News tagged with coronary heart
Mediterranean diet is healthy for your heart: study
Apr 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A major new study by researchers at McMaster University clarifies what foods and dietary patterns are best for reducing the risk of heart disease.
Lead in the blood increases women's mortality
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Lead concentrations in the blood are associated with an increased risk of death from coronary heart diseases (CHD). A study of 533 American women, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Environmental Health, has sh ...
The more oral bacteria, the higher the risk of heart attack
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Several studies have suggested there is a connection between organisms that cause gum disease, known scientifically as periodontal disease, and the development of heart disease, but few studies have tested this theory.
Team identifies a molecular switch linking infectious disease and depression
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Illinois report that IDO, an enzyme found throughout the body and long suspected of playing a role in depression, is in fact essential to the onset of depressive symptoms sparked ...
Quails get super fit by simply eating omega-3 diet
Mar 27, 2009 |
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When tiny semipalmated sandpipers embark on their annual odyssey from the Canadian Arctic to their winter residences in South America, they set out on one of the world's longest migrations. On the way, the tiny birds stop ...
Body clock regulates metabolism
Mar 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- UC Irvine researchers have discovered that circadian rhythms - our own body clock - regulate energy levels in cells. The findings have far-reaching implications, from providing greater insights ...
Anger and hostility harmful to the heart, especially among men
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Anger and hostility are significantly associated with both a higher risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) in healthy individuals and poorer outcomes in patients with existing heart disease, according to the first quantitative ...
Get personal to improve heart health
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Scare tactics may not be necessary when trying to get patients at risk of heart disease to change their diet or behaviour, a new study has found. Instead, doctors and nurses should be aware of the stage of life their patients ...
Statins pay off on a health-policy level, study finds
Feb 18, 2009 |
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Current guidelines for when to prescribe popular cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins would produce cost-effective results and would save thousands of lives every year if they were followed more closely by physicians ...
Assessing the real risk of heart disease in young people with low short-term risks
Jan 27, 2009 |
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Risk stratification has become central to strategies for the prevention of coronary heart disease, with the implication that priority is given to those at highest risk (ie, those with established heart disease). However, ...
Less severe first heart attacks linked to heart disease death reductions
Jan 19, 2009 |
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The severity of first heart attacks has dropped significantly in the United States — propelling a decline in coronary heart disease deaths, researchers reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Living in multigenerational households triples women's heart disease risk
Dec 11, 2008 |
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Living in a household with several generations of relatives triples a woman's risk of serious heart disease, suggests research published ahead of print in the journal Heart.
Aggressive lowering of cholesterol has positive impact in atherosclerosis
Dec 02, 2008 |
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There is a direct relationship between thickening of blood vessel walls – atherosclerosis – in the coronary arteries and the cholesterol levels in the blood. This was demonstrated for the first time in research ...
Low risk for heart attack? Could an ultrasound hold the answer?
Nov 11, 2008 |
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By adding the results of an imaging technique to the traditional risk factors for coronary heart disease, doctors at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston found they were able to improve prediction of heart attacks in people ...
Lowering cholesterol early in life could save lives
Aug 05, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With heart disease maintaining top billing as the leading cause of death in the United States, a team of University of California, San Diego School of Medicine physician-researchers is proposing ...
