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Two doctors point the way to better heart health for midlife black women Spend a little time with Marilyn Gaston, M.D., and Gayle Porter, Psy.D., and it’s not hard to guess they’ve been pals for a long time—42 years to be exact. They finish each other’s sentences, can tell you everything about the other’s family and friends. They even live together...
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NHLBI in the Press
Portland, Oregon metro area study finds sudden cardiac death as first sign of heart disease in women
A recent study showed that women who experienced sudden cardiac arrest often had no diagnosis of heart disease before their deaths, unlike men who were more often aware of their cardiovascular health status.
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Research Feature
Two doctors point the way to better heart health for midlife black women Spend a little time with Marilyn Gaston, M.D., and Gayle Porter, Psy.D., and it’s not hard to guess they’ve been pals for a long time—42 years to be exact. They finish each other’s sentences, can tell you everything about the other’s family and friends. They even live together...
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NHLBI in the Press
Researchers have developed a new strategy for lowering triglycerides in the blood using a peptide called D6PV.
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NHLBI in the Press
An imbalance between the heart’s molecular motor units that get switched on and the few that remain off may contribute to excessive contraction of the heart muscle and its failure to relax normally, according to a study published in Circulation.
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NHLBI in the Press
Changes in the lung microbiome— the communities of bacteria and other microscopic organisms found the lung— may help predict how well critically ill patients will respond to care, according to researchers.
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NIH researchers can maintain image quality from different scanning systems while reducing or avoiding radiation exposure When doctors want detailed images of the lungs, more often than not they turn to chest CT scans . Over the years these scans have been particularly useful in diagnosing lung diseases—so useful, in fact, that in the United States,...
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NHLBI in the Press
Gout—a type of arthritis that causes swollen and stiff joints—has been documented as a common complication of blood pressure management and cited as a reason why people don’t take their medication as prescribed.
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NHLBI in the Press
When pregnant women face stress and anxiety, their babies diagnosed with congenital heart disease (CHD) may have impairments in key brain regions before birth, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.
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For much of her life, Sarah Gorman, 71, battled a mysterious illness that left her tired, sleepless, and unable to concentrate. When her symptoms first started in her 20s, she turned to doctors for help. They diagnosed her with depression and referred her to a psychiatrist, but Gorman soon rejected that diagnosis because, she said, she simply did...