Sentences with phrase «for cardiovascular research»

When CNIC finally consolidates its activities in a new building, which begins construction this month in Madrid, it will mark the end of the beginning for an ambitious long - term project to establish a world - class centre for cardiovascular research in Spain.

But some recent developments indicate that things are changing, and with the incorporation last year of the first research groups into the new Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (national centre for cardiovascular research) Carlos III (CNIC), the move to transform Spanish biomedical research entered a new phase.

Zebrafish have emerged as an important vertebrate model for cardiovascular research for a number of reasons, including the ability to regenerate its heart if damaged, and because the transparency of the embryos allows easy observation of internal processes like blood vessel development.

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.

Not exact matches

If those are your reasons for not improving your cardiovascular fitness, check this out: New research from McMaster University shows that ten minutes of stair climbing — ten minutes that includes warming up, cooling down, and recovering between sets — measurably improved cardiovascular fitness.

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.

Other research, like the Copenhagen City Heart Study, looked at healthy joggers and nonjoggers for more than a decade and determined that «the most favorable running regimen for reducing cardiovascular mortality» was six miles per week, broken down into three running days per week at a pace of seven miles per hour.

The research team said: «Vegetarian (including vegan) diets have benefits for cardiovascular health, hypertension, body weight and plasma lipids, and also provide nutritional advantages compared with omnivorous diets.»

The research, which is published in Issue 8, Volume 1 of Nutrients Journal, further found that full - fat dairy may be just as beneficial for cardiovascular health as low - fat products.

Recent research, for example, suggests that pea protein powder could help lower high blood pressure and even improve your overall cardiovascular health.

According to the study's lead author, Charles M. Benbrook, a research professor at Washington State University's Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources, consuming organic milk «will certainly lessen the risk factor for cardiovascular disease.»

Recent research shows that lucuma may be helpful for supporting skin health, blood sugar, and even cardiovascular health.

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.

Research to be presented at The American College of Cardiology's 67th Annual Scientific Session this month (March, 2018) shows women with normal blood pressure during pregnancy and who breastfed their babies for at least six months following birth had better markers of cardiovascular health years later compared to women who never breastfed.

Women with normal blood pressure during pregnancy and who breastfed their babies for at least six months following birth had better markers of cardiovascular health years later compared to women who never breastfed, based on research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 67th Annual Scientific Session.

These findings elucidate previous research indicating sleep abnormalities as risk factors for diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer.

«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.

Figuring out why the French have low cardiovascular disease rates despite a diet high in saturated fats has spurred research and many theories to account for this phenomenon known as the «French paradox.»

According to researchers, their future research will analyze the cost - effectiveness of a new strategy of incorporating these non-invasive imaging tools into future prevention and diagnostic protocols for cardiovascular disease and to better define their use.

Grilled or well - done beef, chicken or fish may raise the risk of developing high blood pressure among people who regularly eat those foods, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association's Epidemiology and Prevention Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions 2018, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in population based cardiovascular science for researchers and clinicians.

«Our study shows the significant impact of adding carotid plaque measurement using vascular ultrasound and coronary calcium scoring with CT scan to our conventional assessment for cardiovascular disease,» says Roxana Mehran, MD, the study's co-lead author and Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Research and Clinical Trials at the Zena and Michael A. Weiner Cardiovascular Institute at Mount Sinai Heart at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

The research marks another important contribution in cardiovascular research by scientists at Temple's Center for Translational Medicine.

«However, studies have shown that HDL doesn't work as well in people at high risk for heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular diseases, and that the functional ability of HDL matters as much as its quantity,» said senior study author Montserrat Fitó, M.D., Ph.D., and coordinator of the Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition Research Group at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute in Barcelona and at the Ciber of Physipathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBEROBN), Spain.

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.

For example, Matt Krause, director of human resources at CV Therapeutics, says, «Our research programs include multiple, cutting - edge cardiovascular product candidates in various stages of clinical trials and preclinical programs, all of which rely heavily on the contributions from our many B.S. - and M.S. - level scientists.»

The research, which provides an update for 2014 on the burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Europe, shows that death rates from CVD (diseases of the heart and blood vessels) vary enormously.

We know from other research that the period between early adolescence and young adulthood is a sensitive period for weight gain that has adverse effects on cardiovascular health later in life.»

Homeless people with mental disease have a greater than double risk of developing serious or fatal cardiovascular disease over 30 years than people of the same age and gender with no risk factors for the disease, new research has found.

For example, in the case of deaths due to cardiovascular disease related to PM 2.5 exposure, research now suggests that adding even small amounts of pollution to relatively clean air boosts disease risks more than adding the same amount of pollution to relatively dirty air.

