One shot to the heart: gene editing breakthrough lowers cholesterol for life
Inside Precision Medicine - 15-Apr-2025Verve’s one-time gene therapy could end daily cholesterol meds
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Healthy lifestyle at 50 can significantly boost life expectancy
Diabetes.co.uk - 13-Apr-2025New study shows controlling key cardiovascular risk factors leads to a longer, healthier life
Young gut bacteria improved heart function and energy in older rats
Live Forever Club - 10-Apr-2025This shows the gut can influence how the heart ages
Low-cost blood test could reveal early heart damage ahead of symptoms
The Guardian - 07-Apr-2025Troponin testing could help doctors catch heart risks earlier and save lives
AI predicts heart health by estimating biological age from ECGs
European Society of Cardiology - 31-Mar-2025AI can assess cardiovascular risk by comparing biological and chronological heart age
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The Francis Crick Institute
Biomedical discovery institute dedicated to understanding the biology underlying health and disease
Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA)
American Heart Associations' official scientific journal
Interview with Dr Matthew O’Connor
Dr. Matthew O'Connor provides updates on a drug targeting the removal of 7-keto cholesterol
Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC)
Scientific Journal providing information about cardiovascular diesases
Heart Disease Blog Posts
20-Dec-2022
Being a bit of a Grinch may help you live longer
Heart attack cases peak on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day
11-Feb-2016
Chocolate - an innocent pleasure
Dark chocolate that retains flavonoids during manufacture could be good for your heart and mental health
02-Jun-2013
Repairing damaged hearts - first step to rejuvenation
If you can repair damage from heart attacks, why can't we repair heart damage from ageing?
28-May-2013
Heart muscle aging reversed (in mice)
Using the blood of younger mice to reverse the signs of aging in older mice
