2007

February

• Treat gum disease to improve heart health -

• Irregular Heartbeat Linked to Genetic Mutation -

• Caffeine may be good for some aging hearts -

• Pulse pressure identified as important risk factor for atrial fibrillation -

• Researchers find predictor of mortality in cardiac patients -

• Heartburn, Angina Or Heart Attack? If in Doubt, Check It Out! -

• Siesta associated with reduced risk of heart-related death -

January

• COX-2 drugs may raise risk of repeat heart attack -

• New Test Is Immediately Useful in Diagnosing Heart Failure -

• New international study to test exercise in heart failure patients -

• Telomeres may predict heart disease risk, study finds -

• Aboriginal People Can Take Heart -

2006

December

• Stopping aspirin abruptly risky for heart patients -

• Big bellies tied to greater heart disease risk -

• Blood Transfusions Raise Heart Patients’ Infection and Death Risk -

• High tech help to prevent further heart disease -

• Study Underway to Identify Genes Contributing to Heart Attack Risk -

• Why COX-2 inhibitors such as Vioxx can cause heart attacks and strokes -

November

• Poor memory and slow reactions linked to heart attacks -

• Use Folic Acid to Cut Heart Disease, Say Experts -

• Longer Anthracycline Therapy Reduces Heart Failure in Adult Cancer Patients -

• Women fare worse than men early after heart attack -

• Popular painkiller may pose heart danger -

• A chocolate or two a day, just what the doctor ordered! -

• Simple steps can speed heart attack care -

• Diabetes Drug May Reduce Cardiovascular Risks -

• Children being set up for heart disease later on in life -

• New stem cell trial for heart attack patients -

• Link identified between age, cardiovascular disease -

October

• Overuse of migraine drug increases cardiac risk -

• Doctors warned that commonly used painkillers linked to increased risk of heart attacks -

• Cutting Back on Salt Is a Necessity for Some, Not All -

• Statins Reduce Risk of Stroke in Heart Patients -

• Healthy Men Who Drink Moderately Have Reduced Risk of Heart Attack -

• Special bra designed for women who have heart surgery -

• Condition could predict life or death in heart patients -

• Underlying causes, frequencies, and outcomes of dilated cardiomyopathy -

• Psoriasis increases the risk of a heart attack -

• Diabetes may up risk of death after heart bypass -

• Heart screening for athletes reduces sudden deaths -

• Smoking weakens anti-clotting effect of aspirin -

• Stress imaging tests predict prognosis of heart disease in obese persons -

September

• Stomach acid drug may slow heart failure -

• A New Approach to Heart Bypass Surgery Provides Patients with ‘One-stop Shopping’ -

• Heart Center at Sinai Conducts Landmark Study on Aspirin Resistance -

• Controlling body weight in youth may be key in preventing high Creactive protein -

• High tumor necrosis factor-alpha in diabetes after MI linked to endothelial dysfunction -

• Liver histopathology in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease related to carotid atherosclerosis -

• Increased coronary risk for women with android obesity taking sex steroids is reviewed -

• Retinal arteriolar and venular caliber is associated with cardiovascular risk factors -

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