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Yale Researchers Find Genetic Link Between Heart Disease and Brain Aneurysms

By Guest PostNovember 25, 2011Health, ScienceAli Ozturk, aneurysms, atherosclerosis, blood vessels, brain, bursting blood vessels, cardiovascular disorders, constriction of blood vessels, DNA, elasticity, endothelin receptor, genes, genetic risk factors, heart disease, hypertension, intracranial aneurysms, Katsuhito Yasuno, Kaya Bilguvar, mehmet bakircioglu, murat gunel, Richard Lifton, Shrikant Mane, variant of gene, vasospasm, vessel spasm, vessel tone

Yale School of Medicine researchers have discovered that a variant of a gene linked to heart disease also increases the risk of deadly aneurysms of blood vessels in the brain. The discovery of this link raises hopes for new treatments for intracranial aneurysms, which affect more than a half million people worldwide annually.

“Existing drugs already target this common pathway and, in the future, could help treat or prevent aneurysms in people who are at risk,” said Murat Gunel, professor of neurosurgery, genetics and neurobiology and senior author of the study, published the week of Nov. 21 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (more…)

‘Back-up system’ Reduces Heart Disease Deaths

By Guest PostOctober 3, 2011Health, Scienceback up system, blood vessels, bypass vessels, christian seiler, clotted coronary artery, coronary artery disease, coronary collaterals, counterpulsation, g csf, growth factor, heart disease, heart main arteries, pascal meier, patients with a heart attack, role of natural bypass vessels, university of bern, yale university

Small bypass vessels which act as a ‘back-up system’ for the heart’s main arteries play a significant role in reducing the mortality of patients with coronary artery disease, according to new research. (more…)

New Research Gets to the Heart of How Niacin Fights High cholesterol, Points to a New Pathway

By Guest PostOctober 8, 20101 commentHealthadult americans, apoc3, blood cholesterol, blood triglycerides, cell metabolism, fat tissues, fibrates, hdls, heart attack, heart disease, high blood lipids, jiandie lin, lipid metabolism, pgc-1beta, sirna therapeutics, united states, university of michigan, vitamin b3

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— High blood lipids are a big risk factor for developing heart disease, which is the leading cause of death in the United States. Approximately one of every six adult Americans has high blood cholesterol and about every 25 seconds, an American will have a heart attack, and nearly one every minute will die from it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (more…)

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Yale Researchers Find Genetic Link Between Heart Disease and Brain Aneurysms

‘Back-up system’ Reduces Heart Disease Deaths

New Research Gets to the Heart of How Niacin Fights High cholesterol, Points to a New Pathway