New research from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has found that an alternative therapy may be possible for treating some types of hypertension using an enzyme called ACE2.
The research, conducted on mice in the laboratory of Daniel Batlle, M.D., professor of medicine at the Feinberg School and staff nephrologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, [...]

The largest national stem cell study for heart disease showed the first evidence that transplanting a potent form of adult stem cells into the heart muscle of subjects with severe angina results in less pain and an improved ability to walk. The transplant subjects also experienced fewer deaths than those who didn’t receive stem cells.

C. Noel Bairey Merz, M.D., an internationally recognized authority on women’s heart health, will receive the American Heart Association’s 2009 Women in Cardiology Mentoring Award at the organization’s Scientific Sessions 2009, to be held in Orlando at the Orange County Convention Center Nov. 14-Nov. 18.

C. Noel Bairey Merz, M.D., an internationally recognized authority on women’s heart health, will receive the American Heart Association’s 2009 Women in Cardiology Mentoring Award at the organization’s Scientific Sessions 2009, to be held in Orlando at the Orange County Convention Center Nov. 14-Nov. 18.

C. Noel Bairey Merz, M.D., an internationally recognized authority on women’s heart health, will receive the American Heart Association’s 2009 Women in Cardiology Mentoring Award at the organization’s Scientific Sessions 2009, to be held in Orlando at the Orange County Convention Center Nov. 14-Nov. 18.