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Health News and Information - News Medical :: Cardiology - Jun 12, 2018 Edition

Health News and Information - News Medical

	June 12, 2018
	Cardiology
	The latest cardiology news from News Medical

Limited health literacy blocks heart disease prevention and treatment

Limited healthy literacy is a major barrier blocking many people from achieving good cardiovascular health or benefiting from effective treatment for heart attacks, heart failure, strokes and other cardiovascular diseases, according to a scientific statement published in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation.

			Classifying heart failure patients based on redox status may help personalize treatment For more than six decades, oxidative stress has been linked to heart failure, a progressive weakening of the heart muscle that can lead to death. While antioxidant supplements such as vitamin C, vitamin B and beta-carotene have been widely used in heart failure, they often prove ineffective.

			Study: 2.6% of pediatric patients hospitalized for stroke die in the hospital A major international study has found that 2.6 percent of infants and children hospitalized for stroke die in the hospital.

	Researchers identify culprit that spurs damaging inflammation following heart attack Scientists have zeroed in on a culprit that spurs damaging inflammation in the heart following a heart attack. The guilty party is a type of immune cell that tries to heal the injured heart but instead triggers inflammation that leads to even more damage.

	Black, Hispanic people may have greater risk of second hemorrhagic stroke than whites Black and Hispanic people may be more likely to have another intracerebral hemorrhage or a stroke caused by bleeding in the brain, than white people, according to a study published in the June 6, 2018, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

	Mobile health technology has potential to transform prevention, management of heart disease Mobile health technology has the potential to transform the way we prevent and manage heart disease, but there are unanswered questions about how to optimize this technology and maintain engagement with patients, according to a review of randomized clinical trials published in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology.

	Heart attack patients unable to resume work report depression and financial hardship More people than ever are able to resume working after a heart attack, but those working less or unable to work reported lower quality of life with increased depression and difficulty affording their medication, according to new research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal.

	People with erectile dysfunction have high risk of cardiovascular disease, shows study Erectile dysfunction indicates greater cardiovascular risk, regardless of other risk factors, such as cholesterol, smoking and high blood pressure, according new research published in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation.

	Study finds link between inflammatory signals in heart muscle cells and atrial fibrillation Interfering with inflammatory signals produced by heart muscle cells might someday provide novel therapeutic strategies for atrial fibrillation, according to an international team of researchers who have published their findings in the journal Circulation.

	MDC researchers provide new insights on embryonic heart development When it first starts to develop, the heart is a simple tube. Reporting in the journal Nature Communications, researchers at MDC have now described how it forms itself into a its characteristic S-shape and how the ventricles and atria finally develop.

	Lifestyle modifications can quickly reduce blood pressure Researchers have demonstrated that a program aimed at helping people modify lifestyle factors such as diet and exercise is as effective as medication at reducing blood pressure.