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Cardiovascular risk of diets rich in saturated fats found in meats and the benefits of plant-based and dairy alternatives. The type of saturated fats we eat can affect our risk of a heart attack, according to a study published in the International Journal of Cardiology...

After each heart attack, cardiac muscle cells die. Special stem cells might be able to build new muscle tissue. (Photo: Thinkstock/Dr_Microbe)

Scientists have for the first time succeeded in generating beating cardiac muscle cells from special stem cells. They may provide a new approach for the treatment of heart attacks. Myocardial infarction – commonly known as a heart attack – is still one of the main causes of death. According to the Federal Statistical Office, more than 49,00 people died of its consequences. And yet the mortality after heart attack has greatly decreased over the past decades: As compared to the early 1990s, it has more than halved until 2015, according to the German Society of Cardiology (DGK)...

Via a cannula introduced into the infarction area, the cells loaded with magnetic nanoparticles are injected into the damaged heart muscle tissue of the mouse. Credit: Copyrighted Photo: Dr. Annika Ottersbach/Uni Bonn

Researchers show in mice that transplanted muscle cells display improved engraftment in a magnetic field How can damaged cardiac tissue following a heart attack best be treated with replacement muscle cells? A team under the supervision of the University of Bonn is now presenting an innovative method on mice: Muscle replacement cells, which are to take over the function of the damaged tissue, are loaded with magnetic nanoparticles...

Researcher at K. G. Jebsen — Center for Exercise in Medicine (CERG), and first author of the study, Anja Bye. Credit: Andrea Hegdahl Tiltnes/NTNU

New Biomarkers can help ID a person’s risk of getting cardiac disease with greater precision than traditional risk factors alone. When you visit your GP you can get your blood analyzed for cholesterol and triglycerides, to get an idea of your risk for cardiovascular disease. With additional information about BMI, smoking habits and blood pressure, this can be used to calculate your 10-yr risk for cardiovascular disease. However, the use of risk prediction calculators has declined in the primary care setting because the currently available calculators only explain a modest proportion of the incidence...