The research marks another important contribution in
cardiovascular research by scientists at Temple's Center for Translational Medicine.
Not exact matches
A Soreon
Research report expects the market for wearables, which is still in its infancy, to reach $ 41 billion
by 2020, driven
by growth in devices aimed at combating diabetes, sleep disorders, and
cardiovascular disease.
The results of another clinical trial published in the journal found that high - dose vitamins and minerals did not protect heart attack patients 50 and older from experiencing additional
cardiovascular events, though the
research was marred
by a high dropout rate.
A growing body of
research is suggesting that spreading protein consumption throughout the day (starting with breakfast) can improve
cardiovascular health, better address muscle maintenance and growth, and help maintain weight
by keeping away those «hangries» that happen when your blood sugar drops and energy level tanks (from eating too many carb - heavy foods).
Salt may raise blood pressure
by making it harder for the
cardiovascular system to juggle the regulation of blood pressure and body temperature, according to new
research.
Previous
research shows that giving an EPA - DHA supplement to patients with
cardiovascular disease reduces their chance of dying from the disease
by as much as 20 percent, authors note in the study, but supplementing with margarine didn't seem to cut it.
I work in the Science Policy Department of the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), the Spanish national centre for
cardiovascular research, which was established
by the Spanish ministry of health as a centre of excellence to give impetus to biomedical
research in this area.
Intrigued
by the medical applications of basic
research, she rotated through laboratories in cardiology and
cardiovascular disease before settling on Church's group.
«Essentially, they showed me that a large number of traffic incidents are caused
by medical conditions while driving, specifically
cardiovascular events, such as myocardial infraction and myocardial ischemia,» says Najarian, director of data science at the Michigan Center for Integrative
Research in Critical Care.
A study
by investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) published this week in PLOS ONE identifies four factors that may account for sex differences in statin therapy among patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), pointing to interventions and additional
research that will be needed to help overcome this sex disparity and reduce
cardiovascular risk for women.
In the Los Angeles area, recent
research, mostly conducted
by University of Southern California scientists, has found connections between people living near freeways and asthma, reduced lung function,
cardiovascular disease, autism and other health effects.
Another recently published systematic review and meta - analysis
by Dr. Sievenpiper's
research group found that eating on average one serving a day of beans, peas, chickpeas or lentils can also reduce «bad cholesterol»
by five per cent and therefore lower the risk of
cardiovascular disease.
A new narrative review authored
by Carl Streed Jr., MD, at Brigham and Women's Hospital, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, discusses how more
research is needed to better understand
cardiovascular disease (CVD) and CVD risk factors in transgender patients receiving long term cross-sex hormone therapy.
The ISRF - funded
research on rats
by W.R.F. Pover of the University of Birmingham suggested that gut bacteria help mediate sugar's adverse
cardiovascular effects.
The
research was prompted
by three small, earlier studies that raised concerns about possible adverse
cardiovascular outcomes associated with testosterone therapy.
Boehringer Ingelheim is actively involved in
research related to such conditions as
cardiovascular, metabolic and respiratory diseases, cancer, AIDS, hepatitis C, and diseases mediated
by the immune system.
For instance, a finding published
by researchers at the Pennington Biomedical
Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 2009 said that longer lengths of sitting were directly proportional to an increased risk of death from
cardiovascular disease and most causes of death other than cancer.
Even apparently healthy teenagers showed significant improvements in markers which are indicators of
cardiovascular health, according to
research by the University of Exeter.
More extensive
research and new interventions are needed, he adds, if we are to reach the AHA's goal of increasing the proportion of the population in ideal
cardiovascular health
by 2020.
Much of this
research focuses on well - rounded fitness regimens, designed
by a physical therapist to suit the patient's goals and often incorporating both
cardiovascular and strength training.
Yes, according to a 2010 press release
by Wageningen University and
Research Centre (WUR) in the Netherlands about a study of the relationship between milk consumption and
cardiovascular disease.
A recent joint statement issued
by the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association concluded that further
research into racial and ethnic differences and improved
cardiovascular risk - prediction methods in people with type 1 diabetes is needed.
Forthcoming
research planned
by the group will focus on isolated vitamin D supplementation and indicators of
cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal women.
On the
research applications front, Dr. Chia Tet Fatt, a young scientist from the Natural Sciences Academic Group at the National Institute of Education, revealed Singapore's very first genetically modified organism (GMO)-- a transgenic resveratrol producing red lettuce for the prevention of cancer and
cardiovascular diseases — which was developed
by introducing the stilbene synthase gene into a red plant and diverting the precursors into resveratrol synthesis.
Traffic - related air pollution may increase
cardiovascular disease risk
by lowering levels of high - density lipoprotein (HDL), commonly known as «good» cholesterol, according to new
research in the American Heart Association's journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology.
Writing in the journal Neurobiology of Aging, a
research team, led
by senior author William S. Kremen, PhD, professor of psychiatry and co-director of the Center for Behavior Genetics of Aging at UC San Diego School of Medicine, found that major adverse events in life, such as divorce, separation, miscarriage or death of a family member or friend, can measurably accelerate aging in the brains of older men, even when controlling for such factors as
cardiovascular risk, alcohol consumption, ethnicity and socioeconomic status, which are all associated with aging risk.
