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NEWS ABOUT: cardiomyopathy

cardiomyopathy stories: 3 news summaries

 Child Cancer  
 Survivors Risk
 Heart Trouble
 Years Later 

Weakening starts to show in young adults

Jul 28, 09 8:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kids who’ve conquered cancer can end up battling the effects of treatment years later as young adults, the Wall Street Journal reports. Some 10% of kids treated with drugs called anthracyclines, powerful against leukemia and other cancers, later suffer from progressive  weakening of the heart that can lead to... More »

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cancer • chemotherapy • heart • cancer treatment • heart health • cardiomyopathy • childhood cancer

(Newser) - A Japanese law prevents 11-year-old Hiroki Ando from receiving the heart he so desperately needs, CNN reports. Ando suffers from cardiomyopathy and will likely die—as his sister did 5 years ago—without a heart transplant. But the minimum age for organ donations in Japan is 15. "This stipulation... More »

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law • Japan • organ transplants • heart • heart transplants • organ donation • cardiomyopathy

 Heart 'Time Bomb' 
 Ticking for 60M 

1 in 100 have mutant gene that increases risk sevenfold

Jan 19, 09 5:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Scientists have discovered a mutant gene carried by 1% of the population which almost guarantees heart disease in later life, reports the BBC. Some 60 million people have the genetic time bomb, including 4% of the total population of India. The gene increases the risk of heart disease sevenfold, according... More »

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India • heart disease • Nature Genetics • British Heart Foundation • gene mutation • cardiomyopathy • MYBPC3 protein • Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

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