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Cholesterol-elevating substances found in coffee from machines at work

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The coffee from most of the coffee machines in workplaces contains relatively high levels of cholesterol-elevating substances. There is a big difference in comparison to coffee made in regular paper filter coffee makers, which filter out most of these substances.

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Low glycemic index diet helps heart patients lose weight

Scienmag

Madrid, Spain – 23 May 2022: Eating low glycaemic index foods promotes a healthier body shape in patients with coronary artery disease, according to a study presented at ACNAP-EuroHeartCare Congress 2022, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).1

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Review calls for a refreshed look at clinical approach to heart muscle disorder

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The heart's main pumping chamber—the lower left ventricle—contains pieces of muscle called trabeculations that extend into it. Excessive trabeculation, often referred to as non-compacted myocardium, has been described at all ages, from fetus to adult.

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Pericardial injection effective, less invasive way to get regenerative therapies to heart

Scienmag

Injecting hydrogels containing stem cell or exosome therapeutics directly into the pericardial cavity could be a less invasive, less costly, and more effective means of treating cardiac injury, according to new research from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Assessing the cardiac risks of cobalt in hip replacements

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A technique for measuring the cardiac risk associated with cobalt-containing hip replacements has been highlighted for the first time in research at the University of Strathclyde.

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MolecuLight’s CEO Anil Amlani Discusses Next Steps for Their Wound Imaging Devices

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Orthopaedics have X-ray, cardiology has echocardiography, cancer has ultrasound, PET, CT and MRI. Regions of red, indicating that the wound contains clinically significant (>10 4 CFU/g) levels of bacterial burden, are clearly visible on the patient’s diabetic foot ulcer. What clinical value does this expanded clearance provide?

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Are Statin Side Effects ‘All in Your Head’?

The Pharma Data

Each patient was given four bottles of statins and four bottles of placebos, each containing identical-looking tablets to be consumed in random order over eight months. He’s interim chief of the division of cardiology and director of the Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center at the University of California, Los Angeles.