In new study, stem cells self-organize into a mini model of a beating heart
Researchers have worked for years to create organoids — miniature cellular structures that recapitulate features…
Category: cardiology
Opinion: Setting the record straight: There is no ‘Covid heart’
After a year of frightening headlines, widespread concern, and countless retweets that the virus that…
Side Effects of Statins and Dementia
Based on some early studies, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) added a warning on…
AI caught a hidden problem in one patient’s heart. Can it work for others?
Somewhere in Peter Maercklein’s heartbeat was an abnormality no one could find. He survived a…
How Salt Affects Blood Pressure
While most Americans consume too much salt, sodium is an important factor in regulating blood…
Newsbriefs: Poor Sleep & Dementia; Forgo the Fried Foods; Exercise Reduces Risk of Death After Heart Attack; Low-Carb Diets & Diabetes
Poor Sleep and Dementia Research published in Aging, Feb. 11, suggests that the risk of…
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When a cardiologist flagged the lack of diversity at premier medical journals, the silence was telling
When cardiologist Raymond Givens read the article in the Journal of the American Heart Association…
Substance use, suicide, and cardiometabolic conditions drive rise in working-age mortality, report finds
Increasing mortality rates among working-age Americans since 2010 have been mainly driven by drug- and…
Challenging the link between statins and muscle pain, patients report no difference in aches when taking drug or placebo
Statins — among the most successful drugs ever developed — prevent deaths from heart attacks…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA scientists say J&J Covid-19 shot is effective; vaccine makers predict big jump in deliveries this month
Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thanks to…
STAT+: Access to heart drugs improves in middle-income countries, but still lags compared to wealthy nations
Middle-income countries have gained greater access to a variety of needed cardiovascular medicines, but remain…
Google expands its health goals with new wellness features for Pixel phones
Google is taking a bite out of another piece of the health care pie. On…
Newsbriefs: Reduce inflammatory markers; Type 2 diabetes risk; Whole grains and cardiovascular risk; Skip multivitamins; Omega-3s; Chronic constipation
Eat Walnuts to Reduce Inflammatory Markers A meta-analysis of 24 randomized controlled trials showed that…
Common BPA Sources—And How to Avoid Them
Bisphenol A (BPA) is an industrial chemical that has been used since the 1960s in…
Newsbites: Chocolate and heart health; diet and dementia; vitamin K benefits; intermittent fasting
More Science that Chocolate May Be Good for Your Heart A new systematic review and…
“Mild” Heart Attack: Symptoms and What to Do When It Happens
What is a “mild heart attack”? You may have heard the expression and wondered exactly…
Newsbriefs: Type 2 Diabetes; Defense against COVID-19; Improve cardiovascular health; Cognitive health; Abdominal fat loss; Vitamin C and muscle mass
Take Folate to Lower Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Consuming folate early in life can…
Newbriefs: Shoulder Replacements; Pneumonia Shots; Flu & Acute Cardiovascular Events; Bone Drugs & Atypical Fractures
Most Shoulder Replacements Last More Than 10 Years The vast majority of shoulder replacement implants…
New research shows older adults are still often excluded from clinical trials
For years, researchers have called out a glaring gap in many clinical trials: Despite having…
STAT Plus: In research on pigs, scientists test a new way to boost recovery after a heart attack
Scientists have developed a new strategy that uses exosomes — tiny, RNA-loaded packets that cells…
‘Carnage’ in a lab dish shows how the coronavirus may damage the heart
Maybe we should think of Covid-19 as a heart disease. When SARS-CoV-2 virus was added…
Research Roundup
Whole Grains May Lower Risk of Hypertension. Eating whole grains— like whole wheat, oats, barley—more…
Covid-19 infections leave an impact on the heart, raising concerns about lasting damage
Two new studies from Germany paint a sobering picture of the toll that Covid-19 takes…
Alcohol and Blood Pressure: How Alcohol Can Affect Hypertension
Drinking alcohol raises your blood pressure, even if you are not a heavy drinker. [1,2]…
In its first tough test, CRISPR base editing slashes cholesterol levels in monkeys
A form of CRISPR widely expected to be safer and possibly more effective that the…
Swollen Feet May Require Medical Attention
Swollen feet can be a normal inflammatory reaction due to overuse or a strain—the result…
STAT Plus: Scientists 3D-map the ‘little brain of the (rat) heart’
Even cardiologists might not know — or pay attention to — the intracardiac nervous system….
