How Junk Food Changes Your Gut and Hurts Your Heart
Scientists have discovered that eating a Western diet—full of fat, sugar, and salt but low in fiber—changes the bacteria living in your stomach in harmful …
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New Drug Shows Promise for Fatty Liver and Heart Disease
Researchers tested a drug called diacerein on mice with genetic conditions that cause fatty liver disease and heart problems. The drug works by reducing …
Read MoreNew Drug Colchicine Quickly Reduces Heart Disease Risk Factors
Researchers discovered how a drug called colchicine works to protect heart health. Using advanced technology to analyze blood samples from mice, they found …
Read MoreA Protein That Fights Heart Disease by Calming Immune Cells
Researchers discovered that a protein called SIRT6 may help prevent atherosclerosis—a condition where fatty buildup clogs arteries and leads to heart disease. …
Read MoreNew Protein Found That Speeds Up Heart Disease
Researchers discovered that a protein called IL-32γ plays a major role in heart disease development. When arteries get damaged by bad cholesterol, they produce …
Read MoreWhy a Weird Taste in Your Mouth May Signal Heart Problems
Researchers discovered that people who experience dysgeusia—a condition where food tastes strange or unpleasant—may have a higher risk of heart disease. In …
Read MoreWhy People With Epilepsy Need Heart and Bone Checkups
People with epilepsy face higher risks of heart problems and weak bones, according to a new review of medical research. Scientists are discovering that …
Read MoreCertain Fats May Affect Heart Health in People With Arthritis
Researchers looked at what people with rheumatoid arthritis eat and whether certain types of fat in their diet are connected to heart disease. Using …
Read MoreWhy Diabetes Affects Men's and Women's Hearts Differently
Scientists discovered that type 2 diabetes damages the heart muscle differently in men versus women at the cellular level. Using advanced microscopy, …
Read MoreSpecial Bacteria Mix May Help Protect Your Heart
Researchers tested whether a combination of helpful bacteria and a special sugar could protect mice from heart disease caused by eating too much cholesterol. …
Read MoreCommon Heart Drug May Protect Blood Vessels From Damage
Researchers studied how rosuvastatin, a medication commonly used to lower cholesterol, protects the body's blood vessels from damage. Using mice and laboratory …
Read MoreA Protein That Speeds Up Heart Disease May Be a New Treatment Target
Scientists discovered that a protein called ACP5 plays a major role in making heart disease worse. Using mice and lab experiments, researchers found that when …
Read MoreNew Protein Discovery May Help Fight Heart Disease
Scientists discovered that a protein called RasGRP3 may help protect blood vessels from inflammation and reduce the buildup of fatty deposits that cause heart …
Read MoreRed Yeast Rice May Help Protect Heart Health in Cancer Patients
Cancer patients taking certain immunotherapy drugs called checkpoint inhibitors live longer, but these drugs can sometimes speed up heart disease. Scientists …
Read MoreNew Treatment Shows Promise in Fighting Heart Disease in Mice
Researchers tested a new compound called PEP-1-CAT that helps cells clean up damaged parts of themselves, which may slow down heart disease development. Using …
Read MoreNew Protein Found That May Speed Up Heart Disease
Researchers discovered that a protein called clusterin may play a key role in developing heart disease, especially when people eat high-fat, high-cholesterol …
Read MoreWhy Weakness and Frailty Matter More for Kidney Disease Patients
Researchers studied over 3,200 people with chronic kidney disease to understand how physical weakness and frailty affect their health outcomes. They tracked …
Read MoreNew Way to Stop Blood Vessels From Getting Old
Scientists discovered that blocking a protein called SRC might help prevent blood vessels from aging too quickly. Using mice and lab-grown cells, researchers …
Read MoreBlood Sugar Control Matters for Dialysis Patients with Diabetes
Researchers in Turkey studied over 5,000 patients on kidney dialysis who also have diabetes to understand how well they control their blood sugar and what …
Read MoreNew Discovery: How a Protein Called RhoA Speeds Up Heart Disease
Scientists found that a protein called RhoA plays a major role in causing atherosclerosis, a disease where fatty buildup clogs your arteries. Using mice and …
Read MoreCan the Keto Diet Help Your Heart and Liver? What Mouse Studies Show
Scientists tested whether the ketogenic diet (keto) could help obese mice with heart and liver problems. They found that keto helped reduce liver fat and …
Read MoreNew Nasal Spray Shows Promise for Heart Disease in Diabetes
Researchers developed a new nasal spray containing carvedilol, a heart medication, designed to work better and last longer in the body. In tests with rats that …
Read MoreNatural Plant Compound Shows Promise in Fighting Heart Disease
Researchers discovered that a natural substance called sweroside may help prevent heart disease by reducing inflammation in blood vessels. Using mice bred to …
Read MoreNew Way to Treat Kidney Disease: Fixing How Your Body Uses Tryptophan
Scientists are discovering that kidney disease doesn't just affect your kidneys—it also messes up how your body processes a nutrient called tryptophan. When …
Read MoreAncient Chinese Medicine May Help Prevent Heart Disease
Researchers studied a traditional Chinese herbal medicine called Danxia Tiaoban Decoction to understand how it might help prevent atherosclerosis—a condition …
Read MoreA Rare Genetic Disorder That Affects Muscles and Heart Later in Life
