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Heart Health

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Heart Health

The Quest for a Heart Attack Cure

May 31, 2022

Photo of Christos Michas, a white man with short brown hair, wears purple medical gloves and holds a miniaturized cardiac ventricular pump (or, a mini heart pump) with a pair of tweezers. The pump looks like a small piece of plastic. Michas is seen blurred in the background and the pump and his hands are in focus.

Heart Health

New Miniature Heart Could Help Speed Heart Disease Cures

April 22, 2022

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Heart Health

Walking Is Good. But Moderate-Vigorous Exercise Boosts Fitness Three Times More

September 23, 2021

Katya Ravid, cardiovascular and disease expert, sitting in her lab at Boston University School of Medicine.

Cardio-Oncology

Why Are Black Cancer Patients at Higher Risk for Blood Clots?

September 13, 2021

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Environmental Health

In the Northeast, Improved Walking and Bicycling Infrastructure Could Save Hundreds of Lives, Billions of Dollars

February 25, 2021

Members of the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, make their way through concertina wire during a live fire demonstration during Operation Desert Shield.

Veterans

At BU and Beyond, Many Gulf War Veterans Still Suffer from Toxic Wounds

November 8, 2019

A teenager takes a hit from vaping e-cigarette blowing a cloud of vapor.

Vaping Crisis

Why Doctors Are Terrified by Sudden Vaping-Related Lung Injuries, Deaths

September 12, 2019

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Vaping

CDC Bias Against E-Cigarettes Is Putting Kids’ Lives At Risk, Says BU Researcher

August 28, 2019

DEMENTIA IN CTE

Five New Answers about the Link between Football, CTE, and Dementia

August 5, 2019

Traveling in a mobile examination van, researchers will examine 4,000 study participants over the course of six years in 10 rural counties across Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Image courtesy of BU School of Medicine.

Epidemiology

Framingham Heart Study Inspires Researchers to Hit the Road

May 22, 2019

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Nutrition

Fast Food Restaurants Have Expanded More Than Their Menus

April 16, 2019

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Cardiovascular Disease

Flavored E-Cigs Linked to Possible Cardiovascular Disease

June 20, 2018

A couple sit together

Aging

Marital status associated with dementia risk

May 18, 2018

Close Up of Monitor Showing Atrial Fibrillation

Cardiovascular Disease

Smoking, Alcohol Consumption Increase Lifetime Risk of Atrial Fibrillation

May 7, 2018

Dr. Kathy Morgan, a professor at Sargent College and Dr. Tyone Porter, pose for a photo

Engineering

Hearts, Minds, and Microbubbles

March 6, 2018

The blood vessel on the chip

Engineering Biology

Why Blood Vessels Leak

December 6, 2017

Andrew Emili, director of Boston University wide Center for Network Systems Biology (CNSB)

Biology

Andrew Emili Heads New Center for Network Systems Biology

October 3, 2017

The number of centenarians—people age 100 or older—is growing much faster than the total population.

Genetics

New Genetic Variants Associated with Extreme Old Age

May 8, 2017

Litre Bottles of Soda

Neurology

Is Soda Bad for Your Brain? (And Is Diet Soda Worse?)

April 21, 2017

Healthy senior with swimming board

Aging

Biomarker Patterns in Blood Predict Healthy Aging

January 6, 2017

Biomarker Patterns in Blood Predict Healthy Aging