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Drug trio improved effectiveness of cancer treatment, protected heart
• Cancer • • Heart • Nov 06 12
Combining cancer medication with a drug for erectile dysfunction and one for heart transplants helped kill cancer cells and protected the heart from damage,…
New study finds that 75 percent of patients taking popular blood-thinners are getting wrong dose
• Heart • Nov 06 12
Cardiology researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute have found that approximately 75 percent of patients taking two common blood-thinning drugs may be…
Angioplasty costs are higher at non-surgery hospitals
• Heart • • Public Health • Nov 05 12
Angioplasty to clear blocked arteries costs more at hospitals not equipped for emergency heart surgery, according to a study presented on Sunday at the…
Drug doesn’t significantly lower risk of major heart problems in dialysis patients
• Heart • • Urine Problems • Nov 04 12
In one of the largest and longest trials involving patients with kidney failure, a study led by an international team of researchers found that…
Smoking Bans Boost Heart Health
• Heart • • Surgery • Oct 30 12
Anti-smoking laws reduced risks of hospitalization and death for smoking-related cardiovascular and lung diseases, with the most comprehensive laws having the biggest impact on…
New pediatric heart failure guidelines a first in Canada
• Children's Health • • Heart • Oct 30 12
The Canadian Cardiovascular Society is the first in Canada to issue guidelines aimed at helping primary care and emergency physicians, as well as specialists,…
Exercise is smart for your heart – and makes you smarter
• Heart • • Public Health • Oct 29 12
A regular exercise routine can make you fitter than ever – mentally fit.
In a new study, previously sedentary adults were put through four…
Influenza vaccine may reduce risk of heart disease and death
• Heart • Oct 27 12
Getting a flu shot may not only protect you from getting sick, it might also prevent heart disease.
Two Toronto-based researchers presented studies at…
Heart Attacks Twice as Deadly for Women
• Gender: Female • • Heart • Oct 20 12
A heart attack is more likely to kill a woman than a man, perhaps because women are more likely to delay seeking treatment for…
Calling an ambulance improves heart attack survival
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Heart • Oct 19 12
The Acute Cardiac Care Congress 2012 is the first annual meeting of the newly launched Acute Cardiovascular Care Association (ACCA) of the European Society…
Weight loss does not lower heart disease risk from type 2 diabetes
• Diabetes • • Heart • • Weight Loss • Oct 19 12
Intervention stopped early in NIH-funded study of weight loss in overweight and obese adults with type 2 diabetes after finding no harm, but no…
After counseling, people ate more fruit - not more vegetables
• Cancer • • Food & Nutrition • • Heart • Oct 19 12
African American adults who were counseled to eat more produce and get more exercise as ways to reduce their chances of getting cancer and…
Sitting for protracted periods increases risk of diabetes, heart disease and death - study
• Diabetes • • Heart • Oct 15 12
A new study led by the University of Leicester, in association with colleagues at Loughborough University, has discovered that sitting for long periods increases…
Satiation hormone could increase risk of diabetes, heart attack and breast cancer in women
• Cancer: Breast • • Diabetes • • Heart • Oct 10 12
The findings have been presented in a study from Lund University in Sweden, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
“It was…
Hormone level linked with increased risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, death
• Cancer: Breast • • Diabetes • • Endocrinology • • Heart • Oct 10 12
Plasma levels of proneurotensin are associated with the development of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular and total mortality, and breast cancer in women during long-term…
Aspirin may temper brain power decline in elderly women at risk of heart disease
• Brain • • Heart • Oct 04 12
Daily low dose aspirin could slow the decline in brain power among elderly women at high risk of heart disease, indicates observational research published…
Fish linked to heart failure risk, omega-3 results mixed
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Heart • Oct 03 12
For people conscious about their heart health, a new study suggests it may be best to eat fish instead of taking individual omega-3 fatty…
Vitamin D deficiency increases risk of heart disease
• Heart • Sep 24 12
New research from the University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen University Hospital shows that low levels of vitamin D are associated with a markedly higher…
Blood pressure diet works, but adherence drops among African-Americans
• Dieting • • Heart • Sep 19 12
Better adherence to the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet is associated with significant reductions in blood pressure. However, African-Americans may be less…
Work stress ‘raises heart risk’
• Heart • • Neurology • Sep 16 12
Having a highly demanding job, but little control over it, could be a deadly combination, UK researchers say.
They analysed 13 existing European studies…
For heart health, fish oil pills not the answer: study
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Heart • Sep 12 12
Omega-3 fatty acids, found in oily fish such as sardines and salmon and once touted as a way of staving off heart disease…
Red wine and blood pressure
• Food & Nutrition • • Heart • Sep 07 12
Red wine has the rare quality that it can taste good and at the same time be good for us. But it’s most…
OSA increases cardiovascular mortality in the elderly
• Heart • • Mortality and Morbidity • Sep 06 12
Untreated severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality in the elderly, and adequate treatment with continuous positive…
More strokes after bypass than stent procedures
• Heart • • Stroke • Aug 23 12
People undergoing bypass surgery to improve blood flow to the heart are more likely to suffer a stroke afterward than those who have a…
Panel recommends against ECG tests for heart disease
• Heart • Jul 30 12
Using electrodes to test the electrical activity of the heart is unlikely to help doctors figure out who is at risk of coronary heart…