Sentences with phrase «damaged by heart disease»

The polymer patch could one day lay down a pathway in areas damaged by heart disease for cells to regenerate and regrow, while the mesh itself slowly disintegrates within the body.

In human terms, the costs of lives and families damaged by heart disease, strokes, cancer and lung disease are incalculable.

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I wish I had served as an example of how improving your health now, by losing weight, gaining fitness, and improving your cholesterol might just help you avoid a heart attack or heart disease — and, if you do have a heart problem, might just help mitigate the damage and possibly even save your life.

They contain more antioxidants than most other fruits or vegetables and may help prevent damage caused by cancer, heart disease, and Alzheimer's.

The oxidative damage caused to normal cells by free radicals has been linked to chronic conditions like cancer, heart disease, and degenerative diseases related to aging.

As long ago as the 1950s, scientists discovered that many diseases — including heart disease, strokes, cancer, diabetes, cataracts, arthritis and neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's — were linked to damage caused by highly destructive chemicals called free radicals.

There is a lot of work still to do, and many potential pitfalls before it could be applied to human patients, but in principle almost any illness caused by damaged or ageing tissue — heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's and dozens of others — could be fixed this way.

What's more, by selectively deactivating certain PAMs within the matrix, the team mimicked the kind of damage that happens to the heart muscle under certain disease conditions.

Most importantly, these studies show that treatment with vitamin D3 can significantly restore the damage to the cardiovascular system caused by several diseases, including hypertension, atherosclerosis, and diabetes, while also reducing the risk of heart attack.

Children with behavioral problems may be at risk of many chronic diseases in adulthood including heart disease, obesity, diabetes, as well as inflammatory illnesses (conditions which are caused by cell damage).

According to cardiologist Stefanie Dimmler at the University of Frankfurt in Germany, degraded telomeres might cause heart disease by impeding the ability of cells from the bone marrow to repair damaged parts of the arterial walls.

A TROPICAL disease that can fatally damage the heart may take hold in the human body by causing important immune system cells to commit suicide, according to a Brazilian research team.

The team found that inflammatory damage in the heart can not occur without the help of macrophages and dendritic cells made by the spleen, and that heart failure is to some degree an autoimmune disease.

We are working to transform this game - changing research into therapies that help doctors repair hearts damaged by heart attacks and disease.

Scientists at the Bar Harbor - based MDI Biological Laboratory have been awarded a patent — the first for the lab — for MSI - 1436, a potential new heart disease drug that stimulates the repair and regeneration of heart tissue damaged by injuries and heart attacks.

By stimulating the growth of new blood vessels, promoting anti-inflammatory effects, recruiting cells toward tissue regeneration and inhibiting further cell death, adult stem cells can restore some function to damaged or diseased heart muscle.

Okyanos cardiac cell therapy targets the restoration of blood flow to the heart and repairs damaged heart tissue caused by heart attack or ischemic and non-ischemic heart disease.

By studying them, we are beginning to gain insight into human disease — to understand why organs such as the heart can not repair themselves or why, as we age, the incidence of debilitating diseases such as cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer's increases so rapidly, and we are developing new therapies that will enhance our abilities to regenerate damaged tissues and prolong healthy lifespan.

Thanks to new technological advances, the test is now widely used to diagnose numerous cardiovascular conditions, including congestive heart failure, coronary heart disease, and the extent of heart muscle damage caused by heart attacks (some of which may go unrecognized with less sensitive technology).

Vitamin E can cut your risk of heart disease and cancer by helping protect your body from damage caused by environmental pollutants.

Free radicals are a normal by - product of metabolism, but they can damage healthy cells, leading to premature aging and serious health concerns like cancer and heart disease.

They also contain significant amounts of phytosterols, a compound thought to reduce the risk of heart disease by lowering high levels of damaging LDL cholesterol (6).

For about half of those with systemic lupus erythematosus — the most common type of lupus — a major organ like the kidneys, heart, lungs, or brain will be damaged by the disease.

Vitamin C is one of the most powerful antioxidants in the world, and because heart disease is initiated by oxidative damage caused by free radicals, any help you can get in the antioxidant department is a good thing.

The real tragedy is that by putting all our attention on cholesterol, we've virtually ignored the real causes of heart disease: inflammation, oxidative damage, stress, and sugar.

(NaturalHealth365) The chronic blood sugar imbalances generated by diabetes — a disease which affects 29.1 million Americans — can trigger serious and even life - threatening conditions, such as blindness, neuropathy, kidney damage, heart disease, stroke and cancer.

Philip Day, in his book health wars, describes heart disease as a «slow motion scurvy» caused by nutritional deficiencies of the 2 amino acids above + vitamin C — which cause damage to the arteries, which is then repaired by cholesterol (which then builds up eventually blocking arteries)(I'm pretty sure it was lysine and proline — you'd have to check).

