heart disease

Eko raises $20 million for AI heart disease monitoring and detection solutions

Posted in Business, Medicine on 25th Sep, 2019
by Alex Muller

Heart disease is a silent and often costly killer. About 610,000 people die of it in the U.S. each year, putting it at the top of the leading causes of death for women and men.

Implant uses electricity to heal the heart

Posted in Medicine on 16th Jul, 2019
by Alex Muller

The preliminary findings brings us real hope for cardiomyopathy patients.

Google Life Sciences and American Heart Association commit $50M to study heart disease

Posted in Science on 8th Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller

Google Life Sciences and the American Heart Association (AHA) announced that theyre teaming together to fight heart disease.

A drug that dramatically lowers cholesterol approved by the FDA

Posted in Medicine on 27th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller

The drug is controversial because it is expected to cost about $14,000 a year.

Protein structure 'holds key to heart muscle disease'

Posted in Medicine on 30th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

The structure of a key protein implicated in diseases affecting the heart muscle has been uncovered, scientists say.