Heart Disease news
Ozone Key to Link Between Heat and Increased Cardiovascular Death Risk
Ozone may prove the key to the link between high temperature and the increased risk of death from…
Progress in Coronary Disease Death Rates Grinds to Near Halt in Young Adults
Before you plop in front of the television for a day of football, pizza and beer, you might…
Heart Attacks in Non-smokers Decreased with Smoking Ban
People with no risk factors for heart disease can still experience heart attacks. An Indiana University study found…
Protect Your Heart! Prevent High Blood Pressure
Anyone can develop high blood pressure, also called hypertension. African Americans are at higher risk for this serious…
Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in Women May Save Lives
In 9 out of 10 cases, a burst abdominal aortic artery is quickly fatal for its most common…
Pollution from Marine Vessels Linked to Heart and Lung Disease
Pollution from marine shipping causes approximately 60,000 premature cardiopulmonary and lung cancer deaths around the world each year,…
Medication does not appear to improve symptoms or outcomes for patients with acute heart failure
The medication tezosentan, which was thought could be beneficial for the treatment of acute heart failure, did not…
Mayo Clinic identifies new risk factor for heart attack patients
If you go to the hospital within one to two hours of the onset of symptoms of a…
Aging Heart Changes Shape, Shrinks and Loses Pumping Function Too
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have evidence to explain why the supposedly natural act of aging is by itself…
No Increase In Cardiovascular Risk For Living Kidney Donors
Living kidney donors show no increase in their risk of heart attacks or other cardiovascular events in the…
Fountain of Youth for Your Heart?
An age-related decline in heart function is a risk factor for heart disease in the elderly. While many…
An Aspirin a Day to Help Keep Heart Disease Away
Aspirin, long known to relieve fevers, aches and pain, has served an increasingly bigger role in health care…
Heart Attacks/Pneumonia Falls Short of National Goals
Emergency departments across the nation are failing to meet national goals in treating many heart attack and pneumonia…
A new key to detecting deadly aortic aneurysms
Yale scientists have discovered a way to use a simple blood test that may accurately detect thoracic aneurysm…
Healthy Diet, Lifestyle Behaviors Associated With Decreased Risk of Heart Attack in Women
Women who eat a healthy diet, drink moderate amounts of alcohol, are physically active, maintain a healthy weight…
Aspirin - just for men?
First it was an apple, now it is an aspirin a day that may keep the doctor away.…
Cardiac Stents May Have Tingling Effect on Some Patients
Coronary stents are commonly used to open blocked arteries of patients with coronary artery disease. Increasingly, stents that…
Diet Counseling Leads to Modest Improvement in Heart Risks
Diet is an important part of coronary heart disease prevention, and a new review of studies finds that…
Surgery More Likely than Angioplasty to Relieve Pain for Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
Patients with mid-range coronary artery disease are more likely to get relief from painful angina and less likely…
Slowing Down the Development of Heart Disease
Scientists report in the November 2007 issue of the Journal of Lipid Research that a protein called transthyretin…
