Scientists have halted the advance of heart disease in mice – and even reversed some of its effects.
The study provides hard evidence that tiny pieces of genetic material called microRNA can play a key role in the development of heart disease.
The therapy, featured in the journal Nature, targets and blocks microRNA in heart cells.
A US specialist said that, with trials under way in other animals, human tests may be only a few years away. Read the rest of this entry »
SUNDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) — Perhaps five years from now, you might actually hear your doctor casually say, “While we’re at it, let’s do a blood test to see if your genetic makeup puts you at high risk of having a heart attack.”
So says Dr. Sekar Kathiresan, an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and director of preventive cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is the leader of a group that has identified three Read the rest of this entry »
Overall, 41.5 percent of study participants took some version of a
multivitamin. Those women were more likely to be white and
college-educated, live in the West, exercise and have a lower body
mass index.
Women who took multivitamins, however, weren’t any more likely to
ward off a diagnosis of breast, ovarian, lung, stomach, bladder,
kidney, colorectal or endometrial cancer than were women who didn’t
take multivitamins. Nor were multivitamins in Read the rest of this entry »
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of American women. One out of every four women will die of it each year, more than 250,000 from heart attacks alone. Yet, stop a woman on the street and she is unlikely to list heart disease as a concern. Likewise, few realize that more women than men die of heart disease or that signs and symptoms in women can be subtle—nearly two-thirds of women who die suddenly of a heart attack had no prior symptoms. Additionally, Read the rest of this entry »
Alzheimer’s disease is a serious yet incurable brain disease affecting an estimated 4.5 million Americans. A recent study suggests that taking ginkgo biloba supplements is useless in helping the elderly prevent the disease.
The finding does not apply to all people at all ages although it does suggest that ginkgo may not be effective against the development and or progression of Alzheimer’s disease in people age 75 or older, at least Read the rest of this entry »
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) exacts a significant toll on a woman’s sexuality and gynecologic health. The various effects of kidney failure and its treatments on women’s sexual health from adolescence through menopause was the topic of an in-depth series of presentations at the American Society of Nephrology’s 41st Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Women whose kidneys are failing experience hormonal changes Read the rest of this entry »
Henkel will show it’s support for the national women’s heart disease awareness movement by wearing red on Friday, February 6, 2009.
Henkel will show it’s support for the national women’s heart disease awareness movement by wearing red on Friday, February 6, 2009,. People nationwide will take women’s health to heart by wearing red to show their support for women’s heart disease awareness on National Wear Red Day Friday, February 6, 2009.
Henkel’s Read the rest of this entry »
Know anyone over 40 who’s a smoker, overweight and hasn’t exercised in years? She doesn’t think heart disease is a risk because, after all she’s a woman and there’s no heart disease in her family. At least not that she knows. But based on these characteristics she has a 9.4% greater chance of developing heart disease than a lean, non-smoking woman her age, regardless of family history.
According to the American Heart Association, 55% of white Read the rest of this entry »
– Anita Dunham’s first heart attack started with a mysterious pain in her arm — and, suddenly, the 34-year-old felt as if she couldn’t breathe. After she got dressed, she could barely speak because the pain was so great in her arms and chest.
Dunham, who had a second heart attack in 2002, wore red Friday to spread awareness about heart disease. Now 64 years old, she said she wants women everywhere to know that heart disease, the No. 1 killer Read the rest of this entry »
Washington (dbTechno) – A new study has found that common drugs to help people with osteoporosis actually increase the risk of developing a disease in the jaw known as osteonecrosis of the jaw.
The jaw disease, also known as ONJ, is attributed by pain in the jaw. On top of that, it can also lead to loose teeth, as well as swelling of jaw tissue and infection.
The study was conducted by researchers from th eUniversity of Southern California in Read the rest of this entry »