Inequalities Study Highlights Need For Renewed UK Government Efforts

04.06.09 | Author: admin | Posted in Cardiovascular, heart disease | No Comments »

In response to a study published online by the British Medical Journal online which found that people from areas of social deprivation have significantly worse outcomes following cardiac surgery and concluded that social deprivation independently predicted the risk of dying following cardiac surgery (1), Dr Mike Knapton, Associate Medical Director at the British Heart Foundation [...]

Scientists Discover That Heart Muscle Cells Are Renewed

04.04.09 | Author: admin | Posted in Biology / Biochemistry, Cardiovascular | No Comments »

Research led by scientists in Sweden found that our heart muscle cells are renewed over our lifetime and we are not limited to those we are born with. They believe the discovery opens a door to treatments that could replace damaged heart tissue with new cells.
The study was the work of Professor Jonas Frisén of [...]