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Study reveals hidden heart risks in women with Type 2 Diabetes
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Women with type 2 diabetes are nearly twice as likely as men to have undetected heart damage, according to a new study by Leicester researchers.
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Researchers discover protein that help prevent cancer treatment-related he
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
Researchers discovered a protein CDK7 that could prevent heart damage caused by a routinely used cancer chemotherapy treatment. Importantly, the researchers discovered that blocking CDK7 could improve the medication's cancer-killing efficacy.
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Study reveals ways to avoid heart damage in women receiving breast cancer
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Women with breast cancer will be enrolled in a clinical trial to investigate the ability of behavioural and psychological therapy to minimise the cardiac damage caused by anti-cancer medications. The unique CARDIOCARE initiative is being led by a coalition of European partners, including the
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Sedentary time accumulated from childhood to young adulthood linked to hea
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
According to research presented at the ESC Congress 2023, hours of inactivity during childhood could be laying the groundwork for heart attacks and strokes later in life. The results of the study revealed that even in people with normal weights and blood pressure, sedentary time accumulated
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Enzymes help prevent heart damage in chemotherapy patients: Study
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Researchers have discovered a process by which enzymes can help prevent heart damage in chemotherapy patients.
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Study finds 1 in 3 adults with Type 2 diabetes have undetected cardiovascu
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
One-third of Type 2 diabetic adults may have undiagnosed cardiovascular disease. In persons with Type 2 diabetes compared to those without Type 2 diabetes, elevated levels of two protein biomarkers that signify heart damage were linked to undiagnosed or symptomless cardiovascular disease.
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Researchers discover cause of heart damage from cancer drugs
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A recent study led by UCL (University College London) experts has discovered the likely cause of several cancer therapies causing heart damage.
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Research suggests blinding eye disease linked with cardiovascular disease
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Patients with a specific form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in the United States, are also highly likely to have either underlying heart damage from heart failure and heart attacks, or advanced heart valve disease, or carotid artery disease associate
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Scientists find no heart damage in hypertension patients with shortened fi
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], October 19 (ANI): Scientists in Berlin have been studying a strange hereditary condition that causes half of the certain families' members to have unusually short fingers and extremely high blood pressure for decades. If untreated, affected patients usually die of a stroke
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Study finds mental illness can damage heart and mind
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], May 4 (ANI): During a recent study, scientists from the University of South Australia uncovered another reason why society should be paying more attention to mental health as it is closely aligned to blood pressure and heart rate variations.
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Study: Mild COVID-19 infection is very unlikely to cause lasting heart dam
Updated : 5 years ago IST
London [UK], May 8 (ANI): Mild Covid-19 infection is very unlikely to cause lasting damage to the structure or function of the heart, according to a study.
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Researchers identify cause and potential treatment for COVID-19-induced he
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 4 (ANI): Australian researchers at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute have discovered some of the ways COVID-19 damages the heart and identified a class of drugs that could potentially protect or reverse this cardiac injury.
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