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Research: Alzheimer's development linked to cholesterol, toxic protein clu
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Texas A&M's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences researchers discovered that cholesterol significantly boosts the toxicity of a peptide linked to the advancement of Alzheimer's disease.
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Study finds development of Alzheimer's linked with cholesterol, toxic prot
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Researchers at Texas A&M's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences discovered that cholesterol significantly boosts the toxicity of a peptide linked to the advancement of Alzheimer's disease.
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Study finds how surgery can prevent abdominal aneurysms
Updated : 3 years ago IST
When the artery that supplies the stomach and liver bulges and ruptures, 50 percent of patients die before they reach the hospital. This "silent killer," known as abdominal aortic aneurysm, killed Albert Einstein and is responsible for nearly 5,000 deaths in the United States each year. Rese
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Manipal Hospital Old Airport Road performs first of its kind plasma filtra
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 25 (ANI/PRNewswire): A 34-year-old Suma (name changed), diagnosed with Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) since 2014 was referred to Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru. HoFH is a condition where two abnormal genes one from each p
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Study: Cholesterol increases risk of Alzheimer's and heart disease
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers at the Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome and the University of Colorado School of Medicine have found that a single mechanism may underlie the damaging effect of cholesterol on the brain and on blood vessels.
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Research: Genetic clues link lipoprotein A to prostate cancer risk
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A new analysis has uncovered a potential link between higher prostate cancer risk and genetic variants associated with higher bloodstream levels of the cholesterol-transporting molecule lipoprotein A. Anna Ioannidou of Imperial College London, U.K., and colleagues present these findings in t
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TAVI or TAVR is a Boon for Patients with Critical Heart Valve-Related Cond
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 27 (ANI/PRNewswire): In the field of Cardiac science, a relatively new but safe and successful non-surgical technique (TAVI/TAVR) is advocated, giving new hope for life to patients with specific heart-valve-related conditions. Patients who have Aortic
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Warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest provide opportunity for prevention
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Sudden cardiac arrest causes one in five deaths in industrialised countries.2 Most sudden cardiac arrests occur in the community in people not known to be at risk. A cardiac arrhythmia, called ventricular fibrillation, causes the heart to stop pumping and blood flow to cease. If blood flow i
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Bad cholesterol, high blood pressure contribute to heart attack risk
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
According to new research published in Hypertension, a journal of the American Heart Association, high levels of lipoprotein(a), a type of "bad" cholesterol, may be linked to an 18-20 per cent increased risk of cardiovascular disease among those who have hypertension. However, CVD risk was n
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Study reveals changes in cholesterol levels in cell membrane
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Despite its health risk when its blood levels are too high, cholesterol is a vital part of the membrane that surrounds every human cell. Researchers revealed new insights into how cells achieve cholesterol homeostasis within the cell membrane.
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Scientists discover new immune target to treat cardiovascular disease
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Clinicians have traditionally treated cardiovascular disease by focusing on diabetes and blood pressure control, as well as lowering cholesterol with drugs such as aspirin and statins.
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Combination of bad cholesterol, high blood pressure may increase heart att
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
High levels of lipoprotein(a), a type of "bad" cholesterol, may be associated with an 18-20 per cent higher risk of cardiovascular disease among people who have hypertension. However, CVD risk was not higher among those without hypertension, according to new research
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