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Heart Attack Gene Found – A heart attack gene found by Newfoundland scientists enables the monitoring of patients at risk of deadly heart problems. At the Memorial University in St John’s, doctors found a heart attack gene by studying thousands of Canadians most at risk of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), a genetic disease where the [...]

New Heart Valve Procedure – A new heart valve procedure was unveiled by cardiologists for high risk patients not strong enough for a heart operation. At the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress in Montreal the new heart valve procedure gives hope for patients aged 80 and over that cannot have open-heart surgery to repair their diseased aortic valves. A [...]

Diabetes Rising – The rate of type 2 diabetes is expected to rise sharply in the near future, a new report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated, unless new strategies are followed to help curb the number of obese individuals. The findings, published in Population Health Metrics, expects diabetes rates to explode in [...]