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Heart Health Matters to Your Brain
• Brain • • Diabetes • • Heart • Jun 04 13
People suffering from type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are at an increased risk of cognitive decline, according to a new study from…
Heart failure accelerates male ‘menopause’
• Gender: Male • • Heart • • Menopause • May 25 13
Heart failure accelerates the aging process and brings on early andropausal syndrome (AS), according to research presented today at the Heart Failure Congress 2013.…
Youth with type 2 diabetes at much higher risk for heart, kidney disease
• Diabetes • • Heart • • Urine Problems • May 25 13
The news about youth and diabetes keeps getting worse. The latest data from the national TODAY diabetes study shows that children who develop…
Death rates decline for advanced heart failure patients, but outcomes are still not ideal
• Heart • • Mortality and Morbidity • May 24 13
UCLA researchers examining outcomes for advanced heart-failure patients over the past two decades have found that, coinciding with the increased availability and use of…
Dietary advice on added sugar is damaging our health, warns heart expert
• Diabetes • • Dieting • • Heart • • Obesity • May 21 13
He calls on the UK’s Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition and the Department of Health “to act swiftly” to tackle the rising obesity crisis…
Spontaneous mutations are major cause of congenital heart disease
• Children's Health • • Heart • May 13 13
Every year, thousands of babies are born with severely malformed hearts, disorders known collectively as congenital heart disease. Many of these defects can be…
Research reveals possible reason for cholesterol-drug side effects
• Brain • • Drug Abuse • • Heart • • Neurology • May 10 13
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and physicians continue to document that some patients experience fuzzy thinking and memory loss while taking statins, a…
Study questions fish oil benefit before heart attack
• Dieting • • Heart • May 09 13
Fish oil supplements did not prevent heart problems in people who hadn’t had a heart attack yet, in a large long-term study from Italy.
…‘What’s Bad for the Heart Also Bad for the Brain’
• Brain • • Heart • May 03 13
Heart disease risk factors can lead to a decline in brain function in both younger and older adults, Dutch researchers report.
Increases in heart disease risk factors may decrease brain function
• Brain • • Heart • May 03 13
Brain function in adults as young as 35 may decline as their heart disease risk factors increase, according to new research in the American…
New Link Found Between Red Meat and Heart Disease: an Intestinal Bacteria
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Heart • Apr 28 13
In a new study published April 7 in the journal Nature Medicine, scientists from the Cleveland Clinic reported evidence suggesting that the long-known link…
Forthcoming study explores use of intermittent fasting in diabetes as cardiovascular disease
• Diabetes • • Heart • Apr 27 13
Intermittent fasting is all the rage, but scientific evidence showing how such regimes affect human health is not always clear cut. Now a scientific…
Aging U.S. to drive up heart-related health costs: study
• Heart • • Public Health • Apr 25 13
The costs linked to heart failure in the United States are expected to more than double within the next two decades as the population…
Raw fruit may not be linked to lower blood pressure
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Heart • Apr 11 13
People who eat more raw fruits or drink juice do not necessarily have lower blood pressure, according to a new study that goes against…
Male baldness ‘indicates heart risk’
• Hair Loss • • Heart • Apr 06 13
Men going thin on top may be more likely to have heart problems than their friends with a full head of hair, according to…
Statin side effects can often be overcome: study
• Drug Abuse • • Heart • Apr 01 13
Most people who stop taking cholesterol-lowering statins - because of side effects or for another reason - are able to restart the same drug…
Adolescents’ poor health behaviors raise risk of heart disease as adults
• Children's Health • • Heart • • Public Health • Apr 01 13
U.S. adolescents’ high levels of poor health behaviors and unfavorable cardiovascular risk factors may increase their chances of heart disease as adults, according to…
First of its kind study in Canada looks at who is taking aspirin to prevent heart attack or stroke
• Heart • • Stroke • Mar 19 13
A new study out of the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry shows a large population of healthy people are taking Aspirin to prevent cardiovascular…
What’s Good for the Heart May Also Prevent Cancer
• Cancer • • Heart • Mar 19 13
Seven healthy lifestyle tips recommended by heart experts reduce not only the risk of heart disease but also cancer, a new study finds.
FDA staff does not recommend approval of Abbott’s heart device
• Heart • • Public Health • Mar 18 13
Staff reviewers for the Food and Drug Administration did not recommend the approval of Abbott Laboratories’ implantable heart device MitraClip, citing a lack of…
Cardiac warning issued for popular antibiotic
• Drug Abuse • • Heart • Mar 14 13
An antibiotic prescribed for a wide variety of infections may pose heart risks, the Food and Drug Administration warned Wednesday.
Azithromycin, sold as Zithromax…
Popular antibiotic Zithromax may cause heart rhythm problems, warns U.S. drug regulator
• Drug Abuse • • Heart • Mar 13 13
A popular antibiotic used to treat a variety of infections may cause a potentially fatal heart rhythm problem in some patients.
Clogged heart arteries can foreshadow stroke
• Heart • • Stroke • Mar 01 13
Blockages in your heart arteries could mean you’re more likely to have a stroke, even if you’re considered low risk, according to research in…
Mediterranean diet can ward off heart disease: study
• Dieting • • Heart • Feb 26 13
A Mediterranean diet high in olive oil, nuts, fish and fresh fruits and vegetables may help prevent heart disease and strokes, according to a…
Women share stories of health, survival at heart, stroke seminar
• Gender: Female • • Heart • • Stroke • Feb 24 13
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women - more deadly than all forms of cancer combined, according to the American Heart Association.
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