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With
so many new developments in the field of cardiovascular
medicine happening every day, it is important
for you and your family to keep abreast of the
latest healthcare news.
Here,
you will find the latest healthcare news and information
as it relates to the many different types of heart
disease, prevention, treatments, and research.
For more information, always consult your physician.
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Mothers
Likely to Pass Heart Disease to Children
Mothers pass on much that is good to their
children, but a new study shows there
is one gift most would rather not receive
- heart disease.
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Multiple
Lifestyle Changes Help Lower Blood Pressure
Persons offered intensive counseling made
major lifestyle changes that helped them
bring their high blood pressure down to
healthy levels, says a report in the Annals
of Internal Medicine.
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the full story |
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Lifesaving
Advice for Stroke: Call 911
Dialing 911 for an ambulance is the best
way of ensuring rapid, potentially lifesaving
care in the event of a stroke, say two
studies reported at the American Stroke
Association annual meeting.
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the full story |
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Vessel
Blockage in Women Different from Men
Standard diagnostic testing can miss the
warning signs of heart disease in women,
according to a report in the Journal of
the American College of Cardiology.
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the full story |
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Sibling
Heart Problems Linked To Risk for All
Having a sibling with a history of cardiovascular
disease carries the same or greater risk
as having a parent with a history of the
disease, according to a report in the
Journal of the American Medical Association.
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the full story |
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Heart
Attack Symptoms Differ for Women and Men
Everyone knows a classic sign of a heart
attack - the searing pain in the chest,
usually lasting several minutes. Right?
Well, you would be half right because
that is not necessarily the symptom felt
by women, who make up 50 percent of America's
heart attack victims.
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the full story |
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New
DASH Diet Improves Heart Health
Federal health experts kick off the new
year with words of widsom about healthy
diet and reduction of long-term cardiovascular
health risk.
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the full story |
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Gene
Finding Lends Clues to Blood Pressure
Problems
A new genetic discovery may help explain
why some people develop high blood pressure
and others do not, and why some people's
blood pressure increases as they age,
according to a report in the American
Journal of Hypertension.
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the full story |
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Drug-Coated
Stents Help Diabetics with Heart Repair
Diabetic patients who received drug-eluting
stents had significantly less renarrowing
of their treated arteries and fewer serious
cardiac problems than those treated with
standard stents, which do not release
a drug, according to a report in the medical
journal Circulation.
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the full story |
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Anemia
Linked To Heart Failure Complications
Low hemoglobin levels are a predictor
of increased risk of death and complications
among heart failure patients, according
to a report in Circulation: Journal of
the American Heart Association.
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the full story |
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New
Hope for Those with High Blood Pressure
More than two-thirds of the 65 million
Americans with high blood pressure require
two or more anti-hypertensive medications
to manage their condition, experts report.
Many of these people also take medicines
for high cholesterol and diabetes.
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the full story |
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Blood
Test May Help Find Heart Disease
As cholesterol builds up on artery walls,
it forms plaques which cause the inner
lumen (opening) of the arteries to become
smaller, and blood pressure goes up. Now,
a new test may help predict dangerous
plaque ruptures in those clogged arteries
- ruptures that can lead to heart attack
or stroke.
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the full story |
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