by Fitness Connectors | Oct 6, 2020 | News
FULL STORY Health care professionals should become more familiar with medications that cause irregular heart rhythms called arrhythmias, according to “Drug- Induced Arrhythmias,” a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association, published... read more
by Fitness Connectors | Oct 3, 2020 | News, Uncategorized
FULL STORY Cell therapy for cardiac regeneration, while promising, has been hampered by issues with long-term survival of the transplanted cells. Now, a technique that combines three different types of cells in a 3D cluster could improve its efficacy in reducing scar... read more
by Fitness Connectors | Oct 1, 2020 | News
FULL STORY Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a leading cause of heart failure, affecting 1 in 250 people. The disease is characterised by an increase in size of the left ventricle of the heart. The stretched heart muscle is then unable to pump blood as effectively,... read more
by Fitness Connectors | Oct 1, 2020 | News
FULL STORY An investigation of the Finnish Twin Cohort reaffirmed a link between smoking and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), a type of bleeding stroke that occurs under the membrane that covers the brain and is frequently fatal. The new study by researchers in Finland... read more
by Fitness Connectors | Sep 25, 2020 | News
FULL STORY Rather than a slow build-up of plaque over time, a heart attack caused by spontaneous coronary artery dissection strikes suddenly, often in younger women who didn’t seem to be at risk for a cardiac event. SCAD is poorly understood, and it’s so... read more
by Fitness Connectors | Sep 25, 2020 | News
FULL STORY Early menarche has been associated with many cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, but little is known about its association with overall heart health. One new study suggests that age at menarche plays an important role in maintaining and improving... read more
