Heart Disease Content

Fructose and Glucose in High Fructose Corn Syrup Deliver a One-Two Punch to Health

Amy M Quinton — September 17, 2020 - 10:00am

51�ԹϺ�� Davis researchers find combination of both fructose and glucose in high fructose corn syrup could be worse than fructose alone for increasing risks to heart disease.

HDL Composition May Help Predict Health Risks and Design Therapeutics

Patricia Bailey — April 06, 2017 - 9:35am

A 51�ԹϺ�� Davis-led research team found that not all HDLs, or high density lipoproteins, are alike. The amounts and specific structure of complex sugars called glycans in these tiny cholesterol-rich particles can powerfully influence the body’s inflammatory and immune responses.

What’s Behind the Heartbreaking Risk of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

Katherine E Kerlin — April 25, 2016 - 10:30am

Scientists from 51�ԹϺ�� Davis have uncovered some of the reasons why pain relievers like ibuprofen and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, can harm heart tissue.

Pet Hearts Can Need Healing, Too

Karen Michele Nikos — February 11, 2016 - 11:19am

It’s not just humans who can suffer from heart disease — it affects our pets, too. And understanding disease in companion animals might help us treat human diseases.

Recognized as a pioneer in veterinary cardiology, the University of California, Davis, is developing and testing a number of techniques now widely used in clinics and training generations of residents in the field.

While cats and dogs make up most of the heart patients seen at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis, the hospital also regularly examines horses, birds, reptiles, small mammals and zoo animals.