cardiovascular (heart) disease

June 12, 2012

Mixed results define 2012 Tennessee Men’s Health Report Card

Heart disease is still the leading cause of death for men in Tennessee and cancer deaths continue to move further away from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Healthy People 2020 goal, according to the 2012 Tennessee Men’s Health Report Card.

By Craig Boerner

April 6, 2012

New tool hooks heart failure drugs

A new screening tool – using glowing fish embryos – could identify therapeutics for myocardial hypertrophy and heart failure.

By Leigh MacMillan

March 21, 2012

Obesity turns “good” cholesterol bad

Studies offer new insights into how obesity impairs the function of HDL, the “good” cholesterol.

By Leigh MacMillan

January 5, 2012

Fishing for heart attack repair tools

By Leigh MacMillan

December 8, 2011

Move out, cholesterol

Compounds developed at Vanderbilt could offer a whole new way to treat atherosclerosis.

By Leigh MacMillan

May 27, 2011

Trial tests novel treatment for heart failure patients

A new implantable device currently being studied gives heart failure patients the ability to monitor their heart and take action when their condition begins to worsen.

By Kathy Whitney