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So-called “healthy” fast-food alternatives to the classic burger, fries, and soft drink, appear to have similar effects on the cardiovascular system, new research suggests.

A single fast-food meal impairs…

The lipid measure apolipoprotein (apo) B: apo A-I ratio is not a better predictor of coronary heart disease risk than traditional lipid ratios that…

Far more of today’s heart attack patients receive emergency angioplasty treatment or clot-busting drugs to re-open their clogged heart arteries than even a decade ago, a new…

Heart attack patients as far as 150 miles away from a 24-hour emergency heart care center were able to receive treatment for blocked arteries within or faster…

Children who undergo surgery to correct congenital heart defects may experience mild learning difficulties when they enter elementary school, according to study findings published in the Journal of Pediatrics.

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Strengthening the link between air pollution and cardiovascular disease, new research suggests that people with high cholesterol are especially vulnerable to heart disease when they are exposed to diesel exhaust and…

Drinking more than one soft drink daily — whether it’s regular or diet — may be associated with an increase in the risk…

Heart failure is a varied clinical syndrome with a complex pathophysiology that is still being defined.  These features have led to demanding therapeutic regimens that have made optimal management of heart failure…

Scientists have moved a step closer to understanding how our genetic make-up can lead us to develop heart disease and to predicting who is most at risk.…

There are no large population-based studies on the incidence and prognosis of peripartum cardiomyopathy (PC). Between 1996 and 2005, there were 241,497 deliveries within the Southern California Kaiser healthcare…

Heart disease is the biggest killer of men and women in the West, accounting for more than 25 per cent of deaths. It remains the UK’s single biggest killer, with someone in this…

The number of Britons at risk of heart disease may be overstated by 1.5 million, suggesting many could be receiving drug treatment unnecessarily, researchers said on Friday.

A study published in…

A new score for predicting the risk of heart disease gives a more accurate measure of how many UK adults are at risk of developing the disease…

Treatment with a statin drug after a person is hospitalized with a heart attack can reduce long-term mortality and prevent further heart events, Japanese researchers report.

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We’ve all wondered how a seemingly healthy person can actually be at high risk for heart disease or a heart attack. Now researchers have uncovered a…

Mortality from coronary heart disease in the United States has decreased substantially in recent decades. We conducted a study to determine how much of this decrease could…

People who have a reduced lung capacity may have a greater risk of heart attack and stroke because they show evidence of inflammation, reveals a study published online…

The “obesity paradox” lives on: In a look-back at a group of adults with suspected or known coronary artery disease, underweight adults had an increased risk of death, whereas…

Can adopting a healthier lifestyle later in life help - or is it too late? In a study published in the July 2007 issue of The…

People who have a reduced lung capacity may have a greater risk of heart attack and stroke because they show evidence of inflammation, reveals a study published online…

People who have hospitalized with a heart attack or severe angina - known by the umbrella term “acute coronary syndrome” - appear to be less likely to have certain heart-related events subsequently…

Men with gout are significantly more likely to die of a heart attack than men without gout, researchers reported here at the meeting of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR).

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A large study has found that black Medicare patients are less likely than white patients to receive blood vessel opening procedures such as angioplasty following…

Epidemiologists at the University of Liverpool and the Heart of Mersey have found that approximately half the recent fall in coronary heart disease deaths in the…

Women with heart failure differ from their male counterparts in a number of ways, including etiology, pattern of cardiac remodeling, and prognosis.