Vitamin E is an effective, low-cost therapy for preventing muscle damage in heart attack patients. Currently, there is no drug available that can reduce the cardiac damage.
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Vitamin E plays a key role in preventing muscle damage in heart attack patients. Vitamin E is an effective, low-cost treatment, which can improve the cardiovascular health of the patients.
Heart attack is a leading cause of death worldwide and new treatment strategies are highly sought-after. Unfortunately lasting damage to the heart muscle is not uncommon following such an event.- Heart attack is a leading cause of death worldwide
- Currently, there is no drug available that can reduce the cardiac damage
- Vitamin E helps prevent muscle damage in heart attack patients
Top 10 Health Benefits of Vitamin E for Skin, Hair and Eye
Start eating Vitamin E rich foods such as nuts and oilseeds, whole grains and green leafy vegetables and you can bid goodbye to most of your hair, eye and skin problems.
Start eating Vitamin E rich foods such as nuts and oilseeds, whole grains and green leafy vegetables and you can bid goodbye to most of your hair, eye and skin problems.
‘Vitamin E is a low-cost therapy, which is effective in preventing muscle damage in heart attack patients.’
Published in Redox Biology, the pre-clinical study sheds new light on the potential of the acute therapy with £\-TOH (vitamin E) in patients presenting with heart attack, and may ultimately offer an effective low-cost treatment. "One of the most effective anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory agents is vitamin E and its derivatives," said Professor Karlheinz Peter, the Baker Institute's Deputy Director, Basic and Translational Science and lead author of the study.
"Our treatment regime reflects clinical conditions, where patients could receive their first application of vitamin E in the ambulance or upon their arrival in the emergency department, before reopening and stenting the blocked vessel and the following days in hospital before discharge."
Vitamin E - Recommended Intake, Food Sources, Benefits, Health Risks
Vitamin E is a fat soluble vitamin with antioxidant properties. Naturally found in some foods and also as a dietary supplement, Vitamin E deficiency is rare condition.
Vitamin E is a fat soluble vitamin with antioxidant properties. Naturally found in some foods and also as a dietary supplement, Vitamin E deficiency is rare condition.
"We plan to prove that heart function is preserved using sensitive magnetic resonance imaging. Thereby, we hope to establish an inexpensive and effective therapy for patients with heart attack."
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Antioxidant Vitamin E May Prevent Acute Kidney Injury in Hospitalized Patients
Vitamin E may decrease the risk of acute kidney injury which may have developed due to deficiency of antioxidants in the body.
Vitamin E may decrease the risk of acute kidney injury which may have developed due to deficiency of antioxidants in the body.
"As there is currently no drug available that can reduce the cardiac damage caused by an overshooting inflammation after reopening of a blocked coronary artery, the potential impact of our finding on cardiovascular health would be significant," said Dr Wallert.
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Vitamin E Cuts Pneumonia Risk in Some Older Men Depending on Their Lifestyle
In older men who exercised and had least exposure to smoking intake of vitamin E supplements decreased pneumonia risk.
In older men who exercised and had least exposure to smoking intake of vitamin E supplements decreased pneumonia risk.
We hereby provide an experimental design which potentially can be translated to human trials without concern surrounding the safety of vitamin E applications.
Source-Eurekalert
