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ScienceDaily: Health & Medicine News

ScienceDaily: Health & Medicine News

Heart failure improvements with diet and exercise

Posted: 21 Nov 2015 08:04 AM PST

Doctors have shown the benefits of a healthy diet and exercise in patients with heart failure.

Inflammation linked to weakened reward circuits in depression

Posted: 20 Nov 2015 03:29 PM PST

Persistent inflammation affects the brain in ways that are connected with stubborn symptoms of depression, such as anhedonia, the inability to experience pleasure. The findings bolster the case that the high-inflammation form of depression is distinct, and are guiding researchers' plans to test treatments tailored for it.

Can stem cell technology be harnessed to generate biological pacemakers?

Posted: 20 Nov 2015 03:28 PM PST

Although today's pacemakers are lifesaving electronic devices, they are limited by their artificial nature. For example, the devices require regular maintenance, must be replaced periodically, and can only approximate the natural regulation of a heartbeat. A new article highlights the promise and limitations of new methods based on stem cell and reprogramming technologies to generate biological pacemakers that might one day replace electronic pacemakers.

First-in-human use of virtual reality imaging in cardiac cath lab to treat blocked coronary artery

Posted: 20 Nov 2015 06:21 AM PST

Virtual reality has potential to revolutionize some aspects of medicine and healthcare. Several medical specialties are already using it to train physicians and assist diagnosis and it also has potential for treatment. A group of cardiologists has now successfully used a VR device to guide the opening up (revascularization) of a chronically blocked right coronary artery.
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