Study links bubbles released after heart attack to increased risk of cancer [Video]

Medical Watch Digest for April 9

Heart disease & cancer

For a long time medical experts believed risk factors like smoking, diabetes and obesity connected both heart and cancer patients.

But a new study reveals cell bubbles, released after a heart attack, increase the risk for developing cancer.

Tel Aviv University scientists found cells secreted from the sick heart to heal itself, instead enter the bloodstream promoting the growth of cancer cells throughout the body.

The researchers hope their discovery will alert doctors to the need to monitor heart patients for cancer.

The study is published in the Journal Circulation.

Concussion & blood tests

The blood may hold clues to the severity of brain injury. Blood protein can detect concussion recovery in children according to Murdoch Children’s Research Institute doctors.

They discovered the biomarker that predicts those who will experience ongoing concussion symptoms.

Children with low levels of the protein called Alpha-1 Act had delayed recovery after a head blow.

They had headaches, light sensitivity and memory challenges …