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A heart condition once called a death sentence now has multiple FDA-approved treatments that are keeping patients alive and out of hospitals. Cardiac amyloidosis patients are being diagnosed earlier and living longer thanks to breakthrough medications approved in the past year.
Patients with a deadly blood disorder that has no treatment options after relapse are seeing encouraging results from an existing cancer drug used in a new way. The breakthrough could offer hope to those facing a condition that causes life-threatening organ damage.
Scientists in Japan discovered a natural compound in pomegranate leaves that can actually dissolve harmful protein clumps causing a deadly heart and nerve disease. The breakthrough could lead to treatments that reverse damage, not just slow it down.
Roy Dell, an emergency department nurse from Niagara Falls, survived a rare heart and liver transplant after a sudden diagnosis nearly killed him. His story is motivating others to register as organ donors and giving hope to families waiting for life-saving transplants.