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Blood Vessels Bounce Back Once Smokers Quit

EmpowHer.com - Heart Disease - 1 hour 34 min ago

TUESDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) -- Blood vessel function rapidly recuperates after smokers kick the habit, leading to a reduced risk of heart disease and heart attack, new research shows.

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Post-heart attack fatalities higher in women than men: study (AFP)

AFP - Women who suffer a heart attack are twice as likely as men to die within the following month because they receive different medical treatment than men, researchers said Tuesday.
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Treat Women With Heart Attack Just Like Men: Study (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) -- Women who suffer a heart attack are more likely to survive if they receive the same invasive treatments as men do, a new study suggests.
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Blood Vessels Bounce Back Once Smokers Quit (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) -- Blood vessel function rapidly recuperates after smokers kick the habit, leading to a reduced risk of heart disease and heart attack, new research shows.
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Women die more often than men from heart disease: study (AFP)

AFP - Women die more often than men from heart disease because they are not systematically given the same treatment and tests, according to a French study unveiled here Tuesday.
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Doctor says heart groups too cozy with industry

MSNBC.com Heart Health - 6 hours 48 min ago
A prominent cardiologist accused leading heart organizations of being too cozy with industry and allowing those ties to influence its policies and education programs for doctors.


Cardiology - Health - Heart disease - Heart - Conditions and Diseases
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Women more likely to die after heart attack: study (Reuters)

Reuters - When it comes to matters of the heart, women should be treated more like men.
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Long-term safety of drug-coated stents doubted

MSNBC.com Heart Health - 9 hours 50 min ago
New research shows more patients who got drug-coated stents right after suffering a heart attack later died from heart-related problems than those who received older, cheaper bare-metal stents.
Stent - Health - Myocardial infarction - Heart disease - Conditions and Diseases
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Treat Women With Heart Attack Just Like Men: Study

EmpowHer.com - Heart Disease - 9 hours 56 min ago

TUESDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) -- Women who suffer a heart attack are more likely to survive if they receive the same invasive treatments as men do, a new study suggests.

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7 ways to raise your stroke risk

MSNBC.com Heart Health - 10 hours 11 min ago
Stroke is the number three killer in the United States, affecting almost 800,000 people each year, according to the National Stroke Association.  Avoid these 7 habits that raise your risk.
Stroke - United States - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Neurological Disorders
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Psoriasis is Newly-Recognized Risk Factor for Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke

EmpowHer.com - Heart Disease - 11 hours 33 min ago

A new study just presented at the American College of Cardiology scientific sessions found psoriasis to be a significant and independent risk factor for atrial fibrillation (AF) and a stroke risk factor, too. Mild psoriasis increases afib risk by 22 percent while moderate-to-severe psoriasis raises afib risk by 51 percent. This chronic inflammatory condition also raises other cardiovascular risks.

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Women more likely to die after heart attack

MSNBC.com Heart Health - 11 hours 51 min ago
When it comes to matters of the heart, women should be treated more like men. A large study found that women were far less likely than men to get angiography to find vessel blockages or angioplasty to clear them.
Angioplasty - Angiography - Heart disease - Health - Myocardial infarction
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MSNBC.com Heart Health - 11 hours 51 min ago
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Are Stock Market Woes Bad for the Heart? (HealthDay)

Yahoo! Heart & Vascular Health News - Mon, 03/15/2010 - 11:49pm
HealthDay - SATURDAY, March 13 (HealthDay News) -- When the stock market declines, do heart attacks go up? That's what Duke University Medical Center researchers are wondering based on an analysis of data collected during the current U.S. economic crisis.
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Intense Cholesterol, Blood Pressure Therapies Don't Help Type 2 Diabetics (HealthDay)

Yahoo! Heart & Vascular Health News - Mon, 03/15/2010 - 11:49pm
HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) -- Two sets of results from a large U.S. government-sponsored trial find that neither aggressive treatment of cholesterol nor of blood pressure lowers the risk of heart events in people with type 2 diabetes.
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Arteries Improve After Quitting Smoking

EmpowHer.com - Heart Disease - Mon, 03/15/2010 - 8:30pm

Smoking is a nasty habit that increases your risk for so many unhealthy diseases. Smoking everyday or only in a social situation creates long term damage to your lungs and blood vessels. A new study shows that in as little as one year after quitting, blood vessels showed signs of reversing.

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Boosting Vitamin D Can Do a Heart Good

EmpowHer.com - Heart Disease - Mon, 03/15/2010 - 8:03pm

MONDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that extra vitamin D could make a major difference in heart disease risk among people who have low levels of the nutrient.

Researchers fro

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Kicking the habit improves smokers’ arteries

MSNBC.com Heart Health - Mon, 03/15/2010 - 5:14pm
A year after kicking the habit, smokers' arteries showed signs of reversing a problem that can set the stage for heart disease, according to the first big study to test this.
Heart disease - Health - Smoking cessation - Conditions and Diseases - Cardiovascular Disorders
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Arteries improve after smokers quit, study finds (AP)

Yahoo! Heart & Vascular Health News - Mon, 03/15/2010 - 5:06pm
AP - Quitting smoking can turn back time.
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Impotence plus heart disease ups death risk: study (Reuters)

Yahoo! Heart & Vascular Health News - Mon, 03/15/2010 - 4:11pm
Reuters - Men with heart disease who also complain of erectile dysfunction die sooner than other male heart patients, researchers reported on Monday.
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