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Joncita Todechine, a mother of four who lives on the Navajo Nation, knows all too well what can trigger asthma symptoms in her daughter Ashley. But she didn’t always. She recalls a time in 2013, living in Phoenix and attending medical assistant school, when she rushed her then-three-year-old to the Indian Medical Center. “She was really sick,”...
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NHLBI in the Press
An NHLBI-funded study found that obesity and other common cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes, and smoking play a greater role in sudden cardiac arrest among younger people than previously recognized.
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NHLBI in the Press
An NHLBI-funded study demonstrated that a simple toolkit of checklists, education materials and quality and performance reporting improved the quality of care in hospitals in the south Indian state of Kerala.
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NHLBI in the Press
NHLBI-funded scientists have identified a gene, called MeXis, that helps remove cholesterol from blood vessels, which could aid in preventing heart disease. The research was conducted in mice and the journal Nature Medicine published the findings.
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NHLBI in the Press
Awareness of risk factors for cardiovascular disease is low among adults in the U.S., according to a recent study. Among U.S. adults aged 18-39 years, the prevalence of high cholesterol, high blood pressure and diabetes was 8.8%, 7.3% and 2.6%, respectively.
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NHLBI in the Press
A study funded by the NHLBI and presented at the CMR 2018 in Barcelona, Spain, found that standard medical tests miss nearly two-thirds of heart attack diagnoses.
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NHLBI in the Press
Researchers funded by NHLBI found that buprenorphine, a Schedule III drug used to treat opioid addition, could cause breathing problems in some obese patients. The discovery of the drug’s previously unknown side effect could help clinicians improve patient care.
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NHLBI in the Press
A new NHLBI-funded study found that fats spur cells to divide quicker which causes tumors to grow up to 100 times faster. This could explain the long-known connection between dietary cholesterol and colon cancer, according to research published in the journal Cell Stem Cell.
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NHLBI in the Press
The scientific momentum energizing discovery science in heart disease and health could carry us to the moon, perhaps even Mars. But it would not carry us above the clouds without translation into the clinic, community, and culture.
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NHLBI in the Press
The onset of active tuberculosis occurs before symptoms are apparent. Better understanding early subclinical stages will facilitate the development of novel diagnostic tests and interventions to prevent disease progression.
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NHLBI in the Press
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a destructive lung disease that primarily affects women and can lead to respiratory failure. While sirolimus is the treatment of choice for patients who have rapidly progressive LAM disease, some patients do not respond well to this drug.