Posts Tagged ‘plaque’
Enzyme preps artery for angioplasty
U. TORONTO (CAN) — Successful clinical trials suggest a new treatment for patients with blocked coronary arteries is safe. Continue…
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Health & Medicine - Apr 4, 2011 14:08 - 0 Comments
Alzheimer’s may meet insulin’s match
U. BUFFALO (US) — Low doses of insulin may prove to be a powerful tool in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 20, 2010 9:40 - 0 Comments
Stop blaming plaques for Alzheimer’s
RUTGERS (US) — Age-related changes, like plaques and tangles, only lead to a slow natural decline in cognitive function; they don’t in themselves cause Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new hypothesis. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 9, 2010 15:32 - 2 Comments
Simple tools untangle Alzheimer’s knot
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Newly-developed molecular tools show promise for “cleansing” the brain of amyloid plaques, implicated in Alzheimer’s disease. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 20, 2010 11:35 - 3 Comments
Bacteria in mouth, gut bad for heart?
CORNELL (US) — The same types of bacteria found in plaques that play a role in heart disease also are found in the mouth and gut. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 29, 2010 10:51 - 1 Comment
To predict hardened arteries, go with the flow
EMORY (US)—A new animal model of atherosclerosis has allowed researchers to identify a host of genes turned on or off during the initial stages of the process, before plaque appears in the affected blood vessel. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 2, 2010 10:52 - 0 Comments
Fat layer is heart’s gatekeeper
EMORY (US)—Using CT or MRI to image epicardial adipose tissue, the layer of fat around the heart, provides extra information compared with standard diagnostic techniques such as coronary artery calcium scoring. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 17, 2010 12:24 - 0 Comments
More plaques in children of Alzheimer’s patients
NYU (US)—Aided by a new version of a brain scanning technique, researchers have discovered a far greater number of protein clumps linked to Alzheimer’s disease among healthy adult children of parents with the disease compared to counterparts with no family history of dementia. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 11, 2010 13:09 - 6 Comments
Old arteries blocked? Just grow new ones
YALE (US)—A new method for growing arteries could lead to a less invasive way to treat coronary artery disease. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 5, 2010 11:28 - 1 Comment
Physicists blast cancer with nanobubbles
RICE (US)—Using lasers and nanoparticles, scientists have discovered a new technique for singling out individual diseased cells and destroying them with tiny explosions. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 14, 2009 13:08 - 0 Comments
Sensor gauges good vs. killer plaque
USC (US)—A new tool may help clinicians distinguish cardiac emergencies requiring immediate surgical intervention from chronic problems that can be treated with diet and medication. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 10, 2009 15:46 - 0 Comments
Molecules built to break up Alzheimer’s clumps
U. MICHIGAN (US)—Scientists have developed “bi-functional” small molecules that not only grab metal ions but also interact with peptides that clump to form plaques in the brain. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 22, 2009 11:49 - 0 Comments
Sleep loss may speed up Alzheimer’s
WASHINGTON-ST. LOUIS (US)—Loss of sleep accelerates the buildup of Alzheimer’s brain plaques in a mouse model of the disease. The finding opens up new possibilities for Alzheimer’s treatment and emphasizes the long-term importance of treating sleep disorders. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 23, 2009 5:00 - 0 Comments
Stem cells fertilize brains of Alzheimer’s mice
Frank LaFerla (left), Mathew Blurton-Jones, and colleagues have found that neural stem cells could be a potential treatment for advanced Alzheimer’s disease.
Health & Medicine - Jul 8, 2009 9:37 - 1 Comment
Single gene may trigger arterial hardening
“Most drugs used to treat atherosclerosis do so by reducing LDL cholesterol levels. Although this approach is highly successful, it has been a mystery for decades as to how LDL gets from the blood into the vessel wall to initiate atherosclerosis,” says William Sessa of the Yale School of Medicine. The Yale researchers have identified a single gene that, when active, seems to trigger atherosclerosis.
Health & Medicine - Mar 9, 2009 18:31 - 0 Comments
Plaque buildup may be linked to stiffening arteries
CORNELL (US)—Joints are not the only parts of our body that stiffen as we age. Our blood vessels do, too. In more than half of the U.S. population over 65, this stiffening of the blood vessels is accompanied by a buildup of plaque inside arterial walls, known as atherosclerosis, which can increase the risk of a heart attack.
