You are here : health.am > Heart Disease Health Center > Heart Attack Heart Attack New drug could reduce heart attack damage • Heart Attack • Apr 26 06 A new drug that blocks a protein could reduce the damage and scarring caused by heart attacks, British scientists said on Wednesday. The drug interferes with C-reactive protein (CRP), which… Hormone Therapy May Prevent Heart Attacks for Women in Their 50s • Heart Attack • Apr 20 06 For the last few years, women have heard conflicting reports about the risks and benefits of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). A new study that analyzes many… Low-income patients with treatable cardiac risk factors may benefit from telemedicine • Heart Attack • Mar 21 06 Low-income patients with treatable cardiac risk factors may benefit from regular visits with an Internet based telemedicine doctor, according to interim results of a $4 million… Aspirin still the best for reducing the heart attack risk • Heart Attack • Mar 13 06 New research has revealed that the addition of the blood-thinning drug Plavix to a daily dose of aspirin does not lower the risk of death, heart attack… Filter more effective than diuretics for heart failure • Heart Attack • Mar 13 06 Researchers in the U.S. say that filtering the blood works better than diuretic drugs to remove excess fluid in patients admitted to hospital for heart failure. As many as… Study may lead to ways to reduce heart attacks in diabetes patients • Heart Attack • Mar 07 06 For people with type 2 diabetes, the death rate from a first heart attack is two to three times the death rate of patients without… Genes determine coffee-related heart attack risk • Heart Attack • Mar 07 06 A genetic mutation that slows the rate that the body metabolizes caffeine increases individuals’ risk of having a heart attack if they drink much coffee, investigators report in the Journal of… Should Heart Attack Care be More Like Trauma Care? • Heart Attack • Mar 06 06 In a heart attack, every minute counts. But should patients spend a few more of those minutes getting to a hospital that can provide the most advanced treatment,… Bone marrow stem cells do not improve cardiac function in heart attack patients • Heart Attack • Mar 01 06 Therapy that involved bone marrow stem cells did not improve cardiac function in patients following a heart attack, according to a study in the… Statins lessen heart attack risk • Heart Attack • Feb 24 06 For patients with undiagnosed heart disease, taking medications known as statins and beta-blockers may mean the difference between suffering a heart attack as a first symptom versus experiencing mild chest pain. New… Statins and beta blockers may reduce heart attack risk • Heart Attack • Feb 21 06 For patients with undiagnosed heart disease, taking a statin or beta blocker could mean the difference between experiencing mild chest pain, or having a full-blown heart attack as… Heart Attack, Osteoporosis Linked in Men Over 50 • Heart Attack • Feb 21 06 Men who have survived a heart attack are at increased risk of bone loss and osteoporosis in later life, says Tulane University researcher Jeanette H. Magnus. “We have long… Levitra and Viagra offer cardiac protection • Heart Attack • Feb 15 06 The widely used erectile dysfunction drug Levitra is now the second drug in its class found to protect the heart against tissue damage following acute heart attack, according to a new… Almost half of heart attacks are not recognised • Heart Attack • Feb 14 06 According to Dutch researchers almost fifty percent of heart attacks are not recognised as such. The authors, from the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Erasmus Medical Centre in… First description of female-specific Ischemia Syndrome • Heart Attack • Feb 06 06 Although ischemic heart disease - the reduction of blood flow that can lead to heart attacks - is often considered a “man’s disease,” it takes the lives of more women than… Chest pain drug may fail in many Asians • Heart Attack • Jan 26 06 New research indicates that up to 50 percent of Asians carry a genetic variant or “polymorphism” that makes nitroglycerin less effective, or even ineffective, for the treatment of angina.… How Women Can Avoid Broken Hearts, Not Just at Valentine’s Day • Heart Attack • Jan 25 06 Women are typically afflicted by “broken hearts” in February on Valentine’s Day, so maybe it’s appropriate that it’s also American Heart Month. But according to a… Aspirin Reduces the Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Men, Women • Heart Attack • Jan 18 06 An analysis of previous studies indicates that use of aspirin significantly reduces the risk of cardiovascular events in women and in men, due to reducing the risk… Heart Attack Patients Do Best at Hospitals That Specialize • Heart Attack • Jan 17 06 Across America, hospitals large and small have been racing to offer angioplasty and other minimally invasive treatments to open blocked heart arteries. But not all of them have… Type 2 diabetics should have cardiac stress test • Heart Attack • Jan 11 06 Contrary to current guidelines, “aggressive” efforts to detect coronary artery disease are worthwhile in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes, even those with only one or no cardiovascular risk… Amino acid supplement no help after heart attack • Heart Attack • Jan 04 06 The amino acid L-arginine provides no benefit to people who have suffered a heart attack, and may even increase the mortality rate in patients over the age of 60,… Surgery best when drugs fail to fix heart • Heart Attack • Dec 30 05 When clot-busting drugs fail to stop a heart attack, surgery to reopen a clogged artery is the most effective way to treat a patient, cutting the risk of death… Distress, fear often beset heart attack patients • Heart Attack • Dec 29 05 A substantial number of patients in the initial stages of a heart attack or severe chest pain crisis - events lumped together as “acute coronary syndrome” or ACS - experience… Misdosing anti-clotting drugs leads to heart attack symptoms • Heart Attack • Dec 28 05 Because of inaccuracies in prescribing, 42 percent of patients rushed to emergency rooms with symptoms of a heart attack received doses of powerful drugs intended stop clotting in coronary… Heart Attack Survivors Have Conflicts About Recurrence • Heart Attack • Dec 08 05 Nearly two-thirds of heart attack patients said they feared a second heart attack, more so than dying, but more than a third spurned some basic lifestyle preventive measures, according to… Page 1 of 4 pages 1 2 3 > Last » << Back to main
