Posted 10:51 PM 5/16/2012
May 16, 2012 -- It is widely believed that raising "good" cholesterol levels lowers heart attack risk, but surprising new research finds evidence that this may not be the case.
Genetic studies failed to show a (More)
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Posted 3:59 PM 5/11/2012
May 11, 2012 -- People with diabetes who undergo bypass surgery to open clogged heart arteries may live longer than their counterparts who chose angioplasty, a new study shows.
During angioplasty, a balloon-tipped catheter is inserted into a blocked heart artery to widen it and (More)
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Posted 9:06 PM 4/24/2012
April 24, 2012 -- Coping with mental stress may be harder on a woman's heart than a man's, according to new research.
Men and women given the same stressful math problem all had an increase in (More)
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Posted 8:26 PM 4/18/2012
April 18, 2012 -- Contrary to what had been "accepted" thinking by many, there is no conclusive evidence that gum disease causes heart attacks and strokes, or that treating gum disease will improve heart disease, according to a new scientific statement by the (More)
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Posted 4:50 PM 4/18/2012
April 18, 2012 -- Having a "glass half-full" outlook just might help protect people at risk for heart attack and stroke.
In a newly published review from the Harvard School of Public Health, characteristics such as optimism and happiness were linked to a lower (More)
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Posted 8:05 PM 4/17/2012
April 17, 2012 -- Treatment with testosterone may help heart failure patients feel better and exercise more, preliminary research shows.
The finding comes from four small studies of people with (More)
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Posted 8:02 PM 4/16/2012
April 16, 2012 -- A stent that helps keep clogged heartarteries open, then resorbs, appears safe, according to a new study.
The study was small, with 50 (More)
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Posted 11:22 PM 3/27/2012
March 27, 2012 -- After a heart attack, men who continue to drink one or two alcoholic beverages a day may live longer than heavy drinkers or non-drinkers.
Those findings appear in the European Heart Journal.
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Posted 4:28 PM 3/27/2012
March 27, 2012 (Chicago) -- Sleeping less than six hours a night may make you more likely to have a heart attack, stroke, or heart failure.
A new study puts numbers on that risk. The study, based on more than 3,000 people older than 45, shows that people who sleep less than six hours per night are about twice as likely to have a stroke or heart attack (More)
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Posted 6:03 PM 3/21/2012
March 21, 2012 -- A new blood test could one day give doctors a critical head start on heart attacks, a small new study suggests.
The test looks for cells that normally line the insides of blood vessels. When those cells, called endothelial cells, start to build up in the blood, researchers say they may be an early indicator of (More)
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