Heart Disease

• Common Cause of Dizziness May Spell Heart Trouble

  

  Posted 8:30 PM 3/19/2012

  March 19, 2012 -- Blood pressure that drops when a person stands up may signal a higher risk for heart failure, a new study shows.

  If further research supports the study's findings, a simple test that measures blood pressure (More)
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• Too Few Keep Heart-Healthy Habits

  

  Posted 10:18 PM 3/16/2012

  March 16, 2012 -- Less than 2% of Americans meet seven recommended heart health targets that could dramatically reduce their risk of heart disease, according to a new study.

  The research shows that the number of people who follow all seven heart-healthy habits recommended by the (More)
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• Having Small Babies May Raise Heart Risk in Moms

  

  Posted 9:13 PM 3/14/2012

  March 14, 2012 -- Women who give birth to small, full-term babies may have an increased risk for heart disease decades later, new research shows.

  Delivering a small baby was found to be a strong, independent predictor of (More)
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• 1 Sugary Drink a Day May Raise Heart Risk

  

  Posted 6:01 PM 3/12/2012

  March 12, 2012 -- Just one sugar-sweetened drink a day may be enough to raise a man's risk for heart disease, a new study suggests.

  Men who drank just one sugary drink a day had a 20% higher risk of heart disease than did non-drinkers, says researcher Frank Hu, MD, PhD, professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health.

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• Heart Failure Death Risk Lower for Women

  

  Posted 6:59 PM 3/8/2012

  March 8, 2012 -- Women with failing hearts survive longer than men, according to the largest analysis ever to examine the impact of gender on heart failure deaths.

  When researchers analyzed data from 31 studies involving nearly 28,000 men and 14,000 women, they found male gender to be an independent risk factor for death from heart failure.

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• Stents Overused in Stable Heart Patients

  

  Posted 7:55 PM 2/27/2012

  Feb. 27, 2012 -- As many as 2 out of 3 elective heart angioplasty procedures performed in the U.S. on patients with stable heart disease may not be needed, a new research review suggests.

  The analysis of eight large clinical trials found that the addition of opening narrowed (More)
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• Aspirin, Walking Can Reduce Leg Pain From Narrowed Arteries

  

  Posted 4:10 PM 2/22/2012

  Feb. 22, 2012 -- Low-dose aspirin may be just as effective as the more expensive Plavix when combined with a walking program to treat leg pain that's associated with narrowing of the leg arteries.

  What's known as peripheral artery disease, or PAD, can cause pain in the legs during walking because of decreased blood supply in the legs. This is known as intermittent claudication. This pain usually goes away once a person stops walking.

  People with PAD (More)
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• Heart Attacks in Women: Different Symptoms, Different Outcomes

  

  Posted 6:03 PM 2/21/2012

  Feb 21, 2012 -- Heart disease kills more women every year than any other health condition.

  However, a new study suggests that more work is needed to help women and their doctors recognize heart attack symptoms, since women are less likely than men to (More)
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• Millions of Women Are Unaware They Have Arterial Disease

  

  Posted 6:05 PM 2/15/2012

  Feb. 15, 2012 -- Between 4 million and 5 million women in the United States have peripheral artery disease, or PAD, but few are diagnosed and even fewer receive adequate treatment.

  In a special report released at the midpoint of American Heart Month, the American Heart Association is calling for greater efforts to identify and diagnose women at risk for the condition that commonly affects the leg arteries, and is also calling for more women to be involved (More)
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• Even a Little Air Pollution Raises Heart Attack Risk

  

  Posted 6:05 PM 2/14/2012

  Feb. 14, 2012 -- A new study shows that as little as a week in a place with high levels of air pollution raises the risk of heart attack.

  The additional risk is slight compared with classic heart attack risk factors like high blood (More)
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