Keeping Swollen Hearts in Shape
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While poets and lovers ponder how to mend a broken heart, doctors now have a tool for repairing an enlarged heart. One of the more unusual medical devices yet developed, a mesh &quot;jacket&quot; can actually reverse this dangerous condition.
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Donor hearts could make good scaffolding for new organs.
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A way to measure energy levels inside living heart cells could ultimately aid heart attack recovery.
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Building an artificial heart has proved tougher than landing men on the moon, but a new study shows that a heart once considered a flop can prolong the lives of desperately sick patients until a donor heart is found.
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NEW YORK  - Blood vessel plaques and the  heart's pumping ability influence survival in people under 40  who've suffered a heart attack, new research shows.
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A protein produced by the heart during its development could be used to repair heart attack damage, research suggests. University of Texas scientists worked on mice, but hope their findings will eventually lead to new treatment for heart disease.
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The 36-year-old South Asian immigrant didn't seem like a typical candidate for a heart attack. He was lean, a nonsmoker and had healthy blood pressure, although his cholesterol levels hovered just above normal. But when his chest pain lasted for an hour, he headed for the emergency room.
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Two new studies shed light on the role obesity may play in causing heart attacks and, surprisingly, keeping them from being fatal.
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Scientists have cultured small pieces of heart tissue which beat in the same way as the whole organ.
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Blood vessel plaques and the heart's pumping ability influence survival in people under 40 who've suffered a heart attack, new research shows.
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A mesh stocking pulled up over the wide bottom of a weak heart can help it pump better and even shrink back to a more normal size.
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Building an artificial heart has proved tougher than landing men on the moon, but a new study shows that a heart once considered a flop can prolong the lives of desperately sick
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NEW YORK  - During the last weeks of pregnancy, many women become so large in the middle that they look as though they might tip over. But through evolutionary processes, nature has devised a way to keep them upright on their sometimes swollen feet.
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Scientists have cultured small pieces of heart tissue which beat in the same way as the whole organ. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology team hope the work will lead to new ways of repairing heart damage.
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Blood pressure drugs beta-blockers can help keep arteries from clogging up, researchers said on Monday in a report that helps explain how the drugs prevent heart attack and sudden heart death.
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Widely used anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen and naproxen could help reduce the risk of heart attacks, while abruptly halting the usage increases the risks, according to a large UK study.
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According to researchers, participating in prolonged and sustained endurance type training prevents stiffening of the heart, a known condition associated with the onset of heart failure.