Scientists Just Discovered a Surprising Side Effect of a Popular Diabetes Drug
Reviewed by Dietitian Emily Lachtrupp, M.S., RD Getty Images. EatingWell Design. Key Points Metformin may blunt blood vessel…
Researchers identify a protein vital to endothelial wound healing after surgery
Surgeons in the United States perform nearly 600,000 coronary artery stent procedures and bypass surgeries every year. They…
New initiative boosts cholesterol control in veterans with heart and blood vessel disease
A quality improvement program helped reduce “bad cholesterol” (LDL or low-density lipoprotein) levels among military veterans who have…
Diabetes drug blunts exercise-induced health improvements
A widely prescribed diabetes drug may be sabotaging one of the most trusted strategies for preventing the disease:…
Heart damage during middle age linked to greater dementia risk in later life
People with signs of damage to their heart during middle age are more likely to develop dementia in…
Two analgesic drugs may one day be repurposed as anti-tumor therapies
Peripheral afferent neurons – nerves that send signals from all areas of the body to the central nervous…
Inactive blood marker SDMA emerges as potential predictor of cardiovascular risk in CKD
When University of Texas at Arlington researcher Paul J. Fadel and his colleagues launched a study on vascular health in…
Novel RNA target offers hope for improving outcomes in patients with chronic limb ischemia
Mark W. Feinberg, MD, cardiologist with the Mass General Brigham Heart and Vascular Institute and professor of medicine…
Heparanase 2 emerges as key protector of blood vessel integrity
An international research team led by MDI Biological Laboratory President Hermann Haller, M.D. and postdoctoral researcher Yannic Becker,…
Somatic mutations drive vascular aging and muscle weakness over time
Two new studies from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have investigated how mutations that occur in muscles and blood…
Researchers find plasma donors with broad malaria protection
Malaria, caused by Plasmodium falciparum, remains a major global health threat, claiming 600,000 lives annually, mostly young children…