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It’s official—chocolate linked to heart health
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Heart • Aug 29 11
High levels of chocolate consumption might be associated with a one third reduction in the risk of developing heart disease, finds a study published…
Newest screen for newborns will indicate heart problems
• Children's Health • • Heart • Aug 22 11
About 1 in every 120 babies are born with congenital heart disease (CHD), of which about 25 percent is critical, requiring special care early…
Cholesterol Drugs can Reduce Stroke Risk, but Aren’t for Everyone
• Heart • • Stroke • Aug 19 11
For many patients, cholesterol-lowering statin drugs can reduce the risk of strokes as well as heart attacks.
But in a review article, Loyola University…
Study focuses on relationship between glaucoma and diabetes, hypertension
• Diabetes • • Eye / Vision Problems • • Heart • Aug 17 11
Many Americans suffer from diabetes and hypertension and, according to a study by researchers at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center, these individuals…
Liver, belly fat may identify high risks of heart disease in obese people
• Children's Health • • Heart • • Obesity • Jul 22 11
Obese people with high levels of abdominal fat and liver fat may face increased risks for heart disease and other serious health problems, according…
Pediatric cardiologists not always accurate in interpreting ECG results for young athletes
• Children's Health • • Heart • Jul 14 11
Pediatric cardiologists are prone to misinterpreting electrocardiograms when using the results to determine whether young athletes have heart defects that could make exercising perilous,…
High salt + low potassium = early death: study
• Heart • • Public Health • Jul 12 11
Put down the salt shakers. Eating too much salt and too little potassium can increase the risk of death, U.S. government researchers said on…
All-cause mortality rates are lower among moderate drinkers than among abstainers
• Heart • • Mortality and Morbidity • Jul 11 11
The author of this paper set out to determine the extent to which potential “errors” in many early epidemiologic studies led to erroneous conclusions…
Review raises questions over benefits of cutting salt
• Dieting • • Heart • Jul 06 11
In an analysis that set off a fierce debate over the health effects of salt, researchers said on Wednesday they had found no evidence…
Smokers using varenicline to quit the habit at greater risk of heart attack
• Heart • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 04 11
Healthy, middle-aged smokers who take the most popular smoking cessation drug on the market have a 72 percent increased risk of being hospitalized with…
Genetic study shows that low body fat may not lower risk for heart disease and diabetes
• Diabetes • • Fat, Dietary • • Heart • Jun 27 11
Having a lower percentage of body fat may not always lower your risk for heart disease and diabetes, according to a study by an…
Undertreatment of cardiovascular disease in rheumatoid arthritis patients following a heart attack
• Arthritis • • Heart • • Rheumatic Diseases • May 30 11
Results of a study, involving 98,454 patients demonstrated that at 30 days following their first heart attack, RA patients were approximately 20% less likely…
New advances in lipid genetics lead to better detection and prevention of major diseases
• Diabetes • • Fat, Dietary • • Heart • • Public Health • May 30 11
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Studying the genetic make-up of different varieties of lipids (fatty molecules) in the blood plasma of an individual can lead to…
Irregular periods in teens linked to health risks
• Diabetes • • Heart • • Obesity • May 22 11
Teenagers who have irregular periods are more likely to be overweight and obese and to have early warning signs of diabetes and heart disease…
Simple fitness test could predict long-term risk for heart attack, stroke in middle-aged people, researchers find
• Heart • • Stroke • May 18 11
How fast can you run a mile?
If you’re middle-aged, the answer could provide a strong predictor of your risk of heart attack or…
Extremely obese children have higher prevalence of psoriasis, higher heart disease risk
• Children's Health • • Dermatology • • Heart • May 18 11
Children who are overweight or obese have a significantly higher prevalence of psoriasis, and teens with psoriasis, regardless of their body weight, have higher…
No increase in severe cardiovascular events for children, adolescents taking ADHD medications
• Children's Health • • Drug Abuse • • Heart • May 16 11
Despite recent concerns that medications for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) could increase the risk of cardiovascular events in children and adolescents, an observational…
CPAP decreases cardiovascular mortality in elderly patients
• Heart • • Mortality and Morbidity • May 16 11
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) effectively decreases the risk of cardiovascular death in elderly patients who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to…
Lessons from major heart trial need implementation
• Heart • May 10 11
A NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center review of almost 500,000 cardiac cases nationally shows that the clinically indicated medical therapy reported in a widely…
When It Comes to Clearing Arteries – Sex Plays a Part
• Heart • • Stroke • May 09 11
Gender may play an important role when choosing treatment options for clearing dangerously clogged arteries, according to a new study from researchers at the…
mHealth Technology Speeds Cardiac Diagnoses
• Heart • • Public Health • May 09 11
Handheld ultrasound from new pocket-sized devices now allows cardiac imaging to be performed in locations previously inaccessible to traditional ultrasound. GW researchers have shown…
Melatonin might help in controlling weight gain and preventing heart diseases associated with obesity
• Heart • • Obesity • • Weight Loss • Apr 28 11
University of Granada researchers have proven that melatonin –a natural hormone produced by the body– helps in controlling weight gain –even without reducing the…
WHO warns of enormous burden of chronic disease: Non-Communicable Diseases
• Cancer • • Diabetes • • Heart • • Public Health • Apr 27 11
Chronic illnesses like cancer, heart disease and diabetes have reached global epidemic proportions and now cause more deaths than all other diseases combined, the…
Tai chi may improve quality of life in chronic heart failure patients
• Chinese Medicine • • Heart • Apr 25 11
Tai chi, the ancient Chinese meditative exercise, may improve quality of life, mood and exercise self-efficacy in chronic heart failure patients, according to research…
Many parents would get gene tests for kids: study
• Children's Health • • Diabetes • • Genetics • • Heart • Apr 18 11
If given the chance, many parents would test their children to see if they are genetically predisposed to diseases like diabetes or heart disease,…