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With so many new developments in the field of cardiovascular medicine happening every day, it is important for you and your family to keep abreast of the latest healthcare news.
Here, you will find the latest healthcare news and information as it relates to the many different types of heart disease, prevention, treatments, and research. For more information, always consult your physician.
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Good Cholesterol Levels May Help Prevent Heart Failure
New research published in the journal Circulation suggests that unhealthy cholesterol levels can affect your risk for heart failure, a serious condition that occurs when the heart can't pump enough blood throughout the body.
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Heart Disease: Few Americans Are Out of Danger
When it comes to the factors that put people at greatest risk for heart disease, few Americans today can say that they are in the clear.
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For Your Heart's Sake, Get a Flue Shot
In an article published in the Lancet Infectious Diseases, researchers report that deaths from heart disease and heart attack are higher during flu season. But getting a flu shot may help lower the risk of dying from heart disease or having a heart attack.
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No Amount of Cigarettes Is Safe for Your Heart
Research has shown that smoking cigarettes, as well as being exposed to secondhand smoke, raises risk for heart disease. But what is the difference in the effect of a little versus a lot of smoke? A new study published in the American Heart Association's medical journal, Circulation, found that even small amounts of smoke are linked to the steepest increases in risk for death from heart disease.
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Boost Your Health with Active Commuting
If you're tired of sitting in rush hour traffic, a new study offers motivation to pedal or walk your way to work instead. Researchers analyzed the commuting habits of more than 2,300 men and women. They found that close to 17 percent were active commuters-those who walked or biked for at least part of their commute. These active commuters were more physically fit than those who didn't use foot power. The active men in particular were less likely to be overweight and had healthier triglyceride, blood pressure, and insulin levels-all factors that cut heart disease risk.
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Veggies and Grains Help Lower Blood Pressure
In the medical journal Circulation, researchers report a way to help lower blood pressure, and it may be as easy as eating more vegetables and grains.
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Echocardiography a Valuable View of the Heart
The advanced imaging technique called contrast echocardiography can have a significant impact on the diagnosis and treatment of people hospitalized with heart disease, says a report in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology
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Drug-Coated Stents Best for Some after Heart Attack
Drug-coated stents are more effective than the bare metal kind for people who have heart attacks, says a study reported in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Better Long-Term Outcomes with Medications versus Angioplasty
There are some advantages to artery-opening angioplasty over medication treatment for people with heart disease, but those advantages disappear within three years, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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New Procedure Helps Remove Deep Vein Blood Clots
A new non-surgical treatment for the removal of blood clots appears to be safer, faster, and more effective than traditional therapies, according to a report from the Society of Interventional Radiology meeting.
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MRI Improves Acute Stroke Diagnosis
Comparison of two imaging techniques for the emergency diagnosis of acute stroke shows that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can provide a more sensitive diagnosis than computed tomography (CT) for acute ischemic stroke, according to a report in The Lancet.
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Heart Risks and Metabolic Syndrome Linked
A cluster of cardiac factors known as "metabolic syndrome" is a strong indicator of increased risk of heart disease, according to a report in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC).
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Waltzing Your Way to a Stronger Heart
Why walk your way to better heart health when you can waltz?
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Stroke Patients Benefit from "Constraint" Therapy
Stroke patients who receive constraint-induced movement therapy, a rehabilitative technique that restrains the less-impaired arm, show significant improvement in arm and hand function, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
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Statin Therapy During Heart Attack Has Long-term Benefits, Too
Early, aggressive treatment with cholesterol-lowering statin medications gives significant long-term benefits for people who suffer heart attacks or other acute coronary events, says a report in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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Early Symptoms May Foretell "Sudden Cardiac Death"
"Sudden cardiac death" often is not all that sudden, and lives can be saved by training people about the symptoms of impending cardiac arrest and what action to take, according to a report in the journal Circulation .
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Study Reveals How Eating Fish Helps the Heart
For older adults, eating fish helps the heart by regulating its electrical activity, according to a report in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC).
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Low-Fat Dairy Products May Fight High Blood Pressure
Eating dairy products, especially low-fat ones, could help lower your blood pressure, according to a report in the medical journal Hypertension.
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Many Women in Cardiac Rehab Have Low Fitness Level
Women in cardiac rehabilitation following a heart attack or bypass surgery have an average fitness level of patients with more serious heart conditions, according to a report in the medical journal Circulation.
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Mothers Likely to Pass Heart Disease to Children
Mothers pass on much that is good to their children, but a new study shows there is one gift most would rather not receive - heart disease.
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Multiple Lifestyle Changes Help Lower Blood Pressure
Persons offered intensive counseling made major lifestyle changes that helped them bring their high blood pressure down to healthy levels, says a report in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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Lifesaving Advice for Stroke: Call 911
Dialing 911 for an ambulance is the best way of ensuring rapid, potentially lifesaving care in the event of a stroke, say two studies reported at the American Stroke Association annual meeting.
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Vessel Blockage in Women Different from Men
Standard diagnostic testing can miss the warning signs of heart disease in women, according to a report in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
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Sibling Heart Problems Linked To Risk for All
Having a sibling with a history of cardiovascular disease carries the same or greater risk as having a parent with a history of the disease, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Heart Attack Symptoms Differ for Women and Men
Everyone knows a classic sign of a heart attack - the searing pain in the chest, usually lasting several minutes. Right? Well, you would be half right because that is not necessarily the symptom felt by women, who make up 50 percent of America's heart attack victims.
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New DASH Diet Improves Heart Health
Federal health experts kick off the new year with words of widsom about healthy diet and reduction of long-term cardiovascular health risk.
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Gene Finding Lends Clues to Blood Pressure Problems
A new genetic discovery may help explain why some people develop high blood pressure and others do not, and why some people's blood pressure increases as they age, according to a report in the American Journal of Hypertension.
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Drug-Coated Stents Help Diabetics with Heart Repair
Diabetic patients who received drug-eluting stents had significantly less renarrowing of their treated arteries and fewer serious cardiac problems than those treated with standard stents, which do not release a drug, according to a report in the medical journal Circulation.
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Anemia Linked To Heart Failure Complications
Low hemoglobin levels are a predictor of increased risk of death and complications among heart failure patients, according to a report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
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New Hope for Those with High Blood Pressure
More than two-thirds of the 65 million Americans with high blood pressure require two or more anti-hypertensive medications to manage their condition, experts report. Many of these people also take medicines for high cholesterol and diabetes.
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Blood Test May Help Find Heart Disease
As cholesterol builds up on artery walls, it forms plaques which cause the inner lumen (opening) of the arteries to become smaller, and blood pressure goes up. Now, a new test may help predict dangerous plaque ruptures in those clogged arteries - ruptures that can lead to heart attack or stroke.
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