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April 26, 2013
NIH and Children's National Medical Center open new cardiac intervention suite
A new state-of-the-art facility dedicated to pediatric cardiac imaging and intervention, co-established by the National Institutes of Health and Children’s National Medical Center, was opened with a special dedication ceremony today. The new facility, located at Children’s National in Washington, D.C., is the culmination of a long collaboration combining the cardiac imaging expertise at the NIH’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) with the renowned clinical care at Children’s National.
March 26, 2013
EDTA chelation therapy modestly reduces cardiovascular events
Chelation therapy, an unproven alternative medicine in the treatment for heart disease, modestly reduced cardiovascular events for adults aged 50 and older who had suffered a prior heart attack, according to new NIH-supported research.
NHLBI In The News
May 1, 2013
: Johns Hopkins Medicine
Vitamin D: more may not be better
Benefits in healthy adults wear off at higher doses, research suggests.
April 23, 2013
: HealthlineNews
Air pollution can cause hardening of the arteries, heart disease
Sandy Calhoun Rice
According to a study published today in PLOS Medicine, long-term exposure to air pollution may speed up the progression of atherosclerosis, leading to heart disease.
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Spotlight On Research
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NHLBI top research findings in fiscal year 2012
Read summaries of 34 key research findings published in fiscal year 2012 that advanced our knowledge of blood, cardiovascular, and lung diseases. All studies had funding support from the NHLBI.
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Upcoming Events
July 28, 2013 - July 31, 2013
Population Studies Workshop
Bethesda, Maryland
Jackson Heart Study – longitudinal study of African Americans in Jackson, MS Strong Heart Study – longitudinal study of American Indians in ND, AZ and OK 6:00 p.m. July 28 – Noon, July 31, 2013 at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland Application due: April 1, 2013
September 25, 2013 - September 26, 2013
NHLBI Symposium on Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine
NIH Campus - Building 45: Natcher Conference Center
The symposium will again bring together experts in basic stem cell biology, as well as clinical cardiovascular medicine, to discuss the emerging basic and developmental science, preclinical animal advances and potential clinical applications. The emphasis will be on recent discoveries and trends, and we will discuss the challenges and critical scientific questions as we continue to advance the field and seek opportunities for clinical translation. Topics will include general and cardiovascular stem cells, clinical applications, tissue engineering, developmental biology, and large-scale proteomics/metabolomics as a tool to identify new clinical deliverables.
Behind the bench... with Dr. Stanley Hazen, Cleveland Clinic and Lerner Research Institute
Gary Gibbons, M.D.
April 25, 2013
Recently, a provocative series of NHLBI-funded research studies have provided some important new insights into the potential link between red meat consumption and the "clogging of the arteries" that characterizes atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. According to Dr. Stanley Hazen and his colleagues, the main culprit may be tied to our gut—specifically, gut bacteria's metabolism of L-carnitine, a substance found in red meat and energy drinks. Dr. Hazen spoke with me in a candid, in-depth conversation about his recent contributions to science and what it may mean for the health of the nation and the future research opportunities that lie ahead....
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