To Fix a Broken Heart

By Michael Dorausch, D.C.

Back in June of 2001, Planet Chiropractic reported on some research articles which showed that damaged hearts can repair themselves by growing new muscle cells. The discovery challenged decades of medical dogma, a belief system stating that the heart is incapable of generating new muscle cells.

Since that time, more research has been done and new evidence has shown that the human heart can repair itself. Again, this contradicts generations of medical thought. According to a recent article featured in the Washington Post and Nando Media, doctors had long assumed that damage from a heart attack is irreversible. But researchers have shown that heart muscle cells multiply after a heart attack, and in heart transplant patients, cells from the recipient travel to the new heart and grow new tissue.

According to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientists found that new heart muscle and blood vessels grow rapidly in hearts after a transplant, with as much as 1/5 of the donor heart being rebuilt by the recipient’s own cells.

According to the Nando News article, the belief that the human heart can repair itself is slowly beginning to be accepted. Thank goodness the body and the intelligence that made it has not been waiting for approval from the scientific community.

The Washington Post: Study shows damaged heart can repair itself
Nando Media: Researchers find evidence that human heart may repair itself
Planet Chiropractic: Decades of Medical Dogma Challenged