Yu and her
research team were able to determine whether estrogen or testosterone regulated various
cardiovascular risk factors
by comparing two groups of men whose hormone levels were temporarily changed with combinations of medications.
An alternative approach pioneered
by Deepak Srivastava, MD, director of
cardiovascular and stem cell
research at Gladstone, used genes to convert scar - forming cells in the heart of animals into new muscle that improved the function of the heart.
Susan Amara, USA - «Regulation of transporter function and trafficking
by amphetamines, Structure - function relationships in excitatory amino acid transporters (EAATs), Modulation of dopamine transporters (DAT)
by GPCRs, Genetics and functional analyses of human trace amine receptors» Tom I. Bonner, USA (Past Core Member)- Genomics, G protein coupled receptors Michel Bouvier, Canada - Molecular Pharmacology of G protein - Coupled Receptors; Molecular mechanisms controlling the selectivity and efficacy of GPCR signalling Thomas Burris, USA - Nuclear Receptor Pharmacology and Drug Discovery William A. Catterall, USA (Past Core Member)- The Molecular Basis of Electrical Excitability Steven Charlton, UK - Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Discovery Moses Chao, USA - Mechanisms of Neurotophin Receptor Signaling Mark Coles, UK - Cellular differentiation, human embryonic stem cells, stromal cells, haematopoietic stem cells, organogenesis, lymphoid microenvironments, develomental immunology Steven L. Colletti, USA Graham L Collingridge, UK Philippe Delerive, France - Metabolic
Research (diabetes, obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver, cardio - vascular diseases, nuclear hormone receptor, GPCRs, kinases) Sir Colin T. Dollery, UK (Founder and Past Core Member) Richard M. Eglen, UK Stephen M. Foord, UK David Gloriam, Denmark - GPCRs, databases, computational drug design, orphan recetpors Gillian Gray, UK Debbie Hay, New Zealand - G protein - coupled receptors, peptide receptors, CGRP, Amylin, Adrenomedullin, Migraine, Diabetes / obesity Allyn C. Howlett, USA Franz Hofmann, Germany - Voltage dependent calcium channels and the positive inotropic effect of beta adrenergic stimulation;
cardiovascular function of cGMP protein kinase Yu Huang, Hong Kong - Endothelial and Metabolic Dysfunction, and Novel Biomarkers in Diabetes, Hypertension, Dyslipidemia and Estrogen Deficiency, Endothelium - derived Contracting Factors in the Regulation of Vascular Tone, Adipose Tissue Regulation of Vascular Function in Obesity, Diabetes and Hypertension, Pharmacological Characterization of New Anti-diabetic and Anti-hypertensive Drugs, Hypotensive and antioxidant Actions of Biologically Active Components of Traditional Chinese Herbs and Natural Plants including Polypehnols and Ginsenosides Adriaan P. IJzerman, The Netherlands - G protein - coupled receptors; allosteric modulation; binding kinetics Michael F Jarvis, USA - Purines and Purinergic Receptors and Voltage-gated ion channel (sodium and calcium) pharmacology Pain mechanisms
Research Reproducibility Bong - Kiun Kaang, Korea - G protein - coupled receptors; Glutamate receptors; Neuropsychiatric disorders Eamonn Kelly, Prof, UK - Molecular Pharmacology of G protein - coupled receptors, in particular opioid receptors, regulation of GPCRs
by kinasis and arrestins Terry Kenakin, USA - Drug receptor pharmacodynamics, receptor theory Janos Kiss, Hungary - Neurodegenerative disorders, Alzheimer's disease Stefan Knapp, Germany - Rational design of highly selective inhibitors (so call chemical probes) targeting protein kinases as well as protein interaction inhibitors of the bromodomain family Andrew Knight, UK Chris Langmead, Australia - Drug discovery, GPCRs, neuroscience and analytical pharmacology Vincent Laudet, France (Past Core Member)- Evolution of the Nuclear Receptor / Ligand couple Margaret R. MacLean, UK - Serotonin, endothelin, estrogen, microRNAs and pulmonary hyperten Neil Marrion, UK - Calcium - activated potassium channels, neuronal excitability Fiona Marshall, UK - GPCR molecular pharmacology, structure and drug discovery Alistair Mathie, UK - Ion channel structure, function and regulation, pain and the nervous system Ian McGrath, UK - Adrenoceptors; autonomic transmission; vascular pharmacology Graeme Milligan, UK - Structure, function and regulation of G protein - coupled receptors Richard Neubig, USA (Past Core Member)- G protein signaling; academic drug discovery Stefan Offermanns, Germany - G protein - coupled receptors, vascular / metabolic signaling Richard Olsen, USA - Structure and function of GABA - A receptors; mode of action of GABAergic drugs including general anesthetics and ethanol Jean - Philippe Pin, France (Past Core Member)- GPCR - mGLuR - GABAB - structure function relationship - pharmacology - biophysics Helgi Schiöth, Sweden David Searls, USA - Bioinformatics Graeme Semple, USA - GPCR Medicinal Chemistry Patrick M. Sexton, Australia - G protein - coupled receptors Roland Staal, USA - Microglia and neuroinflammation in neuropathic pain and neurological disorders Bart Staels, France - Nuclear receptor signaling in metabolic and
cardiovascular diseases Katerina Tiligada, Greece - Immunopharmacology, histamine, histamine receptors, hypersensitivity, drug allergy, inflammation Georg Terstappen, Germany - Drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases with a focus on AD Mary Vore, USA - Activity and regulation of expression and function of the ATP - binding cassette (ABC) transporters
The results were presented Monday at the American College of Cardiology meeting in Washington DC
by cardiovascular research fellow Nima Ghasemzadeh, MD..
