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Kicking the habit improves smokers’ arteries

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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Heart device can disrupt quiet hospice death

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 4:09pm
If you have a heart-zapping defibrillator implanted in your chest but now are dying of something else, when do you have it turned off?
Defibrillation - Heart - Health - Hospice - United States
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Intense treatment hopes for diabetics dashed

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 1:07pm
Key results from a landmark federal study are in, and the results are disappointing for diabetics: Adding drugs to drive blood pressure and blood-fats lower than current targets did not prevent heart problems, and in some cases caused harmful side effects.


Heart disease - Blood pressure - Diabetes mellitus - Health - Conditions and Diseases
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Mini clip is safer than heart-valve surgery

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 12:47pm
Many Americans with leaky heart valves soon might be able to get them fixed without open-heart surgery. A study showed that a tiny clip implanted through an artery was safer and nearly as effective as surgery, doctors reported Sunday.
Surgery - Heart valve - Cardiac surgery - Health - Conditions and Diseases
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Study: Hearts may swoon when stocks do

Sat, 03/13/2010 - 6:54pm
Stock market slides may hurt more than your savings. New research suggests they might prompt heart attacks.
Stock market - Investing - Business - Stocks and Bonds - Equities
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Study: Hearts may swoon when stocks do

Sat, 03/13/2010 - 6:54pm
Stock market slides may hurt more than your savings. New research suggests they might prompt heart attacks.


Stock market - Investing - Business - Stocks and Bonds - Equities
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FDA warns some patients cannot process Plavix

Fri, 03/12/2010 - 3:17pm
The Food and Drug Administration is adding its strongest warning to the label for Plavix after reports that some patients cannot process the blood thinning drug.
Food & Drug Administration - Clopidogrel - Blood - Health - United States
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Variable blood pressure can mean stroke risk

Fri, 03/12/2010 - 3:02pm
People with occasional spikes in their blood pressure could be at higher risk of having a stroke than those with regularly high blood pressure, new studies said Friday.
Stroke - Blood pressure - Health - Hypertension - Conditions and Diseases
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Too many patients get invasive heart tests

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 6:31pm
A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests.


Heart disease - United States - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Cardiovascular Disorders
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Screening athletes could prevent sudden deaths

Mon, 03/01/2010 - 9:55pm
Several of the nearly 100 young U.S. athletes who die suddenly and unexpectedly during sports every year could be saved through more effective screening for heart problems.
Sport - Heart disease - United States - Health - Conditions and Diseases
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Obama walks to improve his cholesterol

Mon, 03/01/2010 - 12:37pm

Poll results, congressional head counts and federal deficits aren't the only numbers President Barack Obama has to worry about. Now, he's trying to walk off a marginally high cholesterol count.



Barack Obama - President of the United States - United States - Politics - Candidates
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Stents may prevent strokes as well as surgery

Fri, 02/26/2010 - 2:20pm
A big study finds that people with narrowed neck arteries that could lead to a stroke can be safely treated with a less drastic option than the surgery done now.


Surgery - Stent - Medical device - United States - Medicine
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Heart disease tied to mom’s number of births

Thu, 02/25/2010 - 6:35pm
A woman's risk of heart disease and stroke in middle-age and beyond may be associated with the number of children she gives birth to, a large study of Swedish women hints.
Heart disease - Stroke - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Cardiovascular Disorders
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Glaxo defends handling of Avandia heart risks

Wed, 02/24/2010 - 3:53pm
GlaxoSmithKline said Wednesday a Senate report criticizing its handling of heart risks with its diabetes drug Avandia "mischaracterizes and distorts" the company's record.
GlaxoSmithKline - Diabetes mellitus - Health - Diabetes - Conditions and Diseases
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New heart CTs may cut radiation exposure

Tue, 02/23/2010 - 3:12pm
Newer CT technology that can capture an image of a beating heart in a single beat may offer one way of reducing a patient's exposure to excess radiation, U.S. researchers said.
United States - Radiation - Technology - Environment - Health Physics and Radiological Health
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High blood pressure a neglected disease in U.S.

Mon, 02/22/2010 - 8:09pm

A critical new report declares high blood pressure in the U.S. to be a neglected disease — a term that usually describes mysterious tropical illnesses, not a well-known plague of rich countries.



Blood pressure - Health - United States - Hypertension - Conditions and Diseases
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Mon, 02/22/2010 - 8:09pm
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NYT: Diabetes drug harms heart, U.S. concludes

Sat, 02/20/2010 - 1:38am

NYT: U.S. government reports concluded that hundreds of people taking Avandia suffered heart attacks and heart failure, but some said the drug should remain available.



Diabetes mellitus - Heart failure - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Heart disease
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Road bumps may trick defibrillators in ambulances

Thu, 02/18/2010 - 4:17pm
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Using an automated defibrillator - a device that figures out whether to shock the chests of patients whose hearts have stopped beating - in a moving ambulance may not be a good idea, Korean researchers found in studies of pigs and mannequins.
Defibrillation - Mannequin - Ambulance - NEW YORK - United States
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Slap on a smile and fake happy for your heart

Wed, 02/17/2010 - 8:01pm

You've heard it before: to avoid a heart attack don't smoke, eat right and exercise. But it also may help to be happy, a new study says.



Myocardial infarction - Heart - Health - Heart disease - Conditions and Diseases
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