News tagged with death heart

MS drug prevented fatal heart condition in lab study

A drug used to treat multiple sclerosis may also be effective at preventing and reversing the leading cause of heart attack, a new study has found.

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Deaths from heart attacks halved in last decade

The death rate from heart attack in England has halved in the last decade, claims a research paper published today in the British Medical Journal.

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created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Cardiologists suggest patient-centered approach to replacing implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

More than 100,000 implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are implanted in the United States annually, fully a quarter of those are generator replacements simply because the battery is depleted. But are all those replacements ...

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created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Food fried in olive or sunflower oil is not linked to heart disease

Eating food fried in olive or sunflower oil is not linked to heart disease or premature death, finds a paper published in the British Medical Journal today.

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created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Novartis drug investigated after 11 deaths

A multiple sclerosis drug made by industry giant Novartis is under investigation after at least 11 patients taking the medicine died.

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created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Death rate measure used to judge hospital quality may be misleading

Hospitals, health insurers and patients often rely on patient death rates in hospitals to compare hospital quality. Now a new study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine questions the accuracy of that widely used approach ...

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created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Salt policy makers eat too much salt at work

Salt policy makers in the Netherlands are consuming more than the average daily recommended salt intake of 6 grams in one hot meal at their work canteens, finds a study in the Christmas issue published in the British Medical Jo ...

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created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain and heart link may explain sudden death in Rett

Poets might scoff at the notion that heart and brain are closely related, but scientists led by those at Baylor College of Medicine (www.bcm.edu) say a genetic defect that affects the brain can stop a heart.

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created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

No increased risk of serious cardiovascular events among adults who use ADHD medications: study

Although there have been cardiovascular safety concerns about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications because of their ability to increase heart rate and blood pressure levels, an analysis that included ...

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created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Adult sleep shortages debunked by study

(Medical Xpress) -- University of Sydney researchers have debunked the widespread belief that technological devices such as computers and mobile phones are increasingly eating into our sleep.

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created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Blood pressure medicines reduce stroke risk in people with prehypertension

People with prehypertension had a lower risk of stroke when they took blood pressure-lowering medicines, according to research reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

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created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Physical fitness trumps body weight in reducing death risks

even if your body weight has not changed or increased -- you can reduce your risk of death, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

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created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New study calls sodium intake guidelines into question

For years doctors have warned that too much salt is bad for your heart. Now a new McMaster University study suggests that both high and low levels of salt intake may put people with heart disease or diabetes at increased ...

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created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Mitochondria restructuring protein provides new therapeutic target for heart disease

Mitochondria are often called cellular "powerhouses" because they convert nutrients into energy. But these tiny structures also help determine cellular lifespan. Scientists at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research ...

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created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Psoriasis is associated with impaired HDL function

Collaborative research from Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has shown that psoriasis patients have an increased risk of heart attack, stroke and cardiovascular death, especially if the psoriasis ...

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created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0