Description: Med Headlines - The exciting results of a recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Alberta may lead to important breakthrough medications that prevent the heart from accumulating a dangerous build-up of fatty acids.

The research team, led by Jason Dyck, involved the chemical composition of the fuel the body makes to run the heart muscle of young mice versus the composition of the fuel used by aged mice. Seems a healthy young heart needs a balance of fat and sugar to keep the heart beating and blood circulating at optimum levels.

The older heart, however, functions best with a different blend of fuels. The older mice produced evidence of more efficient heart and circulatory function when the fuel was more sugar than fat.

The conversion of fat into fuel the heart can use is regulated by a particular protein. According to the findings of the Dyck study, the body manufactures less of this crucial protein as the body ages. The ironic timing of this reduct