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Evidence exists linking major depressive disorder (MDD) with clinical cardiovascular events. The importance of the sympathetic nervous system in the generation of cardiac risk in…

Making statin treatment available without a prescription could help the fight against heart disease, says Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, Director of Mount Sinai Heart and…

New research, including two studies presented this week at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes…

Understanding Heart Disease: Research Explains Link Between Cholesterol and Heart Disease
SLU Findings Could Lead to New Tools to Fight Number-One Killer

Cholesterol contributes to atherosclerosis - a condition that…

New findings by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers show that a byproduct of cholesterol metabolism interferes with the beneficial effects estrogen has on the cardiovascular system, providing a better…

Children could have their cholesterol levels tested at about 15 months of age to prevent heart disease later in life, say doctors in a study published on bmj.com…

When out-of-control nerve impulses cause the heart to beat irregularly, cardiologists often use heat during a minimally invasive outpatient procedure to destroy the defective signaling pathways…

Although it might take some effort to find out why some patients skip taking their medicine, a new study finds that heart patients who most frequently miss…

Preliminary findings indicate a heart failure medication used by adults, carvedilol, may not significantly improve heart failure outcomes for children…

Scientists have identified the process that causes blood vessels to constrict during and after a heart attack. They’ve also demonstrated that delivering a vital molecule that is depleted…

Conflicting reports about the potential benefits of dietary supplements can make a person’s head spin. That’s certainly been the case with vitamin E. Some human…

Young adults who lose their teeth to cavities or gum disease may have an increased risk of dying from heart disease later in life, a new study suggests.

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Low salt foods are just as safe or safer than high salt level products in spite of expectations that cutting salt levels in food would increase the…

In their hearts, it seems, men and women really are different.

The same invasive treatments for acute heart problems that can save lives in men may actually harm women,…

A new study confirms that whites are more likely than blacks to survive an “out-of-hospital” cardiac arrest - the sudden loss of heart function caused by a heart attack or…

Palpitations - the sensation that the heart has started to race or pound, or feels like it has skipped a beat—are usually caused by a harmless hiccup in the heart’s rhythm. Sometimes,…

University of Minnesota researchers have discovered that treating people who have early cardiovascular abnormalities, but show no symptoms of cardiovascular disease, can slow progression and even reverse damage to the heart…

Geron Corporation (Nasdaq: GERN) today reported its scientists and collaborators have demonstrated that human embryonic stem cell (hESC)-derived cardiomyocytes improve heart function when transplanted after myocardial infarction.

The reported failure of vitamin E to prevent heart attacks may be due to underdosing, according to a new study by investigators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

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The results of a new study may help explain why women’s hearts benefit more from physical exercise than men’s hearts do. Studies in exercising male and female mice found that…

Deer hunting could be a dangerous endeavor for men with heart disease or risk factors for it, research findings suggest.

In a study of 25 middle-aged male deer hunters,…

Patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery may have improved outcomes by first having a procedure that temporarily restricts the blood flow in their arm, a study hints. So called…

In clinical practice it is essential to bear stress-induced cardiomyopathy (SICMP) in mind as it is an insufficiently known cardiac pathology that mimics acute coronary syndromes (ACS), often with signs of cardiac failure.…

Bad air can trigger in young, healthy adults a string of adverse biological changes that are linked to cardiovascular disease, a Taiwan study has shown.

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Though exercise can be a key part of managing high blood pressure and heart disease, new animal research suggests there can be too much of a good thing.

In experiments…