Tag: cardiovascular disease
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UK Board of Trustees OKs $31 million plan to outfit another floor of new hospital with eye toward federal certification for heart work
The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees has given UK HealthCare the green light for its $31 million plan to outfit the eighth floor of Pavilion A at UK Chandler...
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Small steps can prevent Kentucky’s No. 1 killer, heart disease
It is now February, which is American Heart Month and a perfect time to remind people that small steps can reduce their risk of heart disease, Kentucky’s No. 1 killer. You...
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British researchers say a simple calculation can predict likelihood of a baby’s chance of becoming obese during childhood
If only we knew from the start which babies were predisposed to becoming diabetic and hypertensive and overweight . . . News out this week suggests we can. NBC News...
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U of L doctor tells American Heart Association that cardiac stem-cell research shows a lot of promise
Dr. Roberto Bolli Promising results are coming from research that uses patients’ own cardiac stem cells to heal their hearts, a Louisville doctor told colleagues this week at an American...
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Use of pacifiers could lead to very sick babies, study finds
Oklahoma State University researchers report that they have found a wide range of disease-causing bacteria, fungus and mold on pacifiers that young children had been using. In research presented at...
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Cardiologist: Kentucky needs better way to get heart attack patients to dedicated catheterization centers in time
Because cardiovascular disease kills more Kentuckians than anything else, and because what mostly kills them is a heart attack, and because if you can get help within 90 minutes of...
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UK and Purdue researchers find a compound in watermelon that fights ‘bad’ cholesterol and arterial plaque in lab rats
A study from the University of Kentucky and Purdue University showed that mice fed a diet including watermelon juice had lower weight, cholesterol and arterial plaque than a control group....
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KET talks with experts on heart disease and health reform tonight
Some nationally recognized heart specialists will speak directly to Kentuckians about heart disease tonight on the season premiere of Health Three60 on KET. Cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death...
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U of L researcher gets $3.4 million to replicate studies of stem cells for heart treatment
Dr. Roberto Bolli of the University of Louisville has received a $3.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to test the validity of several recent studies by replicating them. The studies...
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U of L scientist wins $9.5 million for heart research
A University of Louisville scientist has received more than $9.5 million from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to conduct promising new cardiovascular research. Dr. Roberto Bolli, right, aims to find...