Mother's Care Can Protect Offspring from Heart Disease and Obesity

Posted in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Support group on Mon, 14 May 2018

A mother''s care can impact the baby''s body clock and health after birth, reveals a new study. Lifestyle related diseases like heart disease and obesity can be avoided by reducing abnormalities in th...

PET Scan Can Detect Protein Clump in Heart Failure

Posted in Heart Attack Support group on Mon, 14 May 2018

Understanding how protein clumps accumulate in the diseased hearts of mice and people with heart failure, as in certain neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer''s and...Read More

Intervention May Reduce Medication Overuse in Aged Care Facilities

Posted in Sleep Disorders in Elderly / Ageing and Sleep Support group on Mon, 14 May 2018

Reducing use of sedatives (RedUSe) intervention helps in reducing the use of psychotropic medications such as antipsychotic and benzodiazepine medications in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF''s)...

Pregnant Mothers May Transmit Hepatitis C Infection to Infants

Posted in Others Support group on Tue, 08 May 2018

The prevalence of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among pregnant women is found to be higher due to the opioid epidemic which may increase the risk of perinatal transmission and HCV infection among ...

New Link Between Gut Bacteria and Heart Disease Identified

Posted in Heart Attack Support group on Fri, 04 May 2018

A novel relationship between the gut microbes and atherosclerosis, one of the major causes of heart attack and stroke has been identified by researchers at Western University and Lawson Health Researc...

Two Risk Genes for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Identified

Posted in General Support group on Thu, 03 May 2018

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New Protein Mimic Developed to Help Injured Lungs Breathe

Posted in Lung Biopsy Support group on Thu, 03 May 2018

An effective protein mimic that restored breathing capacity to the injured lungs of rats, was bioengineered by a Stanford University researcher. Read More

Acute Heart Failure Can be Treated by a New Minimally Invasive Procedure

Posted in Heart Attack Support group on Wed, 02 May 2018

Acute heart failure caused due to medical treatment-resistant cardiogenic shock, can now be treated by minimally invasive percutaneous auxiliary artificial heart support found a Cardiovascular Surgery...

Bioactive Molecule may Protect Against Congestive Heart Failure After Heart Attacks

Posted in Heart Attack Support group on Wed, 02 May 2018

Heart attacks provoke an acute immune response. Leukocytes rush to the heart muscle to remove dead cells and begin building scar tissue. This is followed by a second immune response, the resolving pha...

Migraines Can Increase Risk of Heart Attack, Heart Disease

Posted in Migraine Support group on Wed, 02 May 2018

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