Heart Disease news
Optimism about heart risks may be a good thing
Men who believe they are at low risk of a heart attack may in fact live longer…
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Rochester-Led Study Leads to Recommendation for Use of Heart Failure Treatment Nationwide
A new therapy that reduces the risk of mortality and heart failure in patients with mild cardiac disease…
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Public defibrillators boost cardiac arrest survival
Wider dissemination of portable defibrillators in Japan’s schools, workplaces and other public venues has increased the number of…
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Health Care Delivery Fixes Somewhat Helpful in Heart Disease
Research has shown that heart disease patients who make lifestyle improvements, take recommended medications and control risk factors…
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Long-term safety of drug-coated stents questioned
New research shows more patients who got drug-coated stents right after suffering a heart attack later died from…
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Women more likely to die after heart attack
When it comes to matters of the heart, women should be treated more like men.
Impotence plus heart disease ups death risk: study
Men with heart disease who also complain of erectile dysfunction die sooner than other male heart patients,…
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Imaging fat layer around heart can help predict disease
Imaging epicardial adipose tissue, or the layer of fat around the heart, can provide extra information compared with…
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A New Beat in Heart Research
Sudden Cardiac Arrest syndrome (SCA) is poorly understood, but it’s a real danger for the otherwise young and…
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New heart valve replacement technologies offer hope for high-risk patients
A significant number of people with heart disease will benefit from less invasive transcatheter heart valve replacements in…
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Big hearts may mean trouble in cross-country skiers
Like many other top athletes, Harald Sjoelshagen, a 66-year-old Norwegian, has an enlarged heart. When doctors noticed it…
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Does happiness make for a healthy heart?
People who are usually happy and enthusiastic are less likely to develop heart disease than those who tend…
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Heart Conditions Can Threaten Pediatric Patients
While heart disease is traditionally associated with adults, pediatric patients face a number of cardiac conditions that can…
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Gene tests fail to predict women’s heart risks
Gene tests that combined over 100 genetic mutations proved ineffective at predicting a woman’s risk of a heart…
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Heart Failure Worse When Right Ventricle Goes Bad
New research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) suggests that the ability of right side of…
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Heart patients worry about health costs
The monthly mortgage payment is the heaviest expense facing the average U.S. family but for heart patient Frank…
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C-reactive Protein: Not a Routine Test for Heart Disease
For women concerned about heart disease, routine testing of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) is controversial, says Thomas…
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Study examines course and treatment of unexplained chest pain
Fewer than half of individuals who have “non-specific” chest pain (not explained by a well-known condition) experience relief…
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Women with gout at greater risk of heart attack than men
Women with gout are at greater risk of a heart attack than men with the disease, indicates research…
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Heart risk lower in Spanish men who drink
Drinking alcohol seems to protect the hearts of Spanish men, but not Spanish women, findings from a…
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