Doctors discovered a woman in her 30s with a rare genetic condition that affects how her cells produce energy. This condition, called mitochondrial phosphate …
Read MoreHow Fat Cells Go Wrong in Type 2 Diabetes
Scientists have discovered that people with type 2 diabetes have problems with how their bodies store and use fat at the cellular level. Inside our cells, tiny …
Read MoreToo Much Salt in Your Diet Hurts Your Heart More Than You Think
Researchers looked at data from around the world to understand how eating too much salt affects heart disease. They studied information from 1990 to 2021 and …
Read MoreVitamin A Deficiency May Protect Hearts After Heart Attacks
Scientists discovered something surprising: in mice with a specific genetic condition, having low vitamin A levels actually protected the heart from rupturing …
Read MoreHealthy Eating May Protect Brain Blood Vessels in Heart Patients
Researchers studied 676 older adults to understand how diet affects hardening of blood vessels in the brain, a condition that can lead to strokes. They found …
Read MoreWhy Doctors Keep Using the Mediterranean Diet for Heart and Diabetes Care
Researchers in Australia wanted to know if doctors would keep recommending the Mediterranean diet to patients with heart disease and type 2 diabetes, even …
Read MoreFish Oil and Heart Health: What People With Heart Disease Should Know
Researchers studied over 3,800 people with heart disease to see if eating more omega-3 fatty acids (found in fish and certain oils) could help them live …
Read MoreVitamin D May Help Skin and Heart Health Together
Researchers are exploring whether vitamin D, a nutrient your body makes from sunlight, could help people with psoriasis (a skin condition) while also …
Read MoreA Fiber Supplement May Help Prevent Heart Disease by Changing Gut Bacteria
Researchers discovered that a type of dietary fiber called pectin may help prevent atherosclerosis (hardening of arteries) by changing the bacteria in your …
Read MoreNew Drug Shows Promise in Fighting Heart Disease in Lab Study
Researchers tested a new compound called KMUP-1 on mice bred to develop heart disease. When the mice ate a high-fat diet, they developed clogged arteries and …
Read MoreDoes Vitamin D Really Protect Your Heart? What Science Says
Vitamin D is famous for keeping bones strong, but scientists have discovered that your heart also uses vitamin D. When people don't get enough vitamin D, they …
Read MoreBlood Tests That Predict Heart Attack Risk After Stent Surgery
When doctors place a stent (a tiny tube) in a blocked heart artery, they want to know which patients might have problems afterward. Researchers reviewed …
Read MoreNew Tiny Particles Show Promise in Fighting Heart Artery Disease
Researchers created microscopic particles designed to deliver medicine directly to clogged arteries. These particles are coated with a special targeting …
Read MoreHigh Blood Sugar Worsens Outcomes for People With Lung and Heart Disease
Researchers followed patients with both chronic lung disease (COPD) and heart disease for five years to see how high blood sugar levels affected their health. …
Read MoreSimple Blood Test May Predict Health Risks in People With Multiple Conditions
Researchers studied a large group of Americans to understand how well a simple blood test can predict who might have serious health problems or die from heart …
Read MoreSpecial Rice Protein May Help Protect Diabetic Hearts
Researchers tested a new way to process rice protein using high pressure to create tiny protein pieces called peptides. In animal studies, this special rice …
Read MoreNew Drug Shows Promise for Healing Scarred Hearts
Researchers discovered that a chemical process called nitrosylation damages a protein in heart cells, causing the heart to become scarred and stiff. This …
Read MoreNew Supplement Combo May Help Protect Hearts in Type 2 Diabetes
Researchers tested whether three natural supplements together could help protect the hearts of rats with type 2 diabetes. The supplements—acetyl-L-carnitine, …
Read MoreVitamin D May Help Your Muscles, Heart, and Blood Sugar Stay Healthy
Top vitamin D experts met to discuss how this important vitamin affects our health. They found that vitamin D might help keep our muscles strong as we age, …
Read MoreCoffee and Olive Oil May Affect Heart Risk Differently in Men vs Women
Spanish researchers studied over 6,600 adults at high risk for heart disease to see how plant compounds in foods like coffee, olives, and olive oil affect …
Read MoreHealthy Plant Foods May Prevent Multiple Diseases, Especially in Younger Adults
A large study following over 400,000 Europeans for more than 10 years found that eating more healthy plant foods may reduce the risk of developing multiple …
Read MoreNew Tool Predicts Heart Disease Risk in People with Diabetes
Researchers created a simple scoring tool to predict heart disease risk in people with diabetes using data from over 2,000 Americans. The tool uses seven …
Read MoreScientists Study a Protein That May Help You Age Better
Researchers reviewed what we know about a special protein called αKlotho that might help slow down aging and keep us healthier. This protein helps control …
Read MoreWeight Loss Surgery May Help Prevent Heart Disease in Diabetes Patients
Scientists studied 19 people with diabetes who had weight loss surgery over 9 months. They looked at genes, blood proteins, body chemicals, and gut bacteria to …
Read MoreChinese Herbal Formula Shows Promise for Fighting Heart Disease in Mice
Scientists tested a traditional Chinese medicine formula called Tanyu Tongzhi Formula (TTF) on mice with clogged arteries, similar to heart disease in humans. …
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