Daily non-political popular news in brief.

Pregnancy-related heart failure explained, symptoms reversed by simple hormone blocker

02-08-2007 · EurekAlert!

A new study reveals the mechanism responsible for a rare but potentially devastating form of heart failure that sometimes afflicts women late in pregnancy or shortly following childbirth, researchers have reported in the Feb. 9, 2007, issue of Cell, a publication of Cell Press. The so-called postpartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) -- which is estimated to complicate one in every 1,300 to 4,000 deliveries in the US -- is considered among the leading causes of death among postpartum women in industrialized countries.

Keywords: pregnancy-related, heart, failure, explained, symptoms, reversed, simple, hormone, blocker, pregnancy, related, symptom

« Previous | Next »

Similar news on "Pregnancy-related heart failure explained, symptoms reversed by simple hormone blocker":

Heart failure medication provides some symptom relief
03-25-2007 · EurekAlert!
A medication used to treat heart failure, tolvaptan, appears to improve some symptoms and signs of heart failure during hospitalization, but does not reduce the risk of re-hospitalization or death, according to two articles in the March 28 issue of JAMA. The study is being released early to coincide with its presentation at the American College of Cardiology's annual conference.
Similar news · Read more »
Gene variant shapes beta-blocker's effectiveness
01-20-2007 · Science News Online
A medication widely used for heart failure may be most effective in people who have a common variant of a particular gene.
Similar news · Read more »
Single molecule extends fat mice lives by reversing gene pathways associated with disease in obese
11-01-2006 · EurekAlert!
Researchers have used a single compound to increase the lifespan of obese mice, and found that the drug reversed nearly all of the changes in gene expression patterns found in mice on high calorie diets -- some of which are associated with diabetes, heart disease and other significant diseases related to obesity. The research is the first time that the small molecule resveratrol has been shown to offer survival benefits in a mammal.
Similar news · Read more »
Blood test predicts mortality in hospitalized heart failure patients, says UCLA researcher
05-07-2007 · EurekAlert!
A simple blood test -- beyond standard lab tests -- taken at hospital admission strongly predicted in-hospital mortality risk for heart failure patients and may be useful in helping doctors decide which patients need higher-level monitoring and more intensive treatment.
Similar news · Read more »
Jefferson scientists use gene therapy to reverse heart failure in animals
05-23-2007 · EurekAlert!
Heart researchers have used gene therapy to reverse heart failure in animals. They used a virus to carry the gene for a protein, S100A1, into the heart cells of rats with heart failure. After 18 weeks, those animals that received the gene therapy had significantly improved heart function compared to animals that did not receive the treatment. In addition, they found that the gene therapy had additive effects to standard heart failure beta-blocker drugs.
Similar news · Read more »
Life-saving technology may address unique needs of women in heart failure
02-27-2007 · EurekAlert!
The American Heart Association (AHA), reports that women are 26 percent more likely than men to suffer heart failure and death as their first symptom of cardiac disease. However, many treatment modalities currently available continue to focus primarily on men. Reflecting this inequity, cardiac support devices on the market today are primarily used in men, and are not designed to effectively serve the needs of many women.
Similar news · Read more »
Extreme stress reactions to terrorist attacks associated with subsequent heart problems
01-07-2008 · EurekAlert!
Individuals who experienced severe stress-related symptoms in response to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 appear more likely to have been diagnosed with heart problems over the following three years, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Similar news · Read more »
Hawthorn extract can help the heart
01-22-2008 · EurekAlert!
Taking hawthorn extract can help control symptoms of chronic heart disease such as low abilities to work and walk, and also improve a range of heart-related measurements.
Similar news · Read more »
Kaiser Permanente study shows link between caffeine and miscarriage
01-21-2008 · EurekAlert!
High doses of daily caffeine during pregnancy -- whether from coffee, tea, caffeinated soda or hot chocolate -- cause an increased risk of miscarriage, according a new study by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research. The study controlled, for the first time, pregnancy-related symptoms of nausea, vomiting and caffeine aversion that tended to interfere with the determination of caffeine's true effect on miscarriage risk. The research appears in the current online issue of American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Similar news · Read more »
No benefit to mechanically opening arteries days after a heart attack
11-14-2006 · EurekAlert!
In the days following a heart attack, patients who have no or mild symptoms and undergo a procedure called angioplasty to mechanically open their totally blocked coronary arteries do not reduce their risk of having another heart attack, going into heart failure or dying, according to the results of a new study.
Similar news · Read more »