«This is why it is especially important for arthritis patients to keep fit and work on their cardiovascular endurance,» says Anja Bye, a researcher at the K. G. Jebsen Centre for Exercise in Medicine — Cardiac Exercise Research Group (CERG) at NTNU.

Germany's Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin Buch and the Fu Wai Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) are building a new gene research laboratory in Beijing, the aim being to identify genes that play a key role in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases.

If further research shows that we can control the mechanism that triggers natural cardiovascular protection, it may be possible to develop new treatment protocols for coronary artery disease.»

«Our findings demonstrate that people naturally assign different weights to the pluses and minuses of interventions to improve cardiovascular health,» said Erica Spatz, M.D., M.H.S., the study lead author and an assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine in the Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, CT. «I believe we need to tap into this framework when we are talking with patients about options to manage their blood pressure.

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.

In a survey to assess treatment preferences for high blood pressure, respondents were more likely to choose a daily cup of tea or a pill over exercise, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2018, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in quality of care and outcomes research in cardiovascular disease and stroke for researchers, healthcare professionals and policresearch presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2018, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in quality of care and outcomes research in cardiovascular disease and stroke for researchers, healthcare professionals and policResearch Scientific Sessions 2018, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in quality of care and outcomes research in cardiovascular disease and stroke for researchers, healthcare professionals and policresearch in cardiovascular disease and stroke for researchers, healthcare professionals and policymakers.

Snake and reptile venoms typically don't work for this type of research because most of them function as hemotoxins (which destroy red blood cells) and target components of the cardiovascular system, King says.

«Poverty and the many stresses that come with social disadvantage have long been linked to cardiovascular disease, but how we live, work, and play has a great impact on heart health for people from a broad range of economic and cultural backgrounds,» explains David Siscovick, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President for Research at The New York Academy of Medicine and Chair of the American Heart Association's (AHA) Council on Epidemiology and Prevention.

«Professor Malinksi has an international reputation for outstanding and innovative research related to the cardiovascular system,» Ohio University Dean of Arts and Sciences Robert Frank said.

Women with normal blood pressure during pregnancy and who breastfed their babies for at least six months following birth had better markers of cardiovascular health years later compared to women who never breastfed, based on research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 67th Annual Scientific Session.

When I came to MSM, I wanted to build something that would incorporate my background in cardiovascular [research] and neuroscience, and stroke was the perfect venue for that.»

Raydiance's technology has attracted the attention of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which in July 2007 signed the company to a two - year cooperative research and development agreement that has allowed the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) to evaluate the use, safety and effectiveness of Raydiance's USP laser system in a number of areas, including the ablation of corneal tissues in refractive surgery and corneal repair; the administration of light therapy for treating cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes; and the removal of plaque on teeth without damaging the enamel.

«High salt intake is part of Chinese food culture,» says Wu Yangfeng, a cardiovascular specialist at the Peking University Clinical Research Institute who heads the George Institute for Global Health, China, in Beijing.

Losing two or more teeth in middle age is associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association's Epidemiology and Prevention Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions 2018, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in population based cardiovascular science for researchers and clinicians.

«We've known for a long time that exercise protects against metabolic and cardiovascular disease,» says Robert Gerszten, director of Translational Research in the Cardiology Division at Massachusetts General Hospital, and co-author of the new study.

These will all form part of a co-ordinated effort to create a meeting point for all those with an interest in cardiovascular research, bringing scientists, clinicians, and the private sector together to accelerate the transfer of new developments from the bench to the clinic.

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.

«In contrast to current recommendations that essentially ban full - fat cheese, current research clearly demonstrate important health benefits of cheese for prevention of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancers.

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.

«While we don't know which comes first — depression or cardiovascular disease — the consensus is that depression is a risk marker for cardiovascular disease, meaning if you have cardiovascular disease, there is a higher likelihood that you could also have depression, when compared with the risk in the general population,» said Victor Okunrintemi, M.D., M.P.H., a research fellow at Baptist Health South Florida in Coral Gables, Florida, and lead author of a pair of studies that looked into different aspects of depression and cardiovascular disease.

Depression, even when undiagnosed, can have many negative effects on cardiovascular patients, including poor healthcare experiences, more use of healthcare resources and higher health costs, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2018, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in quality of care and outcomes research in cardiovascular disease and stroke for researchers, healthcare professionals and policresearch presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2018, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in quality of care and outcomes research in cardiovascular disease and stroke for researchers, healthcare professionals and policResearch Scientific Sessions 2018, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in quality of care and outcomes research in cardiovascular disease and stroke for researchers, healthcare professionals and policresearch in cardiovascular disease and stroke for researchers, healthcare professionals and policymakers.