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A team of researchers says it has linked sensitivity to an allergen in red meat to the buildup of plaque in the arteries of the heart. While high saturated fat levels in red meat have long been known to contribute to heart disease for people in general, the new finding suggests that a subgroup of the population may be at heightened risk for a diffe...
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News Release
A team of researchers says it has linked sensitivity to an allergen in red meat to the buildup of plaque in the arteries of the heart. While high saturated fat levels in red meat have long been known to contribute to heart disease for people in general, the new finding suggests that a subgroup of the population may be at heightened risk for a diffe...
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NHLBI in the Press
A team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is developing engineered blood vessels that have the characteristics of common cardiac and vascular conditions to provide a more accurate way to test new medications and speed the development of new treatments for disease.
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Research Features
Marc Sims says he was surprised when he walked into his neighborhood barbershop one Saturday morning two years ago and spotted several strangers in gray polo shirts carrying medical gear. Soon enough the 43-year-old law-firm operations clerk, a regular at the Inglewood, California barbershop, learned that the “strangers” were engaged in a research...
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NHLBI in the Press
Researchers are reporting new insights into the molecular underpinnings of the electrosensory organs that allow sharks and skates to detect electrical currents in their environment, an ability that is important to their survival.
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Research Features
More than 30,000 people in the United States live with cystic fibrosis , a life-threatening genetic disorder that causes serious damage to the lungs and digestive system. Though it affects people of all racial and ethnic groups, the disease is most common among Caucasians. And while the median age of people who have it is 42, advances in the treatm...
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NHLBI in the Press
n a large-scale study involving tens of thousands of patients, researchers recently found a strong genome-wide genetic association between asthma and allergic diseases.
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NHLBI in the Press
Whether you’re a night-shift worker or a hard-working student, pulling an all-nighter can be detrimental to more than 100 proteins in the blood, researchers are reporting.
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NHLBI in the Press
Women who do not quit smoking during pregnancy may reduce the harm to their baby's lungs by taking vitamin C, according to an NHLBI-funded randomized, controlled trial.
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NHLBI in the Press
An antibody used to treat psoriasis and other chronic autoimmune diseases appears to have no effect on aortic inflammation—a key marker for future risk of major cardiovascular events—researchers are reporting.
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NHLBI in the Press
Catheter ablation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation was no better than drug therapy in improving key patients’ outcomes, according to the intention-to-treat analysis, a statistical concept essential to the interpretation of randomized clinical trials.