Tag: heart disease
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Plant-Based Diet Quality Key to Reducing Heart Disease
A review of health surveys going back to the 1980s reveals individuals consuming healthier plant-based diets are less likely to encounter heart disease than people eating less-healthy foods from plants or animals.
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Students Design Prototype Soft Artificial Heart
Two graduate students in materials science and engineering designed and tested an artificial heart made with soft plastics for eventual use as an implanted device.
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3-D Printed Patch Helps Grow New Blood Vessels
A biomedical engineering team developed a printed patch infused with cells that in lab animals grows new blood vessels to counteract blocked or hardened arteries.
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Fixed-Dose Blood Pressure Drugs Shown Cost-Effective
An analysis of medical insurance claims shows fixed-dose combination drugs to be the most cost-effective medication strategy for people with hypertension, or high blood pressure.
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Phones, Algorithms Boost Adherence to Stroke Meds
Results from a clinical trial show a smartphone-based remote monitoring program helps stroke patients stay on their blood clot medications and improve their health.
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Univ. Spin-Off Designing Heart Disease Screening App
A spin-off enterprise from Massachusetts Institute of Technology is creating a system using a smartphone camera to detect heart rhythm problems that lead to a stroke.
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Heart Assoc, Amazon Partner on Precision Medicine Data
American Heart Association and Amazon Web Services are collecting data from researchers to advance precision medicine in cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
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Patent Issued for Peptides in Diabetes Gene Therapy
A U.S. patent was issued today for synthetic peptides that support gene therapies developed to treat type 2 diabetes and heart failure.
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Low-Dose Multidrug Shown Effective in Hypertension Trial
A small-scale clinical trial shows a combination of four current drugs to treat hypertension, or high blood pressure, formulated in low doses, reduces blood pressure to normal levels in four weeks.
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Company, NC State Partner on Tissue Oxygen Patch
Profusa Inc. and a research center at North Carolina State University are developing a new device to monitor tissue oxygen levels in people with peripheral artery disease.