Fueled by the Covid-19 pandemic, remote heart monitoring could become tech’s next big target
It was a shift that began long before the pandemic: Tech companies, health providers, and…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Hackers linked to Iran sought Gilead Covid-19 data; NIH to test remdesivir with a Lilly drug
Hello, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was sufficiently…
High Blood Pressure: One Heart Failure Risk Factor
Almost half of Americans have high blood pressure (HTN), and one in five adults don’t…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Hospitals criticize feds over remdesivir supplies; Moderna starting mid-stage Covid-19 vaccine trials soon
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Giving blood thinners to severely ill Covid-19 patients is gaining ground
Treating Covid-19 patients with medicines to prevent blood clots might help reduce deaths in patients…
STAT Plus: Taking a page from Apple, Fitbit launches a sweeping heart study
In a massive push to join Apple’s cardiac research ranks, Fitbit launched an ambitious study…
In fading steel towns, chronically ill patients hope video visits stay after the pandemic goes
Ordinarily Trueman Mills makes the trek to his cardiologist by car. He lives in rolling…
‘Where are all our patients?’: Covid phobia is keeping people with serious heart symptoms away from ERs
Stayc Simpson’s blood pressure readings are all over the place. Her heart rate is fluctuating…
OTC Pain Relievers May Pose More Risks Than You Realize
About 50 million U.S. adults suffer from chronic pain—having pain on most days for the…
Planning for Your Future Care
Each year, about 100,000 Americans get an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), a device that constantly…
Blood clots in severe Covid-19 patients leave clinicians with clues about the illness — but no proven treatments
Doctors treating the sickest Covid-19 patients have zeroed in on a new phenomenon: Some people…
Coffee May Raise Heart Health Risks For Hypertensive People
Just the other day, as my brother poured his second cup of coffee he said,…
Best Exercise for Lowering Cholesterol Naturally: Walking or Running?
The harder you work, the better the results, right? Not so, according to a recent…
MIT’s Koch Institute wins STAT Madness with technology to see tiny ovarian tumors
Carbon nanotubes rule. In this year’s STAT Madness, a bracket-style competition to honor the best…
Coconut Water: Benefits and Risks
Editor’s note: When used safely, coconut water benefits can include lowering blood pressure and boosting…
STAT Plus: New drug from Merck, Bayer reduces hospitalizations for heart failure patients
An experimental drug from Merck and Bayer cut hospitalizations for heart failure by 10% in…
Don’t Stop Taking Your Blood Pressure Meds, Cardiologists Say
When facts are few and far between, misinformation often steps in to fill the gap….
The coronavirus is imperiling drug studies. A virtual study of the Apple Watch could be positioned to thrive
A highly anticipated heart study of the Apple Watch is facing disruptions as a result…
Consume Green Tea and Live Heart-Disease Free Longer
Habitual tea drinkers in the China-PAR study lived 1.41 years longer free of heart disease…
Her son died. Two decades later, she met the medical student who got his heart
The young man handed her a stethoscope, opened his shirt, and pointed to where she…
Heart Association admits teaming with Bayer on drug-store aspirin displays was a ‘misstep’
The large red-and-white bins at Walmart pharmacies across the country read, in bold all-caps type:…
STAT Plus: AI has arrived in medical imaging. Now the FDA needs to monitor its impact on patients
BETHESDA, Md. — This is the moment of truth for the FDA’s regulation of artificial…
Newbriefs: Lung Cancer; Memory Loss; Opioid Epidemic; Vigorous Exercise
Lung Cancer Linked to Severe Depression About one-third of people newly diagnosed with the most common…