Tag Archive for 'Heart attack'

Niacin is an essential micronutrient fortified in food staples beyond dietary requirements. Image credit: Ferrell et al., doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02793-8.

Breakdown Products of Excess Vitamin B3 May Contribute to Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Feb 21, 2024 by News Staff

Despite intensive preventive cardiovascular disease (CVD) efforts, substantial residual CVD risk remains even for individuals receiving all guideline-recommended...

Stylized structural diagram of oxytocin (DARPA).

Oxytocin Has Heart Healing Properties, New Study Suggests

Oct 2, 2022 by News Staff

New research shows that in zebrafish and human cell cultures, the neurohormone oxytocin — also known as the ‘love hormone’ — stimulates...

Green Tea Compound Could Be Key to Preventing Mortality from Heart Attacks, Strokes Caused by Atherosclerosis

Jun 12, 2018 by News Staff

A group of researchers from Emory University in the United States and Lancaster University and the University of Leeds, both in the UK, has discovered...

Left: this image shows fibrotic heart cells from a patient who had heart failure; the cells have an elaborate fibronectin matrix (shown in red) which causes fibrosis and heart damage. Right: in this image, human heart cells treated with the novel therapeutic peptide exhibit dramatically reduced fibrosis; the experimental treatment prevented the human heart cells from failing and restored their function. Image credit: Cincinnati Children’s Heart Institute.

Inhibiting Specific Protein Might Prevent Heart Failure

Apr 17, 2018 by News Staff

A team of researchers at the Cincinnati Children’s Heart Institute used an experimental targeted molecular therapy to block a matrix-forming protein,...

A variety of organ systems are involved in the coordination of the organism’s response to myocardial infarction by the production and release of paracrine factors; for initiation of this paracrine feedback loops a variety of transcription factors are regulated in different organs. Image credit: Zimmermann et al, doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.17955.

Heart Attack is ‘Systemic’ Condition, Scientists Say

Jun 29, 2017 by Enrico de Lazaro

According to a team of researchers from the Medical University of Vienna, Austria, a variety of organ systems, including liver and spleen, are involved...