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Resveratrol May Replace Aspirin As Heart Protector; Longevinex® First Branded Resveratrol Pill Successfully Tested During Heart Attack With the realization that half of the people experiencing a sudden mortal heart attack were taking aspirin on the day of their demise, researchers have begun to search for a more reliable alternative, and they may have found [...]
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Coronary artery calcification was common among apparently healthy adults, became more frequent and severe with time, and was associated with elevated levels of serum phosphorus, according to an analysis of data from a long-term population study. At baseline, coronary artery calcification was present in 28% of participants in a long-term observational study, and six years [...]
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(An excellent review article on the history of care after heart attacks.).. “What we did for patients with acute MI was place them in a cool, dark place. Give them morphine for pain and lidocaine to prevent arrhythmias and hope for the best.” The speaker is Steven Nissen, MD, director of Cardiovascular Medicine at the [...]
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ANAHEIM, Calif., March 18— People, especially men, are more likely to suffer heart attacks on their birthdays than on other days of the same week, a new study has found. Researchers said that overindulgence might be the reason. The pattern was significantly different for men and women, Dr. Wilson said. The heart attack rates for [...]
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CNN) — The diabetes drug Avandia is linked with tens of thousands of heart attacks, and drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline knew of the risks for years but worked to keep them from the public, according to a Senate committee report released Saturday. The 334-page report by the Senate Finance Committee also criticized the Food and Drug Administration, [...]
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Arthritis: Closer to your heart than you’d think While many are focused on heart disease during February, and for a good reason, the Arthritis Foundation, Wisconsin Chapter wants to remind you to keep arthritis in mind as well. Arthritis and heart disease are more closely related than many would think. A recent study found that arthritis [...]
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Tiny Molecules May Tell Big Story About Cardiovascular Disease Risk Tiny bits of molecular “trash” found in circulating blood appear to be good predictors of cardiovascular disease and untimely death, say researchers at Duke University Medical Center. The discovery, published online in the April issue of the journal Circulation Genetics, comes from the largest study [...]
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ScienceDaily (Feb. 19, 2010) — Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-funded scientists have reported new reasons for choosing “heart-healthy” oats at the grocery store. Nutritionist Mohsen Meydani, director of the Vascular Biology Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University in Boston, Mass., led the research on the oat compounds, [...]
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Nov. 17, 2009 (Orlando, Fla.) — Men age 40 and over have a one in eight chance of suffering sudden cardiac death, and the risk is even higher for African-American men, a study shows. For women 40 and over, the odds of suffering sudden cardiac death are one in 24, according to the study, the [...]
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Don’t worry, be happy! Positive emotions protect against heart disease People who are usually happy, enthusiastic and content are less likely to develop heart disease than those who tend not to be happy, according to a major new study published today (Thursday 18 February). The authors believe that the study, published in the Europe’s leading cardiology [...]
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ScienceDaily (Dec. 12, 2007) — About 5 percent of women considered low-risk for heart disease by current classification standards have evidence of advanced coronary artery calcium and may be at increased risk for cardiovascular events, according to a report in the December 10/24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The [...]
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ScienceDaily (Feb. 10, 2010) — While lower intelligence scores — as reflected by low results on written or oral tests of IQ — have been associated with a raised risk of cardiovascular disease, no study has so far compared the relative strength of this association with other established risk factors such as obesity, smoking and [...]
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Early life stress could be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in adulthood, researchers report. “We think early life stress increases sensitivity to a hormone known to increase your blood pressure and increases your cardiovascular risk in adult life,” said Dr. Jennifer Pollock, biochemist in the Vascular Biology Center at the Medical College of Georgia [...]
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People with migraine may be at an increased risk of heart attack and other risk factors for heart disease, according to a study published in the February 10, 2010, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. “While the overall risk of heart problems in people with migraine is small, [...]
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In the United States, the risks of having a heart attack during the winter months are twice as high as in the summertime. And, a heart attack in the winter is also more likely to be fatal than a heart attack during any other time of year. Why? Lots of reasons, and they’re not all [...]
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The most dangerous times for heart attack and for all kinds of cardiovascular emergency — including sudden cardiac death, rupture or aneurysm of the aorta, pulmonary embolism and stroke — are the morning and during the last phase of sleep. A group from Harvard estimated this risk and evaluated that on average, the extra risk [...]
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An article published in the June 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine reports that men who have low levels of vitamin D are at a higher risk of heart attack (myocardial infarction). It has been shown that deaths related to cardiovascular disease are more frequent in higher latitudes and during the winter months – [...]
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One of best health shows out there is the hour long show with Dr. Dawn Motyka, from Monterey California. She has an enormous wealth of information, is current on medical research, and speaks with compassion. You can listen to her as a podcast: Ask Dr. Dawn
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I am raising my recommendation of 1,000 IU of vitamin D per day to 2,000 IU per day. Since 2005, when I raised it from 400 to 1,000 IU, clinical evidence has been accumulating to suggest that a higher dose is more appropriate to help maintain optimum health. We have known for many years that [...]
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A new US study found women’s knowledge of the warning signs of a heart attack is as poor as it was a decade ago, with half saying they would not call 9-1-1 if they were having heart attack symptoms; they also found that although getting narrower, there are still racial gaps in women’s awareness of [...]
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Research has shown that heart attack victims who have pets live longer. Even watching a tank full of tropical fish may lower blood pressure, at least temporarily. A study of 92 patients hospitalized in coronary care units for angina or heart attack found that those who owned pets were more likely to be alive a [...]
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Owning a cat could reduce your risk of a heart attack by nearly one third, researchers told delegates of the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference in New Orleans last week. The finding provoked a mixed reaction from heart experts and veterinarians. The finding was the main result of a 10 year study of more [...]
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By considering molecular-level events on a broader scale, researchers now have a clearer, if more complicated, picture of how one class of immune cells goes wrong when loaded with cholesterol. The findings reported in the February 3rd issue of Cell Metabolism, show that, when it comes to the development of atherosclerosis and heart disease, it’s [...]
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Talk about heartburn. Using a catheter with a charged tip, doctors can sizzle wayward heart cells and correct an irregular heartbeat better than standard drugs can, a head-to-head comparison shows. The report appears in the Jan. 27 Journal of the American Medical Association. The procedure isn’t new, having been used for more than 20 years. [...]
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Dr. Guarneri takes the reader on a journey of the heart – exploring the emotional heart, able to be crushed by loss; the intelligent heart, with a nervous system all its own; and the spiritual heart, which yearns for a higher purpose. She skillfully weaves the science and drama of the heart’s unfolding. With groundbreaking [...]
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Among patients who underwent planned stenting for treatment of acute coronary syndromes, those treated with the investigational antiplatelet agent ticagrelor (Brilinta) had fewer cardiovascular events than patients who received clopidogrel (Plavix). That finding emerged from a prespecified subset analysis of the PLATO (Study of Platelet Inhibition and Patient Outcomes) trial, published online by The Lancet, [...]
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Cutting daily salt intake by 3 grams a day — about 30% of the current average — could prevent 32,000 strokes and 54,000 myocardial infarctions a year, if a computer model developed by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco accurately depicts the clinical impact of salt reduction. The results of the analysis, which [...]
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