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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ginkgo biloba didn`t prevent cardiovascular death or major events such as heart attack and stroke in people age 75 and older, but the herb may affect peripheral vascular disease, according to research reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, a journal of the American Heart Association. http://www.physorg.com/news178448508.html Medicine & Health Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:02:17 EST news178448508 The routine prescription of extended-release niacin, a B vitamin (1,500 milligrams daily), in combination with traditional cholesterol-lowering therapy offers no extra benefit in correcting arterial narrowing and diminishing plaque buildup in seniors who already have coronary artery disease, a new vascular imaging study from Johns Hopkins experts shows. http://www.physorg.com/news177763973.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:20:07 EST news177763973 (PhysOrg.com) -- Chemical fingerprints produced by the body's normal metabolic processes predict who will suffer cardiovascular events and who will benefit from weight loss by reduction of insulin resistance, according two new studies by researchers at Duke University Medical Center. http://www.physorg.com/news177698765.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:50:01 EST news177698765 A woman who suffers sudden cardiac arrest is significantly less likely than a man to exhibit the decrease in the heart's pumping ability that is widely recognized as a precursor, says a new study in the Nov. 24 Journal of the American College of Cardiology. http://www.physorg.com/news177663733.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:20:01 EST news177663733 While mothers have known that feeding their kids milk builds strong bones, a new study by researchers at the Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City suggests that Vitamin D contributes to a strong and healthy heart as well - and that inadequate levels of the vitamin may significantly increase a person's risk of stroke, heart disease, and death, even among people who've never had heart disease. http://www.physorg.com/news177573443.html Medicine & Health Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:59:54 EST news177573443 (PhysOrg.com) -- Using an excimer laser to widen narrowed or obstructed blood vessels in hard-to-reach areas of heart and kidney arteries may be feasible and safe, according to a study by a team of researchers from the Virginia Commonwealth University Pauley Heart Center and the Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center. http://www.physorg.com/news177096003.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:30:01 EST news177096003 Although statins are widely used to prevent heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular disorders, new research shows that the class of drugs may actually have negative effects on some cardiac patients. A new study presented at CHEST 2009, the 75th annual international scientific assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), found that statins have beneficial effects on patients with systolic heart failure (SHF), but those with diastolic heart failure (DHF) experienced the opposite effect, including increased dyspnea, fatigue, and decreased exercise tolerance. http://www.physorg.com/news176478345.html Medicine & Health Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:10:01 EST news176478345 Participation in the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines quality improvement program significantly improves hospitals' adherence to evidence-based therapies and reduces gender- and age-related disparities in the care of coronary artery disease patients, according to research reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes, a journal of the American Heart Association. http://www.physorg.com/news175887112.html Medicine & Health Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:10:01 EST news175887112 Edmonton researchers recommend that people over age 40 be screened for peripheral artery disease (PAD), which puts people at high risk for serious medical complications including heart disease, stroke, and possible lower limb amputation. http://www.physorg.com/news175758233.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:45:02 EST news175758233 A screening test that measures whether a patient's heart is healthy enough for a kidney transplant is not as dangerous as once thought, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). The findings indicate that the test, called coronary angiography, does not cause a decline in kidney function for patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) and can help determine when to schedule a patient for transplantation. http://www.physorg.com/news174847522.html Medicine & Health Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:10:01 EST news174847522 A simple, non-invasive test appears to be an effective screening tool for identifying patients with silent heart disease who are at risk for a heart attack or sudden death. Coronary artery calcium scans can be done without triggering excessive additional testing and costs, according to the multi-center EISNER (Early Identification of Subclinical Atherosclerosis by Noninvasive Imaging Research) study, led by investigators at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute. The findings appear in today's issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. http://www.physorg.com/news173528452.html Medicine & Health Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:21:19 EST news173528452 A team of researchers led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) radiologists has developed a computed-tomography-based protocol that identifies both narrowing of coronary arteries and areas of myocardial ischemia - restricted blood flow to heart muscle tissue - giving a better indication of clinically significant coronary artery disease. Their report appears in the September 15 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. http://www.physorg.com/news172230356.html Medicine & Health Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:00:02 EST news172230356 Reducing sodium intake is a major public health priority that must be acted upon by governments and nongovernmental organizations to improve population health, states an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://www.physorg.com/news172151523.html Medicine & Health Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:10:01 EST news172151523 (AP) -- Score another victory for the cheap, cholesterol-lowering wonder drugs known as statins. People getting an artery unclogged or repaired were much less likely to die or have a heart attack afterward if they took preventive doses of the pills before and after their operations, a Dutch study showed. http://www.physorg.com/news171131262.html Medicine & Health Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:50:03 EST news171131262 Diabetes mellitus-associated coronary artery disease (CAD) is assuming epidemic proportions, especially in western countries. Both coronary revascularization and medical management have improved tremendously over the last decade and the respective role in the diabetic population is not well defined. This aspect was investigated in the BARI 2D study*. http://www.physorg.com/news170942254.html Medicine & Health Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:00:02 EST news170942254 