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For nearly 15 years, the Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network (CTSN) has played a key role in designing and conducting collaborative clinical trials aimed at improving surgical treatments for cardiovascular disease, the nation’s leading cause of death. CTSN’s efforts to learn more about these treatments – valve replacements, bypass procedures,...
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When Katie Goff was a freshman in college, she began to suffer a myriad of seemingly unrelated symptoms – respiratory infections, heartburn, headaches, fatigue, insomnia, and relentless nausea. Visits to the doctor didn’t seem to help. At one visit, the doctor told her she had allergies. At another, she was given a prescription for an...
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NHLBI in the Press
A culturally tailored, exercise-based intervention designed to reduce weight gain among low-income Latino children with overweight or obesity showed promise in the initial two years of a clinical trial.
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NHLBI in the Press
Researchers assessed the dietary patterns of more than 60,000 children and adults, based on surveys conducted between 2003-2018 – which included information about where these food choices were made.
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NHLBI in the Press
A study published in the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology shows that an increase in the consumption of branch chain amino acids (BCAAs) commonly found in meat, eggs, fish and nuts later in the day could have negative consequences on cardiovascular health.
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Research Feature
When Joia Crear-Perry, M.D., an obstetrician and gynecologist, found “ African American descent” listed by cardiovascular experts as a risk factor for postpartum heart disease , she realized even advocates like her were doing something wrong, and that the media was amplifying the error. With the U.S. maternal health crisis gripping public attention...
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NHLBI in the Press
After studying 67 genes among more than 400 women with peripartum cardiomyopathy, researchers found several genetic variants associated with this heart condition.
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NHLBI in the Press
Clusters of a virus called norovirus that causes stomach flu are resistant to detergent and ultraviolet disinfection, according to a study led by Nihal Altan-Bonnet, Ph.D., senior investigator and the head of the Laboratory of Host-Pathogen Dynamics at NHLBI and her colleagues at the George Washingt
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NHLBI in the Press
A retrospective review of 137,389 women who delivered a child between 2009-2014 found different clinical guidelines for hypertension, or high blood pressure, helped identify additional women at risk for pregnancy complications.
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NHLBI in the Press
Intensive lowering of diastolic blood pressure—the bottom reading in blood pressure measurements— does not appear to be linked to an increased risk of heart attacks and other adverse cardiovascular outcomes, according to a large new study.
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NHLBI in the Press
Children who underwent surgery to correct congenital heart disease were 12 times more likely to develop high blood pressure in adulthood than the general population, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.