Blue Dye may Help Heal Damaged Heart Muscles after a Heart Attack

By Chelsey | January 24, 2020 |

Researchers from the Weizmann Institute in Israel in Israel have discovered that a non-toxic blue dye helped to heal and repair damaged heart tissue in mice after they had a heart attack. A compound from a molecule in Chicago Sky Blue (CSB) dye was found to prevent damaging inflammation in mice who had experienced a…

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Aging Increases the Risk for Heart Disease

By Chelsey | February 14, 2019 |

February is American Heart Month to raise awareness of heart disease, which is the number one leading cause of death in the United States. The human heart is mainly made up of muscle that beats 24/7. According to the American Heart Association (AHA), the average human heart beats more than 2.5 billion times in a…

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