Heart Attacks Information
Compound Could Reduce Heart Attack Damage (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) THURSDAY, Sept. 11 (healthDay News) -- A newly developed molecule holds the promise of reducing the damage done by heart attacks and a number of diseases, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, researchers report.
From Wine to New Drugs: A Novel Way to Reduce Damage from Heart Attacks (Scientific American) An alcohol-busting enzyme may help prevent heart attack damage, according to a new study in Science. Researchers report that aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2), an enzyme important for processing alcohol in the human body, clears harmful toxins produced in cells when blood flow is blocked in the heart--and a new drug can switch it on. [More]
Key Enzyme For Regulating Heart Attack Damage Found, Scientists Report (Science Daily) Marauding molecules cause the tissue damage that underlies heart attacks, sunburn, Alzheimer's and hangovers. But scientists say they may have found ways to combat the carnage after discovering an important cog in the body's molecular detoxification machinery.
Newly discovered molecule promises better treatments for heart attacks, heart surgery (News-Medical-Net) Scientists have discovered a compound that could lead to new treatments for heart attacks as well as methods to protect hearts during open heart surgery and other situations in which blood flow to the heart is interrupted.
Brush your teeth to avoid heart attacks (Daily Telegraph) HERE's another reason to brush your teeth: poor dental hygiene boosts the risk of heart attacks and strokes, a pair of studies reported this week.
Newly Discovered Molecule Promises Better Treatments For Heart Attacks, Heart Surgery (Medical News Today) Scientists have discovered a compound that could lead to new treatments for heart attacks as well as methods to protect hearts during open heart surgery and other situations in which blood flow to the heart is interrupted. In the process, the researchers uncovered cellular mechanisms that help explain how alcohol can protect against heart attack damage.
Sacred Heart School in Hampton remembers 9-11 (Hampton Union) HAMPTON ? While the youngest members of the Sacred Heart School community do not remember the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, they did help pay tribute on the seventh anniversary of those events to those who lost their lives and to the first...
Heavier People Have Heart Attacks Earlier (MedicineNet.com) Title: Heavier People Have Heart Attacks Earlier Category: Health News Created: 9/10/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 9/10/2008
IU prof may have helped solve a heart disease puzzle (The Indianapolis Star) The luck of the French could one day help protect Asians against heart attacks, thanks in part to the work of an Indiana University School of Medicine researcher.
Newly discovered molecule promises better treatments for heart attacks, heart surgery (EurekAlert!) ( Indiana University ) A research team of scientists at Stanford and Indiana universities schools of medicine reports in the Sept. 12 issue of the journal Science that by jump-starting a particular enzyme they were able to significantly reduce the amount of cell death caused by lack of blood flow to the heart.
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