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The tides are turning for fish oil, at least when it comes to usefulness of supplements in staving off heart attacks and stroke.

After a lot of initial…

Tight blood sugar control in the intensive care unit for pediatric cardiac surgery patients does not improve patients’ infection rate, mortality, length of…

Heart defects are the most common form of congenital malformations affecting newborns. Infants who were prenatally diagnosed with congenital heart disease (CHD) are more stable…

Blacks and Hispanics with chronic heart failure are less likely than whites to be treated with a specialized pacemaker that prolongs survival and eases symptoms, U.S. researchers said Tuesday.

And…

Mercury and omega-3 fatty acids - both found in fish - appear to have opposite links to heart health, scientists have found.

In an analysis of more than…

A study published in the most recent issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) presented encouraging news regarding physicians’ ability to determine blood flow and…

The risk of ischemic stroke one year after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) dropped by 21% over a ten year period, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2012. The…

Among patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease, use of a method that applies computational fluid dynamics to derive certain data from computed tomographic (CT)…

If you have a relative who died of heart disease before age 60, your own risk of early heart trouble is higher as well, a large study from Denmark confirms.

Family…

In a comparison of novel cardiovascular risk markers, coronary artery calcium, ankle-brachial index, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, and family history were independent predictors of coronary…

The number of newborns in Europe affected by heart defects appears to have fallen in recent years, but it’s not clear why, says a new study.

A team of…

More people hospitalized for cardiac arrest are surviving compared with a decade ago, according to a U.S. study, possibly because of changes in hospital treatment and the way bystanders…

Patients older than 74 were increasingly less likely to be prescribed a statin for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease, British researchers reported.

But their cross-sectional retrospective study…

More Americans hospitalized for cardiac arrest are surviving now compared with a decade ago, a new study finds.

Researchers are not sure of the reasons for the improvement. But they…

Half of all heart patients made at least one medication-related mistake after leaving the hospital, and guidance from a pharmacist didn’t seem to reduce those errors, in a new…

It may be worthwhile to find a noninvasive way to test for heart transplant rejection because the conventional biopsy method is associated with a higher risk of severe tricuspid…

European experts in cardiovascular medicine will today gather at a two day symposium to address the national agenda on cardiovascular disease prevention, held at Imperial College London and…

Nicotine replacement therapy appears to be safe for people discharged from the hospital after suffering a heart attack or chest pains, according to a small new study.

The results are…

While current American Heart Association heart failure prevention guidelines warn against habitual coffee consumption, some studies propose a protective benefit, and still others find no association at all. Amidst…

Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs appear to be associated with reduced risk of recurrent cardiovascular events in men and women, but do not appear to be…

Exposure to traffic noise - independent of air pollution levels - may increase the risk of having a myocardial infarction (MI), a Danish study showed.

For every 10-decibel increase in traffic…

Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that a single protein molecule may hold the key to turning cardiac stem cells into blood vessels or muscle tissue, a finding…

The 6-minute walk test may improve cardiovascular risk prediction in patients with stable coronary heart disease, researchers found.

Even after adjustment for traditional cardiovascular risk factors and measures of cardiac…

People with heart disease who live alone tend to die sooner than those sharing their home with others, a new study shows.

Although the reasons for the gap are still…

University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have collaborated with the School of Public Health and discovered an enzyme that, when found at high levels and…