives in Wales every year."
This continues the trend in the British Isles of wide spread statin usage to prevent CHD. It will be interesting to monitor the results in a few years.
This continues the trend in the British Isles of wide spread statin usage to prevent CHD. It will be interesting to monitor the results in a few years.
Friday, February 16, 2007
Health Care Marketplace | Kaiser Permanente Launches Long-Term Project To Collect Genetic Data on Members - Kaisernetwork.org
Health Care Marketplace Kaiser Permanente Launches Long-Term Project To Collect Genetic Data on Members - Kaisernetwork.org:
"the Research Program on Genes, Environment and Health -- include cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's disease, asthma, diabetes and reproductive problems (Peyton Dahlberg, Sacramento Bee, 2/15). Similar studies are 'planned or are under way in Great Britain, Iceland, Japan and Estonia, but the Kaiser membership study appears to stand out both for its size and ethnic diversity in the United States,' the San Francisco Chronicle reports (Hall, San Francisco Chronicle, 2/15)."
This is a massive study dealing with heart disease.
"the Research Program on Genes, Environment and Health -- include cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's disease, asthma, diabetes and reproductive problems (Peyton Dahlberg, Sacramento Bee, 2/15). Similar studies are 'planned or are under way in Great Britain, Iceland, Japan and Estonia, but the Kaiser membership study appears to stand out both for its size and ethnic diversity in the United States,' the San Francisco Chronicle reports (Hall, San Francisco Chronicle, 2/15)."
This is a massive study dealing with heart disease.
Heart disease rate in the US on the rise
Heart Disease on the Rise
Heart disease rate in the US on the rise: "Heart disease has been the leading cause of death in the United States for the past 80 years ( 1) and is a major cause of disability. Heart disease also results in substantial health-care expenditures; for example, coronary heart disease is projected to cost an estimated $151.6 billion in direct and indirect costs in 2007 ( 2). Although some self-reported national data are available ( 3), state-specific prevalence data for heart disease have not been reported previously. In addition, although racial/ethnic, geographic, and sex differences in death rates for heart disease have been documented ( 4,5), less information has been available regarding the prevalence of persons living with heart disease. To estimate the prevalence of myocardial infarction (MI) and angina/coronary heart disease (CHD) in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia (DC), Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), CDC analyzed self-reported data from the 2005 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).* This report summarizes the results of that analysis and provides the first state-based prevalence estimates of these heart diseases."
Researchers discover 'sticky' proteins fuse adult stem cells to cardiac muscle, repairing hearts
Researchers discover 'sticky' proteins fuse adult stem cells to cardiac muscle, repairing hearts
Cardiologists are increasingly using adult stem cells in clinical trials to repair hearts following heart attacks, but no one has understood how the therapy actually works. Now, in animal experiments, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have deconstructed the process, describing how the stem cells fuse with heart muscle cells to create new cells that repopulate the ailing organ. "
Cardiologists are increasingly using adult stem cells in clinical trials to repair hearts following heart attacks, but no one has understood how the therapy actually works. Now, in animal experiments, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have deconstructed the process, describing how the stem cells fuse with heart muscle cells to create new cells that repopulate the ailing organ. "
This report seems to answer whether stem cells repair the vascular structure or regenerate heart muscle. GOOD NEWS, they do both.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
cbs11tv.com - New Tool May Better Predict Women's Heart Disease
Reynolds Risk Score
cbs11tv.com - New Tool May Better Predict Women's Heart Disease: "The new risk model, called Reynolds Risk Score, measures a women's level of risk for a heart attack or stroke in 10 years. The seven questions include age, whether you smoke, blood pressure and cholesterol. The new test also has information about C-reactive protein and family history."
Heart disease symptoms in women are much harder to detect but the results of heart disease are at least as fatal to women as a group. Everyone should pay attention to this new test.
cbs11tv.com - New Tool May Better Predict Women's Heart Disease: "The new risk model, called Reynolds Risk Score, measures a women's level of risk for a heart attack or stroke in 10 years. The seven questions include age, whether you smoke, blood pressure and cholesterol. The new test also has information about C-reactive protein and family history."
Heart disease symptoms in women are much harder to detect but the results of heart disease are at least as fatal to women as a group. Everyone should pay attention to this new test.
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