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A statin may be helpful after angioplasty
• Heart • Mar 17 05
Among a group of heart failure patients who underwent angioplasty after suffering a Heart attack , those who took the drug simvastatin fared…
Vitamin E linked to increased risk of heart failure
• Heart • Mar 16 05
The results of a seven-year study examining the potential benefit of vitamin E in preventing cancer and cardiovascular events in older patients…
Pacemakers not usually affected by power lines
• Heart • Mar 16 05
New research indicates that it is rare for magnetic fields associated with power lines to interfere with cardiac pacemakers. However, there is some evidence…
Disparities in heart health persist in the US
• Heart • Mar 16 05
The American Heart Association’s goal of reducing Heart Disease and Stroke by 25 percent by the year 2010 is broadly challenged by…
Heart patients may fare as well with drugs: study
• Heart • Mar 16 05
Treating first-time Heart attack patients with aspirin and other drugs is less costly and can be just as beneficial as performing invasive…
Mountain living good for heart and health, study shows
• Heart • Mar 15 05
If you want to live longer and lower the risk of Heart disease, a move to the mountains may help.
Research by scientists…
Heavy drinking tied to hardening of heart arteries
• Heart • Mar 11 05
In contrast to the beneficial effects of moderate alcohol intake on the heart, higher levels of alcohol consumption are linked to calcification of…
Blacks get less aggressive heart attack treatment
• Heart • Mar 11 05
The gap is narrowing, but African Americans who suffer a Heart attackare still getting less aggressive treatment compared with whites, according to a…
Gene therapy still benefits heart after 2 years
• Heart • Mar 08 05
People with severe angina given gene therapy to improve the blood supply to the heart continue to benefit 2 years after the treatment was…
Study: Vytorin tops Lipitor in high-risk patients
• Heart • Mar 08 05
A combination medicine by Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Corp. was more effective in helping high-risk patients achieve stringent, new lower cholesterol goals than…
Aspirin therapy affects men, women differently
• Heart • Mar 07 05
Taking a baby aspirin may prevent heart attacks in men, but it does little to ward off a first Heart Attack in…
Common Sleep Problem Can Lead to Serious Health Risk
• Heart • Mar 01 05
Twenty percent of Americans have trouble sleeping. Millions of them have a common condition called obstructive sleep apnea, a respiratory disorder marked by upper…
Strong mind-body connection in heart disease
• Heart • Feb 28 05
There is a growing base of evidence supporting the mind-body connection in heart disease, the authors of a report released today note.
Depression, Medtronic Inc. on Friday said it was voluntarily recalling around 1,900 automated external heart defibrillators used by paramedics and firemen. The defibrillators being recalled…
Chronic exposure to noise at work has been shown to increase the risk of high blood pressure, and new research suggests people working noisy…
The risk of having a heart attack for HIV-positive people increases the longer they’re on anti-HIV drug therapy, according to the latest results of…
Only about half the women with cardiovascular disease are taking an aspirin a day, according to a new study. Low-dose aspirin therapy is widely…
Previous reports have found that although women are less likely to experience a heart attack than men, they are more likely to die…
The circumference of your waist correlates more closely with several known risk factors for heart disease than does your body mass index (BMI) -…
The warning signs of heart attack might seem obvious, but the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute says many people take a “wait-and-see” attitude…
Waist circumference (WC) correlates more strongly with several known cardiovascular risk factors than does body mass index (BMI), according to a report in…
Previous reports have found that mortality after myocardial infarction (MI) is greater for women than for men. Now, Scottish researchers suggest that this may…
Only about half of women with cardiovascular disease are taking aspirin, investigators report, and rates of use are particularly low among black women and…
Getting fired or laid off from work may not only be bad for your wallet, but also be bad for your health. A study…
It’s official. A glass of wine a day keeps heart risk at bay - at least for women. Researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute in…
Medtronic voluntarily recalls defibrillators
• Heart • Feb 28 05
Noisy jobs may increase risk of heart attack
• Heart • Feb 28 05
Heart attack risk with HIV drugs a concern
• Heart • Feb 24 05
Low Number of Women Take Aspirin for Heart Attack Prevention
• Heart • Feb 22 05
Heart attack care may be worse for women
• Heart • Feb 21 05
Waist circumference predicts heart disease risk
• Heart • Feb 21 05
Heart Attack Warning Signs
• Heart • Feb 21 05
Waist Circumference Better Than BMI at Predicting Cardiac Risk
• Heart • Feb 21 05
Lower MI Survival in Women May Be Due to Poorer Management
• Heart • Feb 21 05
Women with heart disease not taking aspirin
• Heart • Feb 18 05
Women laid off job may run risk of heart disease
• Heart • Feb 17 05
Wine puts women’s hearts on song - study
• Heart • Feb 15 05