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Quitting smoking causes quick drop in inflammation
• Heart • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 17 09
Just weeks after quitting smoking, women show major reductions in several markers of inflammation associated with heart disease risk, new research shows.
The findings…
Millions of U.S. Children Low in Vitamin D
• Children's Health • • Heart • Aug 03 09
Seven out of ten U.S. children have low levels of vitamin D, raising their risk of bone and heart disease, according to a study…
Regular Moderate Alcohol Intake Has Cognitive Benefits in Older Adults
• Food & Nutrition • • Heart • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 13 09
A glass of wine here, a nightcap there – new research out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine suggests that moderate alcohol intake…
Nicotine Induces Prediabetes, Likely Contributes to High Prevalence of Heart Disease in Smokers
• Heart • • Tobacco & Marijuana • • Stroke • Jul 13 09
Researchers have discovered a reason why smoking greatly increases the risk of heart disease and stroke. Nicotine promotes insulin resistance, also called prediabetes, which…
Cardiac CT Is More Cost Effective When Managing Chest Pain in the Emergency Department
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Heart • Jul 09 09
Cardiac CT Is More Cost Effective When Managing Low-Risk Patients with Chest Pain in the Emergency Department
The use of cardiac CT for low-risk…
Wrong Dose of Heart Meds Too Frequent in Children
• Children's Health • • Heart • Jul 08 09
Infants and young children treated with heart drugs get the wrong dose or end up on the wrong end of medication errors more often…
Patients with moderate to severe periodontitis need evaluation for heart disease risk
• Dental Health • • Heart • Jun 30 09
Additional research is called for and patients with moderate to severe periodontitis should receive evaluation and possible treatment to reduce their risk of atherosclerotic…
Migraine and Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: Migraine Frequency Plays a Role
• Headaches • • Heart • • Migraine • Jun 24 09
Women who have migraines with aura may be more likely to have a stroke or heart attack than women who don’t have the condition,…
Lap Band Weight Loss Surgery Reduces Teens’ Risk Factors for Heart Disease, Diabetes
• Diabetes • • Heart • • Weight Loss • Jun 12 09
In teenagers, laparoscopic gastric banding surgery for treatment of extreme obesity can significantly improve and even reverse the metabolic syndrome, a new study…
Testosterone Replacement for Men with Low Testosterone Improves Liver Function, Metabolic Syndrome
• Diabetes • • Endocrinology • • Heart • Jun 12 09
In middle-aged and older men with low testosterone levels, long-term testosterone replacement therapy greatly improves their fatty liver disease and their risk factors…
Scientists find shared genetic link between the dental disease periodontitis and heart attack
• Dental Health • • Heart • May 25 09
Vienna, Austria: The relationship between the dental disease periodontitis and coronary heart disease (CHD) has been known for several years. Although a genetic link…
Hasseled teens may face high heart risk later
• Children's Health • • Heart • • Neurology • Mar 19 09
Teenagers who experience a lot of daily interpersonal stress have increased blood levels of a protein linked to chronic inflammation - which in turn…
Risks of Using Aspirin to Prevent Heart Attack Or Stroke Differ by Gender and Age
• Heart • • Stroke • Mar 17 09
Patients and clinicians should consider risk factors- including age, gender, diabetes, blood pressure, cholesterol levels, smoking and risk of gastrointestinal bleeding- before deciding…
Teenage stress has implications for adult health
• Children's Health • • Heart • • Neurology • Mar 10 09
Most of us remember our teenage years with a mix of fondness and relief. Fondness for the good memories, and relief that all that…
Diabetes & Elevated Cholesterol Linked to Faster Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer’s
• Diabetes • • Heart • • Neurology • Mar 10 09
A history of diabetes and elevated levels of cholesterol, especially LDL cholesterol, are associated with faster cognitive decline in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, according…
New Potential Therapeutic Target Discovered for Genetic Disorder – Barth Syndrome
• Genetics • • Heart • Mar 03 09
Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center may have discovered a new targeted intervention for Barth Syndrome (BTHS). BTHS, a sometimes fatal disease, is a…
Does Gene Show Link Between Migraine and Stroke or Heart Attacks?
• Heart • • Migraine • • Stroke • Feb 16 09
New research looks at whether a gene variant may affect the link between migraine and stroke or heart attacks. The study is published in…
Athletes Not Spared From Health Risks of Metabolic Syndrome
• Diabetes • • Heart • Jan 14 09
College-age football players who gain weight to add power to their blocks and tackles might also be setting themselves up for diabetes and heart…
New Clues to Mystery Childhood Illness: Kawasaki Disease
• Children's Health • • Heart • Jan 09 09
A study looking at the entire human genome has identified new genes that appear to be involved in making some children more susceptible to…
Diet appears to alter heart failure risk
• Dieting • • Heart • Dec 25 08
Each serving of whole-grains may lessen heart failure risk by 7 percent among middle-aged African-American and white men and women, according to findings from…
Women More Likely than Men to be Hospitalized for Chest Pain
• Gender: Female • • Heart • • Pain • Nov 24 08
Women are more likely than men to be hospitalized for chest pain for which doctors cannot find a cause, according to the latest News…
Cigarette Smoke Could Alter Shape of Heart
• Heart • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 14 08
Prolonged exposure to cigarette smoke can increase levels of the stress hormone norepinephrine and enzymes in the heart that have the potential to reshape…
People with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Type 2 Diabetes Share Same Risk for Cardiovascular Disease
• Arthritis • • Diabetes • • Heart • Oct 26 08
The risk of cardiovascular disease in people with rheumatoid arthritis is just as high as the risk in people with type 2 diabetes, according…
Low-birth-weight Children Should Have Their Blood Pressure Checked
• Children's Health • • Heart • Sep 04 08
Blood pressure in low-birth-weight children younger than 3 years of age not only can be measured but should be, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical…
Children’s calorie expenditure, heart rate increase during active video games
• Children's Health • • Heart • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Sep 01 08
Children burn more than four times as many calories per minute playing an active video game than playing a seated game, and their heart…