by British Heart Foundation Women who have heart attacks experience the same key symptoms as men, quashing one of the reasons given for women receiving unequal care. The British Heart Foundation-funded research puts into question a long-held medical myth that women tend to suffer unusual or ‘atypical’ heart attack symptoms, and emphasises the need for...
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Intense light may boost heart health
By Monica Beyer Fact checked by Paula Field A novel use of intense light therapy may help decrease the tissue damage experienced during heart attacks, reveals new research in mice. The study, out of the University of Colorado and appearing in the journal Cell Reports, shows that exposing lab mice to intense light for a...
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HRT MAY BOOST HEART FAT IN MENOPAUSAL WOMEN
The findings highlight a new risk factor for cardiovascular disease in midlife women and reinforce the importance of tailoring hormone therapy to each patient. Importantly, researchers found that the formulation and delivery route of hormones—whether as a pill taken orally or a patch placed on the skin—mattered when it came to the types of fat...
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Atrial fibrillation common and incurable, but controllable
by Scott Gilbert, Pennsylvania State University One of the most common problems cardiologists handle is atrial fibrillation, also called AFib or AF. AFib is an abnormal or irregular heartbeat that can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure and other heart-related complications. As many as 6 million people in the United States and 33 million people...
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How to recognize a heart attack: It’s not like on TV
by Deborah Lupton, The Conversation What kind of person do you imagine having a heart attack? Is it a middle-aged white businessman clutching his chest? Someone like the Roger Sterling character from the popular television series Mad Men, who had two heart attacks in season 1? While Mad Men was set in the 1960s, popular...
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Rejected and unfilled prescriptions for new, more expensive cholesterol drugs tied to higher heart, stroke risk
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION DALLAS, July 23, 2019 – Patients appear to be at higher risk of heart problems or stroke when prescriptions for the newest cholesterol-lowering drugs are rejected by insurance companies or unfilled by patients, according to new research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal. The drugs, PCSK9 inhibitors (PCSK9i), can...
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New study finds both components of blood pressure predict heart attack, stroke risk
by Kaiser Permanente Both numbers in a blood pressure reading—the “upper” systolic and the “lower” diastolic—independently predicted the risk of heart attack or stroke in a very large Kaiser Permanente study that included more than 36 million blood pressure readings from more than 1 million people. The study, which was published today in the New England Journal...
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Broken heart syndrome linked with cancer
by Karen Astle, American Heart Association One in six people with broken heart syndrome had cancer and they were less likely to survive for five years after it occurred, according to new international research in Journal of the American Heart Association. Broken heart syndrome, also called takotsubosyndrome, occurs when the heart’s main pumping chamber temporarily enlarges and doesn’t pump well. Although the syndrome may feel like a heart attack, with...
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Scientists design protein blockers to fight obesity and heart disease
by Milady Nazir, University of Texas at San Antonio Almost four in 10 adult Americans are obese, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. What’s more alarming is that in the past two decades alone, in states such as Texas, the share of obesity among residents has tripled. If left unchecked, obesity can even lead to more serious problems...
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Using Antibiotics For More Than 2 Months Increases Women’s Risk For Heart Attack And Stroke
By Allan Adamson Women who use antibiotics over a long period face increased risk of suffering from heart attack or stroke. Using antibiotics for more than two months may increase risk of heart disease by destroying good bacteria in the gut. Duration Of Antibiotic Use And Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease In the new study, researchers looked at the data of 36,429 women spanning between 2004 and 2012. The participants were at least 60 years old when the...