Antidepressant may help in treating heart failure
9th April 2015
In a study, the antidepressant paroxetine improved cardiac function in mice
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Energy drinks can cause dangerous heart rhythms, say researchers
9th April 2015
Researchers say energy drinks can aggravate underlying heart issues in young people
Trials begin on gene therapy for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
31st March 2015
A company in America has begun trialling a gene therapy treatment for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).
Non-beating heart used for transplant
31st March 2015
More people with serious heart problems, such as advanced cardiomyopathy, could get transplants following pioneering work at Papworth Hospital in Cambridge.
Maternity care
28th March 2015
Despite a drop in the numbers of UK women dying in or around childbirth, high level of deaths among women with medical conditions such as heart disease continues, warns the Royal College of Midwifery (RCM).
People with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy have near normal life expectancy
20th March 2015
Today’s treatments from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) have improved so much that mortality in adults from the disease is close to death rates in the general population, says a new study from America.
Study looks at noncompaction cardiomyopathy
16th January 2015
Study looks at noncompaction cardiomyopathy Study looks at noncompaction cardiomyopathy Study looks at noncompaction cardiomyopathy
Women get poorer heart care than men
4th December 2013
Women are undertreated and underserved with respect to prevention, diagnosis and treatment says a new book.
