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New research allows doctors to image dangerous 'hardening' of the arteries
A radioactive agent developed in the 1960s to detect bone cancer can be re-purposed to highlight the build-up of unstable calcium deposits in arteries, a process that can cause heart attack and stroke. The technique could help in the diagnosis of these conditions in at-risk patients and in the development of new medicines.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - July 10, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

Meeting global air quality guidelines could prevent 2. 1 million deaths per year
Improving air quality -- in clean and dirty places -- could potentially avoid millions of pollution-related deaths each year. That finding comes from a team of environmental engineering and public health researchers who developed a global model of how changes in outdoor air pollution could lead to changes in the rates of health problems such as heart attack, stroke and lung cancer. The researchers were surprised to find the importance of cleaning air not just in the dirtiest parts of the world -- which they expected to find -- but also in cleaner environments like the United States, Canada and Europe.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 16, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

Researchers hope patent can pave way to future treatments of heart, lung disease
Researchers have received a patent for its use of a peptide that has been shown to prevent or reduce damage to intestinal tissue. Their ongoing work may have far-reaching implications, including new ways to treat tissue damaged during a heart attack or stroke, and even a possible cure for cancer.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - December 18, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news

Being overweight causes hazardous inflammations
A possible molecular explanation for why overweight is harmful has been discovered by researchers. They suggest that overeating increases the immune response. This increased immune response causes the body to generate excessive inflammation, which may lead to a number of chronic diseases. This new knowledge may provide new drugs for heart attack, stroke, cancer and chronic intestinal inflammation.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - August 25, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news

Pressure relief valve in cellular membrane identified
Regulation of cell volume is critical for the body’s cells, for example during cellular exposure to fluids of varying salt concentrations, in cell division and cell growth, but also in diseases such as cancer, stroke and myocardial infarction. A certain chloride channel, a membrane protein that allows the passage of the chloride ion, is of crucial importance in volume regulation.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 16, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news

Taking insulin for type 2 diabetes could expose patients to greater risk of health complications, study suggests
Patients with type 2 diabetes treated with insulin could be exposed to a greater risk of health complications including heart attack, stroke, cancer and eye complications a new study has found.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 4, 2013 Category: Science Source Type: news