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Podcast: Dr. Joseph Mercola - Take Control of Your Health
Episode: Human Hearts Can Regrow Some Muscle Cells After Severe Damage
Description: Heart attacks occur every 40 seconds in America, affecting a total of 805,000 people annually. It is characterized by blocked coronary arteries that starve cardiac muscle of blood flow Australian researchers found human hearts can regenerate muscle cells after heart attacks, with preserved cardiac tissue showing 7% to 8% mitosis rates (a measure of cell regeneration activity), though 25% to 50% is needed for full repair Hypoxia, which is the oxygen-deprived state during heart attacks, may also trigger regeneration, similar to how fetal hearts produce new cells in the low-oxygen womb environment Advanced heart failure reduces heart muscle cell renewal dramatically, but patients with mechanical heart...