Led
by King's College London, the
research shows that people with severe mental illness (SMI), including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression, have a 53 per cent higher risk for having
cardiovascular disease than healthy controls, with a 78 per cent higher risk of developing
cardiovascular disease over the longer term.
Other
research has found that even two cups a day could lower the risk of
cardiovascular disease and stroke
by 30 %.
Tabata is a unique form of high - intensity interval - type
cardiovascular exercise based on
research completed
by the Japanese researcher Izumi Tabata, PhD, MD, in the mid-1990s.
According to a
research from James J. Di Nicolantonio, a
cardiovascular research scientist at St. Luke's Mid-Atlantic Heart Institute in Kansas City,
by cutting back on added sugar you cut down risk of heart diseases
by three times.
And the famous Framingham Heart study recently added to the huge database of
research studies
by identifying a relationship between air quality and
cardiovascular inflammation.
In my field of
cardiovascular disease, air pollution as a trigger for heart attack and death is rarely mentioned but is highly supported
by quality
research.
With a study this month showing that antioxidant supplements don't protect against
cardiovascular disease or cancer, it's refreshing to see so much
research showing how a healthy (and delicious) dietary pattern can slash your risk for heart disease and other chronic conditions
by up to 50 %.
The
research was inspired
by studies that looked at the effect of diet and lifestyle changes on other diseases, such as
cardiovascular disease, cancer, and HIV.
There is also likely trepidation regarding such a high fat intake — particularly saturated fat — despite mounting evidence even in the medical mainstream that saturated fat intake is not associated with increased risk for
cardiovascular disease, and that reductions in carbohydrate intake, in fact, can improve risk for heart disease.55 Promising avenues for
research in dietary therapy for AD are hindered
by an outdated nutritional paradigm.
In addition, peanuts provide resveratrol, the phenolic antioxidant also found in red grapes and red wine that is thought to be responsible for the French paradox: the fact that in France, people consume a diet that is not low in fat, but have a lower risk of
cardiovascular disease compared to the U.S. With all of the important nutrients provided
by nuts like peanuts, it is no wonder that numerous
research studies, including the Nurses» Health Study that involved over 86,000 women, have found that frequent nut consumption is related to reduced risk of
cardiovascular disease.
Additionally, more recent
research shows that oxidation of LDL
by substances called free radicals increases the risk of
cardiovascular illness [19].
Research indicates 2:1 intake of potassium to sodium lowers the risk of death from
cardiovascular disease
by 50 %.
The popular claim that the presence of resveratrol in red wine is responsible for producing positive
cardiovascular effects among French people can't be sustained
by a proper medical
research.
As a confirmation of the validity of this form of
cardiovascular conditioning, extensive
research by NASA in the early 1980's led to the conclusion that infrared stimulation of
cardiovascular function would be the ideal way to maintain
cardiovascular conditioning in American astronauts during long space flights.
Dietary fiber passes through your system undigested, but it provides such vital health benefits that eating enough between the ages of 20 to 59 lowers your risk of developing
cardiovascular disease later in life, according to
research reported in March 2011
by Northwestern University.
In another
research study published in the BMJ, the higher levels of chocolate consumption reduced the risk of
cardiovascular disease
by 37 % and strokes
by 29 %, significantly more than compared to lower levels of chocolate consumption.
«Recent
research revealed that cocoa does indeed exert beneficial
cardiovascular effects, probably mediated mainly
by its polyphenols... This may explain... the potentially beneficial effects on
Such an effect might be even stronger in those with diabetes and (or)
cardiovascular disease already,» Dr. Ronald M. A. Henry, of the
Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht in the Netherlands, told Reuters Health
by email.
Not only does
research show that pets benefit our
cardiovascular health, it also suggests that animal - assisted therapy can alleviate symptoms among those suffering from PTSD
by helping patients, often veterans, feel more relaxed and comfortable while improving their overall well - being.
Research conducted
by Green et al. (1994) in Israel revealed that between 1976 and 1985, mortality from
cardiovascular disease was 50 percent higher in mid-winter than in mid-summer, both in men and women and in different age groups, in spite of the fact that summer temperatures in the Negev, where much of the work was conducted, often exceed 30 °C, while winter temperatures typically do not drop below 10 °C.