The sex of your cells matters when it comes to heart disease

A one-size-fits-all approach may not be best for treating cardiovascular disease. Taking sex chromosomes into account could make for more effective and equitable care.

Brian Aguado, Assistant Professor, University of California San Diego • conversation
March 4, 2022 ~7 min

Optimistic teens may have lower risk of heart disease as adults

People with an optimistic, upbeat attitude in adolescence may lower their chances of being in the high-risk category for cardiovascular disease as adults.

Eric Stann-Missouri • futurity
Feb. 23, 2022 ~7 min


This robot fish is made of human heart cells

The "biohybrid" fish swim by recreating the muscle contractions of a pumping heart. The work could be a step toward creating artificial hearts.

Quinn Eastmann-Emory • futurity
Feb. 17, 2022 ~6 min

Mechanical forces in a beating heart affect its cells' DNA, with implications for development and disease

Heart disease can change the genetic structure of heart cells. Understanding the role that mechanical forces play in these changes could lead to improvements in artificial tissue design.

Corey Neu, Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
Dec. 21, 2021 ~5 min

Frailty is more common in kids getting heart surgery than previously known

A third of children who undergo a procedure for a severe congenital heart condition identify as frail. That can affect their health outcomes after surgery.

Beata Mostafavi-Michigan • futurity
Nov. 18, 2021 ~5 min

Radiotherapy may explain heart disease in childhood cancer survivors

Long after surviving childhood cancer, some otherwise healthy young adults go on to develop cardiometabolic disease. Radiation may be to blame.

Katherine Fenz-Rockefeller • futurity
Nov. 10, 2021 ~7 min

Menstrual cycle length pre-menopause may signal heart risk

Changes menstrual cycle length before menopause may offer a way to predict the risk of cardiovascular disease after.

Allison Hydzik-Pittsburgh • futurity
Oct. 15, 2021 ~7 min

Race and position may be factors in football player heart risks

Research indicates some college football players may be at risk for heart-related complications, based on race, the position they play, and more.

Janet Christenbury-Emory • futurity
Sept. 17, 2021 ~6 min


Pick your own exercise goals to make changes that last

When people set their own exercise goals, and then pursue them immediately, it's more likely to result in lasting positive changes

Frank Otto-Penn • futurity
Sept. 9, 2021 ~7 min

Switching off heart protein could protect against heart failure

Switching off a heart muscle protein could provide a new way for drugs to combat heart failure in people who’ve had a heart attack, according to research led

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 27, 2021 ~4 min

/

17