Tag: heart disease
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University Spin-Off Developing Sepsis Drug
A spin-off enterprise from University of British Columbia is licensing a cholesterol-lowering drug from drug maker Novartis to develop a treatment for sepsis and other severe infections.
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Leukemia Drug Shows Potential as Heart Attack Therapy
A new drug being tested as a leukemia treatment was shown in lab mice to reduce inflammatory white blood cells that lead to a build-up of arterial plaques and heart disease.
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New System Measures Oxygen Levels in ICU Patients
Researchers at University of Oxford in the U.K. designed a device that measures oxygen consumption in critically ill patients, to prevent occurrence of shock.
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Chip Device Simulates Blood Vessels in Clotting
Researchers at a Harvard University bioengineering center developed a plastic chip that simulates critical interactions between tissue lining blood vessels and platelets that affect the flow of blood.
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Trial to Assess Anti-Gravity Treadmill for Stress Test
Researchers at University of Cincinnati Medical Center plan to evaluate an anti-gravity treadmill for cardiac stress tests that check for heart disease.
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Gene Therapy Designed for Muscle Wasting Disease
Researchers devised a treatment for a cancer-related muscle wasting disease using gene transfers that in lab mice block signals promoting muscle degradation.
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Device Measuring Nerves on Heart Rhythm in Development
22 July 2016. A spin-off enterprise from Indiana University is creating a device to measure sympathetic nerve activity — the fight-or-flight response — in people with heart rhythm disorders. Research and development of a prototype device, by Arrhythmotech LLC in Indianapolis, is funded by a new 2-year, $1.47 million grant from National Institute of Drug…
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Study to Evaluate Blood Pressure Diagnostics
A health care system in Seattle is assessing three different techniques for confirming newly found cases of hypertension, or high blood pressure.
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American Heart Assn, Amazon Partner on Cloud Analytics
American Heart Association is offering grants for new computational tools against heart disease, with Amazon Web Services providing cloud computing resources.
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App Evaluates Chest Pain Patients for Discharge
A new iPhone app helps emergency physicians decide whether a patient with chest pain can be safely discharged from a hospital or needs further tests.