University of Utah researchers have developed a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based method for detecting and quantifying injury to the wall of the heart's left atrium in patients who have undergone a procedure to treat atrial fibrillation. The results of the study are published in the Oct. 7, 2008, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. More at...
Endosense, a medical technology company focused on enabling the broad adoption of catheter ablation for the treatment of cardiac rhythm disorders, has launched the TOCCATA (TOuCh+ for CATheter Ablation) clinical study to evaluate the safety of the TactiCath™ system with enrollment gaining momentum. TOCCATA is a 70 patient European multi-center safety study. More at...
Recent studies indicate that infusing hearts with stem cells taken from bone marrow could improve cardiac function after myocardial infarction (tissue damage that results from a heart attack). But in a recent systematic review, Cochrane Researchers concluded that more clinical trials are needed to assess the effectiveness of stem cell therapies for heart patients, as well as studies to establish how these treatments work. More at...
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Heartburn Home Remedies
If you're unfamiliar with the actual mechanics of this, it all starts in your stomach. Your stomach actually has pretty strong acid in it that is used to help breakdown food for digestion. In theory, that acid should stay in the stomach and you'll be fine. The problem is that this acid can actually make it's way up the esophagus, which causes heartburn. The acid actually does burn your esophagus and if you don't deal with a severe heartburn problem, it will actually eat away your esophagus for good.
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