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Personality affects effectiveness of stents
• Heart • Sep 08 04
Stents that keep clogged coronary arteries open may be wonder of modern medicine, but how well they work seems to depend at least in…
Report questions alcohol’s heart-healthy effects
• Heart • Sep 08 04
The idea that light to moderate alcohol drinking protects against heart disease has become entrenched, but findings from a new study challenge this.
Analyzing…
Heart remodels itself after coronary treatment
• Heart • Sep 06 04
When coronary arteries become clogged, the main left chamber of the heart enlarges and the muscular walls become thicker in an effort to compensate…
Little racial difference seen in atherosclerosis rates
• Heart • Aug 31 04
African Americans and Caucasians in the general U.S. population have a similar prevalence of coronary atherosclerosis, according to new study findings. Most previous studies…
Deconditioning may help athletes with heart condition
• Heart • Aug 31 04
A brief period of deconditioning in athletes with heartbeat irregularities, or “arrhythmias,” may help trainers and doctors identify athletes who should stop training and…
Cold weather snaps are bad for your heart
• Heart • Aug 30 04
Cold weather snaps can trigger heart attacks, particularly in people suffering from high blood pressure, researchers said on Monday.
The increased rate of…
Quick statin dose marginally helps heart patients
• Heart • Aug 30 04
Putting patients with heart trouble on a high dosage of statin drugs quickly to lower their blood cholesterol levels offers only a marginal benefit…
Most heart attacks easily predictable
• Heart • Aug 30 04
Virtually the entire risk of heart attack can be predicted and the impact of factors causing attacks is the same whether you live in…
Antibiotics no use in preventing heart attacks
• Heart • Aug 30 04
Antibiotics are not effective in preventing heart attacks, despite growing evidence that inflammation plays a key role in cardiovascular disease, researchers said on Monday.…
Heart attack on right side? Just say NO
• Heart • Aug 29 04
Inhaling nitric oxide, or NO for short, appears to improve blood flow to the lungs in patients who’ve suffered a right-sided heart attack, new…
High blood pressure outside clinic increases risk
• Heart • Aug 18 04
Physicians should be on the lookout for signs of increased risk for high blood pressure (hypertension) in patients referred for moderate hypertension, but who…
Stress test may miss early heart disease
• Heart • Aug 18 04
Stress tests to detect blocked arteries in patients may miss more than half the cases of early heart disease, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.…
Training volunteers to use defibrillators pays off
• Heart • Aug 11 04
Non-medical people can be taught to safely and effectively use automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to treat cardiac arrests that occur outside the hospital.
According…
Diet, exercise offset heart risk at menopause
• Heart • Aug 10 04
A woman’s risk of developing heart disease rises considerably when she reaches menopause, but a healthy lifestyle can do much to reduce the risk,…
Blood vessel changes predict high blood pressure
• Heart • Aug 09 04
Structural changes in small blood vessels may precede the development of severe high blood pressure, findings from the Blue Mountains Eye Study in Australia…
Antioxidants don’t protect heart of male smokers
• Heart • Aug 06 04
Neither vitamin E nor beta-carotene supplements protect male smokers against heart disease. The antioxidants may actually be harmful, cardiologists report in the European Heart…
Exercise safe for people with defibrillators
• Heart • Aug 05 04
With supervision, patients prone to heartbeat irregularities who have an implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) can exercise safely, and derive benefits, according to European investigators.
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Heart attack patients without support fare poorly
• Heart • Aug 04 04
The support of family, friends and others may be key in how well a person recovers after a heart attack, according to a new…
Heart patients often stop their medication
• Heart • Aug 03 04
You’ve survived a heart attack and made it out of the hospital. Wouldn’t you stick to the medication you’ve been prescribed? A surprising number…
Get antioxidants from food, not pills
• Heart • Aug 02 04
Despite some reports that antioxidant vitamins have cardiovascular benefits, a panel of experts at the American Heart Association (AHA) has concluded that there is…
Vitamin E doesn’t prevent heart attack or stroke
• Heart • Jul 26 04
Findings from a new study suggest that vitamin E is not useful in preventing heart attack or stroke.
The authors warn that the…
One drug safer than two after stroke
• Heart • Jul 23 04
Following a stroke, treatment with the anti-clotting drug Plavix (clopidogrel) can help prevent future strokes and heart attack. Now, new research shows that Plavix…
Baby born with heart outside body
• Heart • Jul 22 04
Charli Southern has defied the odds by surviving despite being born with her heart outside her chest, it is reported.
She was born seven…
People with heart failure are living longer
• Heart • Jul 21 04
Over the last two decades, the occurrence of heart failure has remained stable but survival has improved considerably - although not uniformly across different…
Nurse visits may aid blood pressure control
• Heart • Jul 20 04
Frequent visits to a nurse may help people gain better control over their high blood pressure, study findings suggest.
Researchers in Brazil found that…