Heart failure affects an estimated 5.7 million Americans and more than 26 million people globally, causing shortness of breath and tiredness among those affected as their heart struggles to pump blood around the body. One cause of severe heart failure that currently has a poor prognosis is a leaky valve, particularly the leakage of the mitral valve, which control's blood …

KOLKATA: Samiran Dutta, 52, became the first Kolkatan to undergo a heart transplant surgery at a city hospital. The organ, harvested in Andhra Pradesh’s Kakinada, was flown in to the city late on Sunday night. A chartered flight, carrying the heart touched down at NSCBI Airport at 11.45pm. The organ was brought to a hospital off EM Bypass through a …

A Japanese research team announced it will start human clinical trials for a new Parkinson’s disease treatment. On Monday, a team from Kyoto University’s Center for iPS Cell Research and Application announced it will begin testing the new treatment on humans after successful rounds of animal trials. The injected treatment uses stem cells to help those with Parkinson’s diseases and …

New technology is allowing doctors to treat heart failure patients with worsening symptoms before they appear physically sicker, giving patients a better quality of life. (Photo credit: WLOS Staff) ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — New technology is allowing doctors to treat heart failure patients with worsening symptoms before they appear physically sicker, giving patients a better quality of life. "I couldn't …

July 20, 2018 A drug currently in clinical trials for treating symptoms of Parkinson's disease may someday have value for treating heart failure, according to results of early animal studies by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers. The drug, a member of a class of compounds known as phosphodiesterase (PDE) type I inhibitors, shows promising effects on dog and rabbit hearts, as …

Meganucleases were used to disable a gene in the livers of rhesus macaques. LAGUNA DESIGN/Science Source By Jocelyn KaiserJul. 9, 2018 , 11:25 AM For the first time, researchers have used gene-editing tools in adult monkeys to disable a gene throughout much of the liver. The approach lowered blood cholesterol levels, suggesting a treatment for heart disease. The study could …

Jess Davenport-Lee's heart could stop beating at any moment. The Auckland 24-year-old is largely house-bound these days, takes a defibrillator with her whenever she does manage to get out and has to have someone trained in CPR with her at all times. Her only hope of a normal life is a heart and liver transplant she has been waiting 14 …

A patient with heart failure has told how a trip to the pub for a couple of pints after work ended up with him piloting a revolutionary tiny injectable monitor. Gerry Duff, felt breathless at work on a Wednesday, but didn’t think much of his symptoms but by Friday – after a night in his local bar – he was …