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| Tiny, roll-shaped disease fighters New disease-fighting nanoparticles look like miniature pastries (http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/12073.html) July 29, 2008 --
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| Regular workouts keep hearts young Exercise could be the heart's fountain of youth (http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/12061.html) July 23, 2008 -- Absence may make the heart grow fonder, but endurance exercise seems to make it younger. According to a study conducted at the School of Medicine, older people who did endurance exercise training for about a year ended up with metabolically much younger hearts. The researchers also showed that by one metabolic measure, women benefited more than men from the training. |
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| New generation of heart disease treatment Gene directs stem cells to build the heart (http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/11973.html) July 2, 2008 --
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| Brian Gage Associate professor of medicine (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/716.html) Gage is an internist and health service researcher. He specializes in two related fields: antithrombotic therapy and stroke prevention. He has developed a formula that can help predict the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation. These patients have a fivefold increased risk of stroke. ... Expertise: antithrombotic therapy, stroke, atrial fibrillation Media assistance: (314) 286-0111 / williamsdia@wustl.edu |
| Nader Moazami Director of Cardiac Transplantation (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/173.html) Moazami is an assistant professor of surgery in the Cardiac Surgery Section of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine. He also is an attending cardiothoracic surgeon and chief of cardiac transplantation at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. While his principal clinical ... Expertise: Surgical treatment of heart failure, ventricular assist device, end-stage heart disease, cardiac surgery, mechanical support, LVAD Media assistance: (314) 286-0141 / ericsong@wustl.edu |
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| Genes Explain Race Disparity in Response to a Heart Drug
The New York Times and 5 others April 29, 2008 -- Doctors who treat patients with heart failure have long been puzzled that many black patients seem to not respond to a class of drugs called beta blockers. Now researchers at WUSTL and U. Maryland have found that these nonresponsive patients have a slightly altered version of a gene that muscles use to control responses to nerve signals. The discovery raises questions about whom to treat with beta blockers and how to decide, researchers say. But, they add, its implications go beyond heart failure. WUSTL cardiologist and principal investigator Gerald Dorn comments. |
| Angioplasty's golden era may be fading
USA Today and 1 others March 27, 2008 -- Three major studies published in the past two years indicate that using the angioplasty to open blocked arteries to treat chest pain, or angina, may be riskier and no more beneficial than medication. WUSTL cardiologist Michael Rich comments on the study. |
| Weight loss by diet or exercise benefits heart
Reuters and 7 others Jan. 31, 2008 -- Shedding excess pounds may restore some of the heart's youth, whether the weight loss comes from eating less or exercising more, the results of a small study in the American Journal of Physiology suggests. WUSTL's Sandor J. Kovacs, cardiology professor, is the senior researcher on the study and comments. |
| Obese Kids Shows Signs Of Heart Trouble
WNBC.com (NY) and 42 others Oct. 19, 2007 -- Obese children show early signs of heart disease, according to WUSTL medical school researchers led by pediatric cardiologist Angela Sharkey. The study was published in the Winter 2007 issue of the Journal of Cardiometabolic Syndrome. |
| Heart surgery may eliminate migraines
United Press International Jan. 12, 2007 -- Some people with migraines may be able to trace their problem to a hole in the heart that formed before birth, say WUSTL researchers led by cardiologist John Lasala. WUSTL is participating in clinical trials. |
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