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Cardiology - Aug 21, 2018 Edition

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 August 21, 2018 
 Cardiology 
 The latest cardiology news from News Medical 
 #ALT#Clinical Use of Natriuretic Peptide Webinar

Heart failure is the fastest rising diagnostic condition in modern cardiology today. Accurate heart failure diagnosis is trending more and more toward clinical decisions based on lab results including natriuretic peptide testing.

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   Physical activity can help reduce risk of heart disease in older adultsPhysical activity can help reduce risk of heart disease in older adults
 
Adults in their early 60s, who spend less time sitting and more time engaged in light to vigorous physical activity, benefit with healthier levels of heart and vessel disease markers, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
 
   Women more likely to survive heart attack when treated by female doctors in the ERWomen more likely to survive heart attack when treated by female doctors in the ER
 
If you're having a heart attack and you're a woman, hope a female doctor greets you in the emergency room.
 
 Compounds in 'monster' radish could potentially prevent heart disease and stroke
 
Compounds in 'monster' radish could potentially prevent heart disease and strokeStep aside carrots, onions and broccoli. The newest heart-healthy vegetable could be a gigantic, record-setting radish. In a study appearing in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, scientists report that compounds found in the Sakurajima Daikon, or "monster," radish could help protect coronary blood vessels and potentially prevent heart disease and stroke.
 
 
 Scientists define key binding characteristics of protein associated with heart disease and breast cancer
 
Scientists define key binding characteristics of protein associated with heart disease and breast cancerGalectins attach to other proteins via the carbohydrates on their surfaces (sugar-binding proteins). As such they impact on a range of processes in the cell associated with a number of diseases, including heart disease and breast cancer – the most common cancer in women worldwide, with 1.7 million new cases diagnosed in 2012 alone.
 
 
 Researchers discover epigenetic mechanism underlying ischemic cardiomyopathy
 
Researchers discover epigenetic mechanism underlying ischemic cardiomyopathyResearchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have shed light on an epigenetic reprogramming mechanism that underlies the development of ischemic cardiomyopathy.
 
 
 Sleeping for eight hours or more may increase cardiovascular and mortality risk
 
Sleeping for eight hours or more may increase cardiovascular and mortality riskResearch has shown that people who sleep for more than eight hours each night are at a greater risk of mortality and cardiovascular disease than people who sleep for seven hours or less.
 

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