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Ginkgo biloba doesn’t prevent cardiovascular events but may have potential peripheral artery disease benefits

Medicine & Health / Research

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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 ...


Dentists can help to identify patients at risk of a heart attack

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dentists can help to identify patients who are in danger of dying of a heart attack or stroke, reveals a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy. Thanks to the study, six men who thought they were completely healthy were able ...


High salt intake directly linked to stroke and cardiovascular disease

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created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

High salt intake is associated with significantly greater risk of both stroke and cardiovascular disease, concludes a study published in the BMJ today.


Tobacco smoke exposure before heart transplantation may increase the risk of transplant failure

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created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A study conducted at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore provides the first direct evidence that cigarette smoke exposure prior to a heart transplant in either the donor, recipient, or both, accelerates ...


Plasma levels of GGT and ALB and their genetic correlations with cardiovascular risk factors

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two indicators of liver function, Gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) and albumin (ALB) have been implicated in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. It is known that the variation in the plasma level of these liver related proteins ...


Bottling up work woes increases heart risk: study

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created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Men who bottle up frustrations about unfair treatment at work are twice as likely to have a heart attack, a study published in Britain on Tuesday suggests.


Adverse heart effects of rofecoxib may have been identified years earlier

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Clinical trial data indicated an association between the anti-inflammatory medication rofecoxib and cardiovascular risk as early as December 2000, before the product was taken off the market in September 2004, according to ...


Genetic analysis helps dissect molecular basis of cardiovascular disease

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created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Using highly precise measurements of plasma lipoprotein concentrations determined by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), researchers led by Daniel Chasman at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School ...


IBM scientists create rapid disease diagnostic chip (w/ Video)

IBM scientists create rapid disease diagnostic chip (w/ Video)

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 0

IBM scientists have created a one-step point-of-care-diagnostic test, based on an innovative silicon chip, that requires less sample volume, is significantly faster, portable, easy to use, and can test for ...


Increased obesity hindering success at reducing heart disease risk

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The dramatic increase in overweight and obesity in adult Americans over the past 20 years has undermined public health success at reducing risk for heart disease, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's ...


Researchers find inflammation critical in aortic dissection

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The aorta, the body's largest artery, stretches from the chest to below the kidneys, expanding and contracting with the pressure of blood driven directly into it by the heart. Although its walls are extraordinarily strong, ...


New study links vitamin D deficiency to cardiovascular disease and death

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 3

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 ...


Surgeon 'gluing' the breastbone together after open-heart surgery

Surgeon 'gluing' the breastbone together after open-heart surgery

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 0

An innovative method is being used to repair the breastbone after it is intentionally broken to provide access to the heart during open-heart surgery. The technique uses a state-of-the-art adhesive that rapidly ...


Snoring sounds may hold the key to a good night's sleep

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created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hours of analysing snoring sounds have paid off for a group of researchers from The University of Queensland and Brisbane's Princess Alexandra Hospital.


Researchers using excimer laser angioplasty to blast arterial blockages in heart and kidneys

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created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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 ...