Current Issue

View Larger Image

Past Issues Free Subscriptions
Sponsored
Keywords



Search Results - Heart Attack
 More »

  • Top 20 Best-Selling Drugs of 2012
    ... in blood as adjunct therapy to diet; reduction of risks for chest pain, stroke, heart attack, or heart and blood vessel problems in people who have certain risk factors 2012 ...
    3-1-2013
  • Addressing Unmet Medical Needs with Complex Carbohydrate Chemistry
    ... Necrosis is the outcome of severe and acute injury. It is involved in many pathological conditions such as heart attack, brain injuries and stroke, neurodegenerative diseases such ...
    2-28-2013
  • Ten Predictions that Will Transform Healthcare
    ... used infusions of patients' own T cells genetically engineered to attack their tumors. ... Researchers will collect data on blood pressure and heart rate, mobility, physical and ...
    2-15-2013
  • 10 Predictions That Will Transform Healthcare
    ... used infusions of patients' own T cells genetically engineered to attack their tumors. ... Researchers will collect data on blood pressure and heart rate, mobility, physical and ...
    1-17-2013
  • Abbott Reveals New Heart Attack Test
    Troponin-I Assay, which can measure very low levels of the protein, allowing doctors to evaluate whether or not patients are having a heart attack within two to four hours. ...
    1-9-2013
  • 25 Diabetes Drugs in the Pipeline Right Now
    ... trial, ongoing but not recruiting patients as of November); Cardiovascular event (heart attack or stroke) within 30 days after an acute coronary syndrome (Phase III; ongoing but ...
    11-30-2012
  • Cellular Therapy Wave Finally Cresting
    ... where a rapid intervention may be required, such as acute myocardial infarction/heart attack and stroke-the autologous model is not an option and allogeneic cells must be utilized. ...
    11-1-2012
  • Flu Shot Prevents Heart Attacks and Stroke
    Their analysis showed that individuals who received a flu shot had a 50% lower risk of a major cardiac event-including heart attack, stroke, or cardiac death-compared with those ...
    10-30-2012
  • Goldilocks and the Three TFs Make Blood Vessels
    range of patients with vascular diseases, including patients who have suffered heart attack, stroke, lung diseases, trauma, emphysema, or even diabetes and neurological ...
    10-19-2012
  • Mitochondrial Enzyme Blockade Protects Against Heart Cell Death
    Studies in mice suggest that blocking an enzyme involved in transporting calcium ions into mitochondria could help prevent the death of heart cells following a heart attack or ...
    10-12-2012
  • Closing the Research Therapeutic Loop
    biology need new approaches to attack disease and reenergize the drug discovery process. ... were awarded a grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to investigate ...
    9-15-2012
  • Improving Healthcare Delivery: Over the Counter and Under the...
    ... Often, it's difficult for people to distinguish the normal pains of daily life from the symptoms of a serious disease-chest pain could be a heart attack or indigestion. A test to ...
    9-4-2012
  • Identification of a Heart Attack Response and Cardiac Damage...
    A protein has been found that influences the response of the heart to a lack of oxygen and blood flow, such as occurs during a heart attack, reports a team of Yale School of ...
    8-15-2012
  • Regulatory Environment Warms Up to Obesity Drugs
    ... The agency said that the advantage of a relatively small weight loss did not outweigh the heightened risk of heart attack and stroke associated with the drug, which had been ...
    4-15-2012
  • Gene Therapy Briefs
    Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute researchers published clinical trial results in The Lancet showing that treating heart attack patients with an infusion of their own heart-derived ...
    4-1-2012
  • More »

    Journal Articles

  • Insulin Is an Anti-inflammatory and Anti-atherosclerotic Hormone
    Paresh Dandona, Ahmad Aljada, Amy O'donnell, Sandeep Dhindsa, Rajesh Garg
    Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders
    Fasting hyperinsulinemia is associated with an increased risk of atherosclerotic complications of heart attack and stroke. This has resulted in the concept that insulin may promote ...
  • The Association of Adverse Pregnancy Events and Cardiovascular...
    Sara M. Freibert, David M. Mannino, Heather Bush, Leslie J. Crofford
    Journal of Women's Health
    Primary outcomes were self-reported prevalence of CVD, including angina, heart attack, heart failure, and arrhythmia. Pregnancy complications used as predictors were preterm labor, ...
  • Awareness of Heart Disease Among Female College Students
    Laura R. Muñoz, Annette Etnyre, Melinda Adams, Sharon Herbers, Amy Witte, Cheryl Horlen, Sally Baynton, Rosanna Estrada, Mary Elaine Jones
    Journal of Women's Health
    One half recognized CVD as the leading cause of death among women. Students aged 18-24 years were significantly less likely to identify heart disease/heart attack as the leading ...
  • Outcomes of Comprehensive Heart Care Programs in High-Risk Women
    Amparo C. Villablanca, Laurel A. Beckett, Yueju Li, Shantelle Leatherwood, Santosh K. Gill, Elsa-Grace V. Giardina, Anne L. Taylor, Carol Barron, JoAnne M. Foody, Suzanne Haynes, Gail D'Onofrio
    Journal of Women's Health
    Proportions of participants showing increased knowledge and awareness of CVD as the leading killer of women, of all signs and symptoms of a heart attack, and calling 911 increased ...

GEN Webinars

View »

GEN Web Briefs

View »

GEN Poll

More » Poll Results » Archive »

Genome Sequencing and Patient Autonomy

Do you think ACMG’s recent recommendations for reporting incidental clinical sequencing results undermine patient autonomy?

Suggest a Poll