NHLBI in the News

Vanderbilt University Baby hearts need rhythm to develop correctly
David Salisbury
To develop correctly, baby hearts need rhythm even before they have
blood to pump, according to results of a partially NHLBI-supported study
at Vanderbilt University.

Johns Hopkins Medicine Obese patients who feel judged by doctors are less likely to shed pounds, study shows
Overweight and obese people who feel their physicians are judgmental
of their size are more likely to try to shed pounds but are less likely to
succeed, according to results of an NHLBI-funded study at Johns Hopkins.

Medical News Today Adopt a healthy lifestyle; your heart will love you for it
Honor Whiteman

Dr. Desvigne-Nickens, program director in the Division of Cardiovascular
Sciences at the NHLBI, told Medical News Today that it is important for
people to understand that for both men and women, having more than one
risk factor multiplies the risk of developing CVD. "Having one risk factor
doubles your risk for disease; having two risks quadruples your risk for
developing disease; having three risks increases risk by tenfold," she explains.

NIH Director's Blog Snapshots of Life: Mending Broken Hearts
Dr. Francis Collins

Working with rat heart muscle cells grown in a lab dish, NHLBI-supported
bioengineers at Harvard Medical School used transplant techniques to
boost the number of tiny powerhouses, called mitochondria, within the cells.

Military Health System Know your risk for heart disease
Dana Crudo

Once people know their risk factors, they can take action to control them
and protect their heart, said Patrice Desvigne-Nickens, M.D., medical officer
at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. This includes quitting smoking,
exercising, eating a healthy diet, managing stress and depression and
maintaining an ideal weight. “You are never too young or too old to take
charge of your health and minimize your risk for heart disease,”
Desvigne-Nickens said. “You are worth it.”