Topic: Mayo Foundation For Medical Education And Research

Impotence may point to heart problems

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Failing erections may be a harbinger of heart disease in some men, according to a review of a number of studies -- but heart-healthy lifestyle changes or cholesterol-lowering drugs could have a positive impact on men's sexual health.Scientists ...

Fewer deaths with cardiac rehab after angioplasty

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients who underwent a procedure to widen their coronary arteries, then followed up with cardiac rehabilitation, were nearly half as likely to die within six years as patients who didn't do the rehab, a new study found.The ...

Devices take lead in future heart disease battle

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Sophisticated devices and nonsurgical techniques look to be the wave of the future in the battle against heart disease as drugmakers produce fewer new medicines to fight the world's leading cause of death.Signs of the trend were evident ...
A team of Mayo Clinic researchers has found that patients with broken heart syndrome, also known as apical ballooning syndrome (ABS), have blood vessels that don't react normally to stress. For the study, Dr. Lerman and his research team compared blood vessel ...
Vasculitis is a general term that describes an inflammation of your blood vessels that causes changes in blood vessel walls, such as scarring, thickening, narrowing and weakening, according to MayoClinic. a complete blood cell count urinalysis blood cultures to rule out infection ...
The Belgian biotechnology company, Cardio3 BioSciences - a leader in discovery and development of regenerative and protective therapies for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases - today announces positive six-month results, including significant functional and clinical benefit, from the Phase II clinical trial ...
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Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, abbreviated POTS, is a newly discovered form of dysautonomia. Similar in symptoms to conditions like chronic fatigue syndrome and mononucleosis, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome can make everyday life a challenge, often turning the simple act of getting out ...
The term " heart disease " is often used interchangeably with "cardiovascular disease" ? a term that generally refers to conditions that involve narrowed or blocked blood vessels that can lead to a heart attack , chest pain (angina) or stroke. Pregnant ...

Ginseng

Traditional Heart disease and Hypertension - As an antioxidant, ginseng enhances nitric oxide synthesis in the endothelium of the organs and blood vessels in the body, helping prevent hypertension , atherosclerosis and other types of heart disease. Clin. Autonomic Res. 11:303-307 Aphrodisiac ...
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