Monday, February 28, 2011
Many stick with fast food after heart attack
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Dirty air triggers more heart attacks than cocaine
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Sunday, February 27, 2011
Marathon runners suffer temporary heart damage
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Lipitor pills recalled due to moldy smell
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Saturday, February 26, 2011
Chocolate eaters may have healthier hearts: study
The authors found that women older than 70 who ate chocolate at least once per week were 35 percent less likely to be hospitalized or die from heart disease over the course of the study, and nearly 60 percent less likely to be hospitalized or die from heart failure.
What's nice, study author Dr. Joshua Lewis told Reuters Health, is that women did not have to eat a ton of chocolate to see benefits.
"We would therefore caution against people eating foods with high sugar and fat regularly and believe our findings support moderate rather than frequent chocolate consumption," said Lewis, based at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Australia.
But it is probably too early to begin recommending people eat more chocolate, cautioned Dr. Brian Buijsse at the German Institute of Human Nutrition, who did not participate in the study. And even if additional large studies confirmed its benefits, doctors still may not want to prescribe chocolate, he added.
"The danger is that many people will start eating more of it than is necessary, without cutting back in calories from other snacks, which will result in weight gain and will counteract any beneficial effects of chocolate," Buijsse said.
This is not the first study to tout chocolate's potential benefits: in 2008, Italian researchers found that eating dark chocolate regularly may help lower levels of inflammation, which is strongly associated with heart and blood vessel disease.
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Heart attack sufferers delay seeking treatment
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Friday, February 25, 2011
Pfizer heart-failure drug helps milder patients
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Family ties play big role in atrial fibrillation
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
Women with high job stress face heart risks
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UPDATE 1-Less salt for teens means healthier adults
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Bristol-Myers recalls blood pressure drug
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Gene test may improve heart disease detection
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Hands-only CPR saves more lives in cardiac arrests
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Super fan delays heart surgery to watch big game
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191,000 Lipitor bottles recalled for musty odor
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Is living under a flight path bad for the heart?
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Stents more likely to cause stroke than surgery
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CPR switch: Chest presses first, then give breaths
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Dental work can give you a heart attack
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Black patients less likely to survive heart disease
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Obese kids' stiff vessels may lead to heart problems
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Stroke Risk May Be Higher in HIV Patients
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Strawberries, Blueberries May Ward Off High Blood Pressure
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Created: 1/22/2011 11:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 1/24/2011
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Monday, February 21, 2011
Bereaved suffer temporary heart rate changes
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Bypass patients can benefit from a few drinks
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Sunday, February 20, 2011
Drug-coated stents safe for large heart arteries
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Saturday, February 19, 2011
Why dark chocolate boosts heart health
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Donated U.S. heart devices reused in India
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Friday, February 18, 2011
Zapping nerves helps control high blood pressure
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Next big thing? Big cholesterol drop with new drug
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
Warm, beating hearts offer transplant hope
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Proposed drug development center could help find cures
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New blood test helps spot heart disease
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Less educated have more risk of heart failure
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'Stroke belt' mystery: Fried fish may be cause
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Monday, February 14, 2011
1 in 5 defibrillator implants questionable
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Sunday, February 13, 2011
2 in 3 CPR lessons on YouTube are wrong
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Studded tires may harm your lungs, heart
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Saturday, February 12, 2011
Exercise doesn't help serious couch potatoes
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Not all 'good' cholesterol is good, study shows
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Friday, February 11, 2011
FDA warns of liver damage with heart drug
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
Antibiotics, blood pressure drugs can be risky mix
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Blueberries lower chance of high blood pressure
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011
People with HIV have high stroke risk: study
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Analysis cautions against wider use of statins
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Heavy drinking may raise abnormal heart rhythm risk
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Monday, February 7, 2011
FDA wants stricter testing for defibrillators
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Fewer die after treatment at stroke centers: study
While the finding has important implications, it doesn't change the most important message about stroke, which is to get help as soon as possible, said study author Dr. Ying Xian of the Duke Clinical Research Institute in Durham, North Carolina, and formerly of the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York, where he did the research.
"The most important thing for the patient is when you have a stroke attack, or you see people stroke attack, call 911 immediately," he told Reuters Health. "Ideally, the EMS will transport people to the appropriate hospital."
Most strokes occur when a blocked blood vessel causes some of the blood flow going to the brain to be cut off, damaging brain tissue that depends on that blood to survive.
Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the U.S., only topped by heart disease and cancer. Each year, nearly 800,000 people in the U.S. have a stroke and more than 130,000 people die as a result.
Within the last decade, both national and state programs have begun designating hospitals as official stroke centers when they demonstrate certain staff, facilities, and services believed to improve a patient's outcome.
In addition, states such as New York require ambulances to take stroke patients straight to a designated center, as long as they can get care within two hours.
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Sunday, February 6, 2011
Across the world, parents pass on heart risks
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Some foodborne bacteria target the heart
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Saturday, February 5, 2011
Traffic noise raises stroke risk, study suggests
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Friday, February 4, 2011
Salty snacks harm your heart in just 30 minutes
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Gene protects some blacks from heart disease
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Thursday, February 3, 2011
5-a-Day �Not Enough' Fruits and Vegetables
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Created: 1/19/2011 11:00:00 AM
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Yoga's Spiritual Balance May Boost Health
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Created: 1/21/2011 8:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 1/24/2011
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Deep Brain Stimulation Might Ease Tough-to-Treat Hypertension
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Created: 1/24/2011 8:05:00 PM
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Blood Clots
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Created: 4/6/2009
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Dizziness
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Created: 2/17/2009
Last Editorial Review: 1/26/2011
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