Respiratory Rally » heart http://respiratoryrally.org Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:59:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Mechanisms of Cardiac Fibrosis http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-scarring/mechanisms-of-cardiac-fibrosis http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-scarring/mechanisms-of-cardiac-fibrosis#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:25:32 +0000 admin http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-scarring/mechanisms-of-cardiac-fibrosis Dr. Dan Sorescu of Emory University summarzing the subject of a recent grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The research he is undertaking focuses on mechanisms of cardiac fibrosis. What makes this process occur and what can possibly be done to preven it.

Grant Project Summary
NADPH oxidases are enzymes that create reactive oxygen species, and also are used by the body to fight bacteria and also to send signals stimulating the muscle cells that line blood vessels. NADPH oxidases also play roles in the hearts scarring after a heart attack. This project looks at NADPH oxidases role in promoting scarring in a mouse model of heart disease. Grant amount: $273,118

Recovery Act Funding at Emory University

At least 50 research projects so far, supported by more than $10 million in stimulus grants from the National Institutes of Health, are expected to lead to new discoveries at Emory University that will improve medical treatment, create new jobs, and provide additional educational opportunities for students. Emory has received half of all the NIH ARRA grants awarded to Georgia academic institutions thus far.

More Information

http://www.emory.edu/home/research/stimulus/

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]]> http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-scarring/mechanisms-of-cardiac-fibrosis/feed 1 Lung Cancer; My Father’s Journey. http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-cancer/lung-cancer-my-fathers-journey http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-cancer/lung-cancer-my-fathers-journey#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:34:36 +0000 admin http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-cancer/lung-cancer-my-fathers-journey This is what Lung Cancer looks like on the outside. My father Edward Bailey did not smoke.
This is my father’s Journey.

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]]> http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-cancer/lung-cancer-my-fathers-journey/feed 25 The Advertising Council Joins ESPN to Encourage Men to … http://respiratoryrally.org/respiratory-disease/the-advertising-council-joins-espn-to-encourage-men-to http://respiratoryrally.org/respiratory-disease/the-advertising-council-joins-espn-to-encourage-men-to#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:27:20 +0000 admin http://respiratoryrally.org/respiratory-disease/the-advertising-council-joins-espn-to-encourage-men-to The Advertising Council is joining ESPN today to launch a new series of national public service advertisements designed to raise awareness among middle-aged men about the importance of preventive medical testing. The new ads play off concepts created for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) for a men’s health campaign that was launched last month. The ads will debut this week on ESPN media.

Men are 25 percent less likely than women to have visited the doctor within the past year and are 38 percent more likely than women to have neglected their cholesterol tests. (Source: AHRQ Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2005). Furthermore, men are 1.5 times more likely than women to die from heart disease, cancer and chronic lower respiratory diseases (Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005).

To view Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/adcouncil/32884/

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]]> http://respiratoryrally.org/respiratory-disease/the-advertising-council-joins-espn-to-encourage-men-to/feed 8 Perio Protect Gum Disease Treatment http://respiratoryrally.org/respiratory-disease/perio-protect-gum-disease-treatment http://respiratoryrally.org/respiratory-disease/perio-protect-gum-disease-treatment#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:05:03 +0000 admin http://respiratoryrally.org/respiratory-disease/perio-protect-gum-disease-treatment Interesting gum disease treatment option. Why didn’t I think of this??!! It is a home remedy for treating periodontal disease or gingivitis under the supervision of a dentist.

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]]> http://respiratoryrally.org/respiratory-disease/perio-protect-gum-disease-treatment/feed 14 Selling Hope: The Future of Heart and Lung Transplantation http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-transplant/selling-hope-the-future-of-heart-and-lung-transplantation http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-transplant/selling-hope-the-future-of-heart-and-lung-transplantation#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:33:39 +0000 admin http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-transplant/selling-hope-the-future-of-heart-and-lung-transplantation Heart and lung transplantation is currently the most advanced treatment for patients with severe or end-stage disease. Dr. Charles Hoopes, Director of Cardiopulmonary Transplantation at UCSF, explores what new technologies may bring to this area. Series: UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public [12/2008] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 15564]

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]]> http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-transplant/selling-hope-the-future-of-heart-and-lung-transplantation/feed 0 COPD — i on NIH — episode #0007, segment 4 http://respiratoryrally.org/pulmonary-disease/copd-i-on-nih-episode-0007-segment-4 http://respiratoryrally.org/pulmonary-disease/copd-i-on-nih-episode-0007-segment-4#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:33:17 +0000 admin http://respiratoryrally.org/pulmonary-disease/copd-i-on-nih-episode-0007-segment-4 For our eye-to-eye interview, we turn to Dr. James Kiley, the director of the Division of Lung Diseases at our National Heart Lung and Blood Institute to talk about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD.

Transcripts available at: http://www.nih.gov/news/vodcast/2007/e0007.htm#kiley.htm.

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