Stanford cooling tool may improve performance of athletes, soldiers
...f the hands. The idea is to engorge confluences of arteries and veins located there by mechanically drawing blood into them. The technology was used by some athletes during training for the Olympic Games in Athens, and it may soon find its way into attire for military personnel and others who work in extreme ...Muscle-building hand-grips aid systolic blood pressure, carotid AD, endothelial function
...her arterial distensibility (AD, or the ability of arteries to stretch) contributed to the reduction in resting blood pressure (RBP). They compared the impact of isometric arm and leg exercise on RBP as well as central (carotid) and peripheral (arm and leg arteries) AD in persons who were already taking medic...Experimental lupus drug may also work against atherosclerosis
... turn out to be effective against hardening of the arteries and thus prevent heart attacks, according to two p...wing the depositing of cholesterol in the walls of arteries as an inflammatory reaction that attracts the disease-fighting macrophages, which then become incorp...Pediatric cardiology researchers describe findings in neurologic outcomes, heart devices
...ny metal scaffolds that are inserted into diseased arteries to hold them open for improved blood flow, may be ... coated with beneficial genes that can protect the arteries from further injury. Researchers at Children's Hospital are investigating methods to bind gene deliv...Nuclear imaging offers possibility for early detection of patients with coronary heart disease
... angiogram showed he had blockage in some coronary arteries caused by fatty plaque accumulated over the years, the authors of "Molecular and Metabolic Imaging of Atherosclerosis" pointed out that, "recent advances in understanding of the pathobiology of atherosclerosis have highlighted the inadequacies" of im...JCI table of contents, December 1 2004
...1.pdf New drug protects against the hardening of arteries Atherosclerosis, a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Western nations, is caused by the accumulation of cholesterol-rich lipoproteins that adhere to vessel walls and develop into macrophages. These macrophages, laden with lipid, cause infla...New system reduces risk of burns during interventional X-rays
... threading of slender catheters and stents through arteries to deliver treatments to the heart, the brain and elsewhere in the body has produced nothing short of a medical revolution. But these delicate procedures require that patients be exposed to continuous radiation that can last up to an hour or ...Plant protein mimics hormone that mitigates diabetes and obesity
...betes and atherosclerosis, or the hardening of the arteries associated with heart disease. Previous studies have shown that people with diabetes tend to have lower levels of adiponectin in their blood than non-diabetics. In addition, adiponectin levels tend to be lower in the obese and in patients with heart ...VCU research shows erectile dysfunction drug reduces death of heart cells in heart attack model
...le that plays an important role in the dilation of arteries in the body. Sildenafil is able to preserve cGMP, and therefore dilation of the arteries by inhibiting PDE-5. "These observations have far-reaching implications for the treatment of patient...... vascular injury Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) line arteries and aid in normal contraction and vascular function, but change their characteristics and the proteins they express after arterial damage as a result of atherosclerosis, hypertension, and certain cancers. How the cells make these changes is a topic e...Rush physicians using gene therapy for heart patients with moderate to severe chest pains
...y to place veins removed from the patient's leg or arteries taken from the patient's chest wall or arm to "bypass" the blocked blood vessels. While both of these treatments have been shown to be successful in relieving severe chest pains resulting from blocked arteries, a significant percentage of patients e...Heart specialists call for cardiovascular screening for all young competitive athletes
...rder to detect premature hardening of the coronary arteries or abnormalities in the coronary artery in young competitors, he said, because baseline ECG signs of blood flow (ischaemic) problems were scarce. However, his research team had earlier reported that about a quarter of the young athletes who had died ...Columbia study suggests brushing your teeth may reduce risk of stroke and heart attack
...so measured the thickness of the subjects' carotid arteries the artery that are measured to identify atherosc...robiological analysis. "The measurement of carotid arteries thickness, which has been shown to be a strong predictor of stroke and heart attacks, was performed ...JCI table of contents March 1, 2005
.../115/3/593 PHYSIOLOGY Kallikrein mutations make arteries abnormal Artery function is known to depend on lipid genetics, but other genetic factors that affect arterial physiology are poorly documented. In a study appearing in the March 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Michel Azizi and co...Inflammatory condition doubles heart attack, stroke risk
...chronic inflammatory condition of medium and large arteries are twice as likely to have a heart attack or str...y. Some people who get GCA have involvement of the arteries that supply the brain, heart or main aorta itself, which can be quite devastating, leading to a stro...Molecule that usually protects infection-fighting cells may cause plaque deposits inside arteries
... might also contribute to fatty buildups that coat arteries and lead to heart disease, UT Southwestern Medical...here was marked presence of plaque deposits in the arteries following a diet of high-fat food. "This was dramatic evidence that showed suppressing AIM function...Polymers with copper show promise for implanted sensors
...th the polymers and implanted the sensors into the arteries of laboratory animals. "We always see an improvement in the accuracy of the sensors and fewer clots on the sensor surfaces when we use nitric oxide-releasing polymeric coatings," said Meyerhoff. However, those materials have some characteristics tha...UC Davis researchers discover new link between C-reactive protein, and heart disease and stroke
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- The cells that line the arteries are able to produce C-reactive protein, according ...ause endothelial cells are supposed to protect the arteries from C-reactive protein. "This is an extremely important finding," says Jialal, professor of patholo...Scientists discover how fish evolved to float at different sea depths
...a. The mechanism comprises of a complex system of arteries and veins, called the rete mirabile, and special blood proteins, which can release oxygen even at high oxygen concentrations. These systems drive oxygen from the blood into the swimbladder allowing the fish to float at different levels in the sea w...Brain research to help in fight against cardiovascular disease
... analysing how a muscle - which lines the walls of arteries in the brain - contracts to force the arteries to become narrower and reduce blood flow. These cerebral arteries are no bigger than the width of h...