At present almost every month there are papers reporting the discovery of new genetic variants that affect the risk of coronary artery disease and heart attacks. This is a truly exciting time for both researchers and clinicians interested in understanding the genetic basis of heart disease. The findings will undoubtedly lead to new biological insights into the mechanisms that cause heart attacks which in turn may result in the future new types of treatments. Will this new genetic information be useful in preventing heart attacks and if so how? http://www.physorg.com/news170937677.html Medicine & Health Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:41:47 EST news170937677 Measuring circulation in the ankle using a device similar to a blood pressure cuff can help identify asymptomatic peripheral artery disease (PAD) in stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) survivors, a group at much higher risk of subsequent cerebrovascular events, according to a study in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://www.physorg.com/news170609474.html Medicine & Health Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:50:03 EST news170609474 An innovative program that cut cardiac deaths by 73 percent by linking coronary artery disease patients and teams of pharmacists, nurses, primary care doctors, and cardiologists with an electronic health record also kept the patients healthy two years after they left the program by keeping them in touch with their care givers electronically, according to a randomized study by Kaiser Permanente published in The American Journal of Managed Care this month. http://www.physorg.com/news168858641.html Medicine & Health Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:50:01 EST news168858641 Heart disease patients with previous atherosclerosis (fat deposits in the walls of the arteries) are more likely to die in the hospital and less likely to be treated with recommended therapies, researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://www.physorg.com/news168540891.html Medicine & Health Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:40:01 EST news168540891 Major depression and coronary artery disease are only modestly related throughout an individual's lifetime, but studying how the two interact over time and in twin pairs paints a more complex picture of the associations between the conditions, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. For example, the association between coronary artery disease onset and major depression risk is much stronger over time than vice versa. http://www.physorg.com/news168537846.html Medicine & Health Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:10:01 EST news168537846 Brain scientists and cardiac surgeons at Johns Hopkins have evidence from 227 heart bypass surgery patients that long-term memory losses and cognitive problems they experience are due to the underlying coronary artery disease itself and not ill after-effects from having used a heart-lung machine. http://www.physorg.com/news168525263.html Medicine & Health Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:34:51 EST news168525263 University of Florida researchers were able to program bone marrow stem cells to repair damaged retinas in mice, suggesting a potential treatment for one of the most common causes of vision loss in older people. http://www.physorg.com/news168257942.html Medicine & Health Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:23:05 EST news168257942 Striking differences in the risk factors for developing heart failure (HF) and patient prognosis exist between men and women. Men and women may also respond differently to treatment, raising concerns about whether current practices provide the best care and reinforcing the urgency for sex-specific clinical trials for HF, according to a review article published in the August 4, 2009, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. http://www.physorg.com/news167934550.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:50:01 EST news167934550 Patients admitted to hospital with coronary artery disease are twice as likely to quit smoking after receiving intensive smoking cessation support compared to minimal support, found a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) http://www.cmaj.ca/press/pg1297.pdf. http://www.physorg.com/news164908203.html Medicine & Health Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:50:01 EST news164908203 An intervention that includes techniques to reduce the amount of radiation from cardiac computed tomography angiography (scanning used to diagnose coronary artery disease) was associated with decreasing patient exposure to radiation without significantly changing the quality of the images, according to a study in the June 10 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news163822515.html Medicine & Health Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:15:57 EST news163822515 Research indicates that physical and mental stress in childhood may have life-long adverse health effects and policy initiatives are needed to emphasize the importance of starting health promotion and disease prevention early in life, according to an article in the June 3 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on child and adolescent health. http://www.physorg.com/news163158065.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:42:00 EST news163158065 Scientists are reporting discovery of a potential new alternative to aspirin, ReoPro, and other anti-platelet agents used widely to prevent blood clots in coronary artery disease, heart attack and stroke. Their study, scheduled for the June 23 issue of ACS Nano, a monthly journal, involves particles of silver -- 1/50,000th the diameter of a human hair -- that are injected into the bloodstream. http://www.physorg.com/news162666750.html Nanotechnology Wed, 27 May 2009 18:12:56 EST news162666750 Mayo Clinic researchers have found that bipolar disorder is more costly than other chronic conditions such as diabetes, depression, asthma or coronary artery disease. These findings are based on a review of health care claim costs. Specialty care costs (the costs of seeing any specialist and all tests ordered) were especially higher for bipolar patients. Results of this review are being presented today at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in San Francisco. http://www.physorg.com/news162133626.html Medicine & Health Thu, 21 May 2009 14:07:34 EST news162133626 An analysis of previous studies indicates that among patients with peripheral artery disease, aspirin use is associated with a statistically nonsignificant decrease in the risk of a group of combined cardiovascular events (nonfatal heart attack, nonfatal stroke, and cardiovascular death), but is associated with a significant reduction in the risk of one of these events, nonfatal stroke, although the findings may be limited by the lack of a large study population, according to an article in the May 13 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news161365561.html Medicine & Health Tue, 12 May 2009 16:46:23 EST news161365561 Proteome analysis, a screening requiring only a patient's urine specimen, shows promise as a reliable and noninvasive way to diagnose atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease in the future, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Annual Conference 2009. http://www.physorg.com/news160274756.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:46:11 EST news160274756