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Thu, 11/19/2009 - 8:25pm
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Seniors who eat plenty of fruits
and vegetables and who have good cognitive function are much less likely
to die from heart disease than those who have poorer cognitive function
and eat fewer fruits and vegetables, a new study has found.
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 8:25pm
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A Spanish study has found
that long-term moderate drinking decreased the risk of heart disease by up
to one-third in men and to a lesser degree in women.
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 5:46am
AFP - Men who drink alcohol every day see a nearly one-third average reduction in the risk of coronary heart disease, according to a long-term study among Spanish men published on Thursday.
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 12:49am
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- For people with heart
failure, high doses of the drug losartan, an angiotensin-receptor blocker
(ARB), reduce the risk for hospital admission and death, a new study
shows.
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 12:48am
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- There's a message for
doctors, hospitals and communities in new guidelines for treatment of
coronary disease and heart attacks: Get organized.
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 12:48am
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Tried-and-true diuretics
maintain their status as the best first-line treatment in older men and
women with high blood pressure, new research concludes.
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 9:15pm
Reuters - Spanish research appearing to show that very heavy drinking can reduce men's risk of heart disease has come under fire from scientists who say the study is flawed and should not encourage anyone to drink more.
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 2:51pm
AP - A CT scan — a kind of super X-ray — provides a faster, cheaper way to diagnose a heart attack when someone goes to the emergency room with chest pains, a new study suggests.
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 1:29pm
Reuters - Public "report cards" on how well hospitals are caring for patients may spur some centers to make positive changes, but the extent to which report cards can improve healthcare remains unclear, researchers reported Wednesday.
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 6:05am
AFP - The hardening of the arteries associated with heart attacks and strokes is not just a modern phenomenon, according to new research showing ancient Egypt's pharaohs suffered from heart disease too.
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 12:48am
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Hardening of the arteries
may have more of a family history -- the human family tree -- than was
once thought.
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 10:55pm
AP - For the first time, a miniature heart pump shows the potential to become a widely used, permanent treatment for many older people with severe heart failure. But can we afford it?
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 10:32pm
AP - You can't blame this one on McDonald's: Researchers have found signs of heart disease in 3,500-year-old mummies.
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 5:42pm
Reuters - People with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders are more likely to die of heart disease than mentally healthy individuals, a study in US veterans indicates.
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 12:49am
HealthDay - SUNDAY, Nov. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Rapid cooling of heart attack
patients may boost their chance of survival without brain damage, Swedish
researchers report.
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 12:49am
HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- While overall care of heart
attack patients in the United States is good, gaps remain in the treatment
of patients 80 and older, a new study suggests.
Mon, 11/16/2009 - 7:33pm
Reuters - The battery of tests given to a patient having a heart attack in a U.S. hospital adds up to a dose of radiation equivalent to 725 chest X-rays, researchers reported on Monday.
Mon, 11/16/2009 - 1:32pm
Reuters - Slow walking may not only mean getting to your destination later, according to a new study by French scientists: Older people who walk slowly are almost three times more likely to die of heart disease and related causes than older people who walk faster.
Mon, 11/16/2009 - 1:09pm
AFP - Insufficient intake of vitamin D, long known to play a key role in bone health, may significantly increase a person's risk of stroke, heart disease and even death, a US study said Monday.
Mon, 11/16/2009 - 1:09pm
AFP - Insufficient intake of vitamin D, long known to play a key role in bone health, may significantly increase a person's risk of stroke, heart disease and even death, a US study said Monday.