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Western fast food tied to heart risks in Asia
• Dieting • • Heart • Jul 22 12
Even relatively clean-living Singaporeans who regularly eat burgers, fries and other staples of U.S.-style fast food are at raised risk of diabetes and significantly…
Are cardiac risk factors linked to less blood flow to the brain?
• Brain • • Heart • Jul 18 12
Metabolic syndrome, a term used to describe a combination of risk factors that often lead to heart disease and type 2 diabetes, seems to…
UCLA study looks at why heart attacks cause so much more damage in late pregnancy
• Heart • • Pregnancy • Jul 02 12
Heart attacks during pregnancy are uncommon, but the prevalence of heart disease in pregnant mothers has increased over the past decade as more women…
Regular, moderate, coffee drinking may reduce heart failure risk
• Dieting • • Heart • Jun 27 12
If you drink coffee regularly in moderation, you could reduce your risk of heart failure, according to new research in the American Heart Association’s…
‘Trust’ hormone oxytocin found at heart of rare genetic disorder
• Endocrinology • • Heart • Jun 22 12
The hormone oxytocin - often referred to as the “trust” hormone or “love hormone” for its role in stimulating emotional responses - plays an…
Omega-3 lowers inflammation in overweight older adults
• Heart • • Obesity • Jun 20 12
New research shows that omega-3 fatty acid supplements can lower inflammation in healthy, but overweight, middle-aged and older adults, suggesting that regular use of…
‘Bad’ dieting increases cardiovascular disease risk
• Dieting • • Heart • Jun 10 12
A 25 year study in Northern Sweden, published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Nutrition Journal, is the first to show that a regional…
Meditation practice may decrease risk for cardiovascular disease in teens
• Children's Health • • Heart • Jun 06 12
Regular meditation could decrease the risk of developing cardiovascular disease in teens who are most at risk, according to Georgia Health Sciences University researchers.
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Can a decade of dark chocolate protect your heart?
• Food & Nutrition • • Heart • Jun 01 12
A scientific study likely to stir the souls of chocoholics has suggested that eating dark chocolate every day for 10 years could reduce the…
ED Protocol Pegs Low-Risk Cardiac Patients Quickly
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Heart • May 29 12
An accelerated diagnostic protocol in the emergency department identified a sizable group of symptomatic patients who were at low risk of having a short-term…
Obese patients face increased risk of kidney damage after heart surgery
• Heart • • Obesity • • Surgery • • Urine Problems • May 24 12
Oxidative stress may put obese patients at increased risk of developing kidney damage after heart surgery, according to a study appearing in an upcoming…
Obesity not always tied to higher heart risk: study
• Heart • • Obesity • May 24 12
An obese person isn’t inevitably at increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death, a new U.K. study finds.
“The people really at risk are…
Half overweight teens have heart risk
• Children's Health • • Heart • • Obesity • May 21 12
Half the nation’s overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks and…
Bluetooth baby
• Children's Health • • Heart • May 17 12
Checking the heart of the unborn baby usually involves a stethoscope. However, an inexpensive and accurate Bluetooth fetal heart rate monitoring system has now…
Scripps doctors study novel new device to diagnose irregular heartbeat
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Heart • May 12 12
A study conducted at Scripps Health has found that a novel new heart monitoring device helped emergency room patients avoid unnecessary follow-up care. Scripps…
Death risks higher for heart attack survivors living near major roadways
• Heart • • Mortality and Morbidity • May 08 12
Heart attack survivors who live about 100 meters (328 feet) or less from a major U.S. roadway face increased risk of death from all…
Warfarin Edges Out Aspirin in Heart Failure
• Heart • • Stroke • May 04 12
Warfarin was no better than aspirin in reducing the composite of stroke of any kind or death in heart failure patients in sinus rhythm,…
New guidelines deliver concise messages for implementing cardiovascular prevention
• Heart • • Public Health • May 03 12
The latest cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention guidelines have been overhauled to produce a user friendly document with concise messages that awards greater weight than…
PET/CT Helps Diagnose Cardiac Device Infection
• Heart • • Infections • Apr 24 12
PET/CT imaging can help distinguish between active infection of a cardiac electronic device and normal residual post-implant inflammation, a small study found.
In 42…
Tax on salt could reduce cardiovascular disease deaths by 3 percent
• Dieting • • Heart • Apr 22 12
Voluntary industry reductions in salt content and taxation on products containing salt in 19 developing countries could reduce the number of deaths each year…
Rheumatic heart disease is significantly under-treated in Africa and India
• Heart • • Rheumatic Diseases • Apr 22 12
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is significantly under-treated in Africa and India according to the preliminary findings of a new global study presented today at…
Global ignorance of tobacco’s harm to cardiovascular health costing lives
• Heart • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 22 12
A report released today at the World Heart Federation World Congress of Cardiology in Dubai reveals significant gaps in public awareness regarding the cardiovascular…
IVF Babies May Face Later Cardiac Risks
• Children's Health • • Heart • Apr 20 12
Children conceived using assisted reproductive technology, including in vitro fertilization, may be at risk for premature cardiovascular disease, a small study found.
Compared with…
Infected Gums Not Likely Cause of Vascular Disease
• Dental Health • • Heart • Apr 19 12
Healthy gums aren’t proven to prevent atherosclerotic vascular disease, nor will treating periodontal disease clearly reduce risk of heart attack or stroke, according to…
Heart failure patients with diabetes may benefit from higher glucose levels
• Diabetes • • Heart • Apr 09 12
Lowering glucose levels for people with diabetes is normally critical to improving health outcomes. But for those with heart failure, that might not always…