5) Heart disease is caused by several conditions initiated by sugar and insulin: excess sugar thickens the blood; excess sugar robs the heart of it's favorite mineral — Magnesium, and it's favorite vitamin — the Bs (that's because digesting / metabolizing sugar requires an enormous amount of Magnesium and B vitamins); and excess sugar and insulin severely damage artery walls, in several Heart disease is caused by several conditions initiated by sugar and insulin: excess sugar thickens the blood; excess sugar robs the heart of it's favorite mineral — Magnesium, and it's favorite vitamin — the Bs (that's because digesting / metabolizing sugar requires an enormous amount of Magnesium and B vitamins); and excess sugar and insulin severely damage artery walls, in several heart of it's favorite mineral — Magnesium, and it's favorite vitamin — the Bs (that's because digesting / metabolizing sugar requires an enormous amount of Magnesium and B vitamins); and excess sugar and insulin severely damage artery walls, in several ways.

If heart disease is chronic scurvy, caused by chronic vitamin C deficiency, then it makes sense to supplement with vitamin C in the amounts needed to make strong collagen and prevent arterial damage from mechanical stress.

Hog plums are rich in vitamin C, which, in addition to being an essential vitamin, is a natural antioxidant, protecting your body from damage caused by free radicals, potentially reducing your risk of heart disease.

If you are already affected by heart disease, it is possible to reverse and prevent further damage.

In fact, cells damage caused by free radicals appears to be a major contributor to aging and diseases, including cancer, heart disease, and weakening of immune system (2).

Antioxidants protect the body from aging caused by free radicals which cause damage that leads to heart disease and cancer.

Antioxidants work by significantly slowing or preventing the oxidative — or damage from oxygen — process caused by substances called free radicals that can lead to cell dysfunction and the onset of problems like heart disease and diabetes.

«Small injuries to the vascular wall that can be caused by anything from high blood pressure to toxins attract all sorts of metabolic riff - raff, from bacteria to oxidized (damaged) LDL particles; the immune system sends inflammatory cytokines to the area, and more oxidation and inflammation takes place eventually resulting in the growth of plaque and, ultimately, to an increased risk for heart disease.

Antioxidants work by significantly slowing or preventing the oxidative — or damage from oxygen — process caused by substances called free radicals that can lead to cell dysfunction and the onset of problems like heart disease and diabetes, but also of the inflammation underpinning psoriasis.

Health problems such as heart disease, macular degeneration, diabetes and cancer, are all contributed by oxidative damage and can be prevented with antioxidants in root vegetables.

This change accompanied by pain to the tongue may indicate a more serious problem such as infection, nerve damage, coronary heart disease, and anemia.

Points to make: soy protein isolate and other highly processed modern soy protein products are not safe and have no long history of use in the food supply; studies published since 1999 undermine the credibility of — and conclusions drawn — from key studies evaluated by the FDA when it approved the health claim in 1999; recent studies show that soy can contribute to or cause heart disease, including endothelial damage (especially in women), heart arrhythmias and cardiomyopathy, an increasingly prevalent condition that affects 1 in 500 Americans.

The actual cause of heart disease is damage done by free radicals to individual cells within the arteries.

This oxidation causes dangerous free radicals to form, which can cause significant damage in your cells and increase your risk of heart disease by damaging the inner lining of your blood vessels.

Hmm, no wonder heart disease increased with the advent of margarine and the decrease in consumption of butter in our society... Not only were the trans fats in margarine probably responsible for some of the damage, but also the LACK of essential vitamin K2 caused by fooling everyone into removing butter from their diet exacerbated the heart problems!

Health problems such as heart disease, macular degeneration, diabetes, cancer, and numerous other degenerative processes are all exacerbated by oxidative damage.

If free radicals are not neutralized by antioxidants, they can damage cells and lead to a number of diseases, including diabetes, cancer and heart disease (3).

Various parts of the heart can be damaged by disease, including the cardiac muscle itself or the valves between the heart chambers.

The antioxidants in blueberries boost the dog's health and reduce the risk of illnesses by destroying the free radicals in the body, which are responsible for cell damage which often leads serious diseases like cancer, heart diseases, and various other chronic and life threatening illnesses.

More importantly, the damage caused by plaque and gingivitis isn't limited to only teeth and gums, but can actually affect the entire body, leading to heart disease, diabetes, inflammation, kidney disease, bladder infection and lung disease.

Signs of heartworm disease are caused by damage to the heart and blood vessels as a result of the heartworms living in them.

The disease, which is spread by mosquitos, can cause severe lung disease, heart failure and damage to other organs.

The article opens with a description of irreversible heart damage caused by periodontal disease in an otherwise healthy Lab.