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Heart risk factors less common in fish lovers
• Dieting • • Heart • Jul 23 10
Middle-aged and older men who eat fish every day are less likely than infrequent fish eaters to develop a collection of risk factors for…
U of T researchers find link between childhood physical abuse and heart disease
• Heart • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 22 10
Childhood physical abuse is associated with significantly elevated rates of heart disease in adulthood, according to new findings by University of Toronto researchers, published…
Eating chocolate ‘as good for your heart as 30 minutes exercise’
• Dieting • • Heart • Jun 30 10
Dark chocolate can reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke by up to 20 per cent, the study suggests.
But the effect…
US studies see heart risk with diabetes drug
• Drug Abuse • • Heart • Jun 28 10
Two studies released on Monday reported serious heart risks with diabetes pill Avandia as U.S. regulators decide whether the drug should stay on the…
Migraine sufferers who experienced childhood abuse have greater risk of cardiovascular disease
• Heart • • Migraine • Jun 23 10
Migraine sufferers who experienced abuse and neglect as children have a greater risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease including stroke and myocardial infarction (MI) among…
Certain Obese People are Not at High Risk of Heart Disease, Diabetes
• Diabetes • • Heart • • Obesity • Jun 21 10
Obese people without metabolic risk factors for diabetes and heart disease, such as high blood pressure and cholesterol, do not have the elevated cardiovascular…
In India, 1 in 25 People Carry Gene That Causes Heart Failure
• Genetics • • Heart • Jun 08 10
One in 25 people from India and other south Asian countries carries a mutated gene that causes heart failure.
Studying this gene, and the…
Future Continues to Brighten for Children with Velocardiofacial Syndrome
• Children's Health • • Genetics • • Heart • Jun 03 10
Research about quality of life is improving the treatment of children with velocardiofacial syndrome, a chronic, genetic condition with a wide range of symptoms,…
Aspirin recommended for patients with diabetes at high risk for CVD
• Diabetes • • Heart • May 28 10
Low-dose aspirin therapy is a reasonable approach to prevent a first myocardial infarction or stroke among patients with diabetes at high risk for cardiovascular…
Regular teeth brushing linked to healthier hearts
• Dental Health • • Heart • May 28 10
People who don’t brush their teeth twice a day have an increased risk of heart disease, scientists said on Friday, adding scientific weight to…
Should some kids take fish oil supplements?
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Heart • May 28 10
Fish oil supplements could lower blood pressure in slightly overweight teenage kids, a new study suggests, and their hearts may reap the benefits years…
Parents’ physical inactivity influences children
• Children's Health • • Heart • • Obesity • May 25 10
Children are more likely to watch high levels of television if their parents do, but parents do not need to be physically active to…
Studies Investigating Relationship Between Cardiovascular Health And Obesity Presented At The Annual Meeting Of The North American Association For The Study Of Obesity
• Heart • • Obesity • May 15 10
Three clinical studies investigating the relationship between aspects of cardiovascular health - including disease risk and cardiorespiratory fitness - and obesity were presented at…
Diabetes ups risk of abnormal heart rhythm
• Diabetes • • Heart • May 12 10
People with diabetes are at increased risk of a common type of abnormal heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation, new research shows.
This risk…
Many “Pre” Patients May Not be as Healthy as They Think
• Diabetes • • Heart • • Public Health • May 03 10
Three separate studies announced today at the American Society of Hypertension Inc.‘s 25th Annual Scientific Meeting and Exposition (ASH 2010) examined the cardiovascular consequences…
Mothers’ obesity tied to newborn heart defects
• Children's Health • • Heart • • Obesity • Apr 29 10
The more obese a woman is when she becomes pregnant, the greater the likelihood that her baby will be born with a heart defect,…
Grapes reduce risk factors for heart disease and diabetes, U-M animal study shows
• Diabetes • • Dieting • • Heart • Apr 26 10
Could eating grapes slow what’s for many Americans a downhill sequence of high blood pressure and insulin resistance leading to heart disease and…
Maternal Obesity and Newborn Heart Defects
• Heart • • Obesity • Apr 16 10
US researchers found that the more obese a mother is when she becomes pregnant, the greater her risk of giving birth to a baby…
Women Who Eat Foods With High Glycemic Index May Be at Greater Risk for Heart Disease
• Diabetes • • Gender: Female • • Heart • Apr 13 10
Consuming carbohydrates with high glycemic index—an indicator of how quickly a food affects blood glucose levels—appears to be associated with the risk of coronary…
New evidence on co-prescribing for heart and stroke patients
• Heart • • Stroke • Apr 08 10
New research by the University of East Anglia (UEA) shows no risk in combining two commonly-prescribed treatments for patients at risk of heart attacks…
Birth control pill poses no added health risk
• Cancer • • Drug Abuse • • Heart • Mar 13 10
One of the world’s largest studies of the contraceptive pill has found that women who have taken it can expect longer lives and are…
Black and Hispanic patients with heart failure less likely to use hospice
• Heart • • Public Health • Mar 09 10
Black and Hispanic Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure appear less likely to receive hospice care than white patients with the same condition, according to…
Preventing or reversing inflammation after heart attack, stroke may require 2-pronged approach
• Heart • • Stroke • Mar 01 10
Researchers at Albany Medical College are releasing results of a study this week that they say will help refocus the search for new drug…
Childhood Obesity Linked to Heart Risk
• Heart • • Obesity • Mar 01 10
Obese children as young as age 3 show signs of an inflammatory response that has been linked to heart disease later in life, researchers…
Clinton: Haiti stress accelerated heart problem
• Heart • • Neurology • Feb 18 10
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton blamed stress and a lack of sleep since the devastating Haiti earthquake for accelerating a heart condition that caused…