London, July 25 : Air travel poses no threat to those with heart conditions, and even those with serious heart disease can fly if precautions are made, according to a new guideline issued by the British Cardiovascular Society.
“The cabin environment doesn”t pose a significant risk to heart health,” New Scientist quoted lead author David Smith [...]
Washington, July 6 : Heart patients suffering from anxiety disorders are at a higher risk of stroke, heart attack, heart failure and death, according to a new study.
The study, conducted by Elisabeth J. Martens, Ph.D., of Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands, and colleagues, found that anxiety disorder was associated with a 74 percent increased risk [...]
Washington, July 2 : A new study indicates that acupuncture can improve exercise tolerance in patients suffering from chronic heart failure.
Dr. Johannes Backs, physician and study director at the Department of Internal Medicine III (Cardiology, Angiology, and Pneumology – Medical Director: Professor Dr. Hugo Katus) of Heidelberg University Hospital conducted the clinical pilot study.
Patients with [...]
Washington, Feb 2 (ANI): Herbal supplements such as St. John’’s wort, gingko biloba, garlic and even grapefruit juice may adversely affect people taking medications for heart disease.
The use of these products is especially concerning among elderly patients who typically have co-morbidities, take multiple medications and are already at greater risk of bleeding.
“Many people have a [...]
London, Jan 19 (ANI): Heart patients may soon be able to “swallow their doctors”, all thanks to researchers at MIT and Harvard Medical School who have built targeted nanoparticles that can cling to artery walls and slowly release medicine.
The advancement potentially provides an alternative to drug-releasing stents in some patients with cardiovascular disease.
The particles, dubbed [...]
London, January 17 (ANI): Scientists are concentrating on creating herds of dairy rabbits to help treat heart patients with their milk.
A farm in Holland is said to be the first in the commercial milking of rabbits, who have been genetically modified to include a human gene and contain a protein called C1 inhibitor.
The milk could [...]
Washington, Nov 3 (ANI): Heart patients can now get rid of those bulky, fixed monitoring machines, for now researchers at Imperial College London (ICL) are testing a wireless digital ”plaster” that can monitor vital signs continuously and remotely.
Toumaz Technology Ltd’’s Sensium digital ”plaster” or ”patch” is a disposable device that sticks to a patient’’s chest.
The [...]
Washington, Sept 26 (ANI): A new study has shown that the use of a drug-eluting stent (paclitaxel) is safer and more effective than a bare-metal stent in heart attack patients.
It also showed that administration of the anticoagulant medication bivalirudin enhanced safety and efficacy compared to the use of heparin + GPIIb/IIIa inhibitors.
“The data show that [...]