Guns and Death; Diabetes Typing: It's PodMed Double T! (with audio)
(MedPage Today) -- This week ' s topics include caliber of bullets and handgun deaths, a novel agent for dilated cardiomyopathy, getting genomic screening into clinical practice, and new diabetes subtypes based on continuous glucose monitoring. (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - August 4, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Rapid Improvement of Dilated Cardiomyopathy With Anakinra
TUESDAY, July 31, 2018 -- In a report published online July 31 in the Annals of Internal Medicine, doctors describe the case of a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy who experienced rapid clinical improvements with use of anakinra, the recombinant... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - July 31, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Inflammatory Hypothesis Reaches Dilated Cardiomyopathy
(MedPage Today) -- Case report shows ' unprecedented clinical improvement ' with an IL-1 blocker (Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology)
Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology - July 30, 2018 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news
Grain-free food linked to heart disease in dogs
Dogs that eat grain-free diets may be more prone to develop a canine cardiovascular disease that has historically been seen in just a few breeds.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine and a group of veterinary diagnostic laboratories are investigating the potential link between canine dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and pet foods containing seeds or potatoes as main ingredients.
Breeds genetically predispose d to DCM, which often results in congestive heart failure,… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - July 16, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Anne Stych Source Type: news
Dog Heart Disease May Be Linked to Potato-Based Pet Food, FDA Says
Potato-based pet foods may be causing heart disease in dogs, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration warned this week.
The government agency is investigating a potential link between pet foods with peas, lentils, potatoes and other legume seeds and instances of canine dilated cardiomyopathy in dogs not typically vulnerable to the disease. “Highly unusual” reports of these dogs contracting the disease prompted the FDA to investigate their food sources, which, the agency notes, largely contained those certain ingredients.
.@FDAanimalhealth is investigating the potential association between reports of canine di...
Source: TIME: Health - July 13, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jennifer Calfas Tags: Uncategorized onetime Pets Source Type: news
Women have stronger hearts: Men are 64% more likely to die from a common cardiovascular condition
Researchers from Imperial College London found dilated cardiomyopathy causes fewer fatalities in women despite them being 10 per cent more at risk of heart failure and symptoms like fatigue. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 12, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
More Variants in DCM-Tied Genes in Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy
THURSDAY, May 17, 2018 -- Patients with alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM) have more variants in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)-associated genes than those without ACM, according to a study published in the May 22 issue of the Journal of the American... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - May 17, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Methamphetamine Abuse Exacts Heavy Toll on the Heart Methamphetamine Abuse Exacts Heavy Toll on the Heart
A large case series sheds light on pulmonary arterial hypertension and dilated cardiomyopathy associated with methamphetamine abuse.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines - March 27, 2018 Category: Pathology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
ECG Challenge: Cardiomyopathy and an Irregular Pulse ECG Challenge: Cardiomyopathy and an Irregular Pulse
A patient with dilated cardiomyopathy presents with an irregular pulse. What does his ECG show?Medscape Cardiology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 12, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Clinical Case Source Type: news
Jim Lynskey has been fitted with a battery-operated heart
Jim Lynskey, from Redditch, Worcestershire, has an enlarged heart, known as dilated cardiomyopathy, after he and his twin sister, Grace, caught viral meningitis at just two weeks old. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 10, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NaviGate touts 1st 52mm transcatheter tricuspid valve procedure
NaviGate Cardiac Structures touted this week that its Gate catheter-guided tricuspid atrioventricular valved stent was implanted six weeks ago into a patient’s transplanted heart.
The patient’s transplanted heart was failing due to severe tricuspid valve insufficiency. The successful implantation at the Policlinico of the University of Padua, Italy, is the first European-based patient treated with the company’s tricuspid replacement heart valve.
Three hours after the procedure, the patient was showing improved renal function, NaviGate reported. Two months after the intervention, the 67-year-old male patie...
Source: Mass Device - September 1, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Sarah Faulkner Tags: Cardiac Implants Cardiovascular NaviGate Cardiac Structures Inc Source Type: news
UIowa study examines altered gene expression in heart failure
(University of Iowa Health Care) Heart tissue from patients with heart failure exhibits increased levels of Cdk8 protein. Mimicking this increased Cdk8 expression in transgenic mouse hearts alters gene expression in a way that promotes heart failure. When University of Iowa researchers examined the mouse heart cells before a decrease in heart function was detectable, they found over 3,400 genes already expressed with a profile similar to that of human heart muscle cells with dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 4, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Dilated cardiomyopathy
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Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed - April 28, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
TTN Mutation May Not Rule Out Medical Therapy for Dilated Cardiomyopathy TTN Mutation May Not Rule Out Medical Therapy for Dilated Cardiomyopathy
In patients with dilated cardiomyopathy, loss-of-function mutations in the titin gene (TTN) do not preclude systolic function recovery following standard pharmacological therapy, according to Canadian researchers.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Radiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Radiology Headlines - April 26, 2017 Category: Radiology Tags: News Source Type: news
