News and Features Related to Heart Disease

1. Her Guide to a Heart Attack: Recognizing Female Heart Attack Symptoms
   

   On a Monday morning in April, Merle Rose, a New Jersey woman, experienced what some doctors call "female heart attack symptoms;" a feeling of indigestion and extreme fatigue. Later, she had nausea, vomiting and fainting. But she never had chest pain-a "typical" male heart attack sign. When she got t

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2. Heart Disease Bad for Brain
   

   July 22, 2008 -- Heart disease may be linked to poorer mental performance -- even in middle age, long before dementia sets in, a new study shows. The study included some 10,300 middle-aged British government workers in London. They were followed from the mid-1980s through 2004. Participants got chec

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3. Heart Imaging Tool Under the Microscope
   

   July 22, 2008 -- The death of newsman Tim Russert last month from a massive heart attack raised interest in new technologies that may better identify people at risk for life-threatening cardiac events. A test that one expert calls "the iPod of medical imaging" is emerging as an important tool for vi

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4. Vytorin Study: Disappointing Results
   

   July 21, 2008 -- Researchers today reported disappointing results from a new study of Vytorin, which combines the unique cholesterol drug Zetia with simvastatin, a traditional statin drug sold generically and as Zocor. The study included some 1,800 adults with aortic stenosis, a narrowing of the the

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5. 6 Steps to Longer Life, Healthy Heart
   

   July 7, 2008 -- Living longer, with a healthier heart, boils down to a few steps, and if everyone got on the bandwagon, it could prevent more than 27 million heart attacks and about 10 million strokes over the next 30 years. That news comes from a study backed by the American Heart Association, Amer

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6. Green Tea Lowers Risk of Heart Disease
   

   July 2, 2008 -- Drinking green tea rapidly improves the health of the delicate cells lining the blood vessels and helps lower one's risk of heart disease. Researchers writing in the latest issue of the European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation have found that people who drink

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7. Fatty Liver Disease Ups Kids' Heart Risk
   

   June 30, 2008 -- A little-known form of liver disease may be a warning sign of impending heart disease in overweight and obese children. A new study shows non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with more serious heart disease risk factors in obese children, such as high cholesterol,

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8. Drug-Coated Stents May Not Be Riskier
   

   June 24, 2008 -- Drug-coated stents may not raise the risk of dying or having a heart attack compared to bare-metal stents, at least in some patients, a new study shows. Stents are tiny metal mesh tubes that are inserted to hold open blocked or narrowed coronary arteries, which supply blood to heart

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9. Risk of Dying Linked to Low Vitamin D
   

   June 23, 2008 -- A new study shows that people who have low levels of vitamin D in their blood had a greater risk of dying. Researchers led by Harald Dobnig, MD, of the Medical University of Graz, Austria, tracked 3,258 men and women who had been referred for an angiogram of their heart arteries. Mo

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10. Heart Scan May Predict Longevity
    

    June 23, 2008 -- If you're seeking increased longevity, look to your heart -- specifically, to your coronary arteries. Even after age 70, people with healthier coronary arteries live longer, a new study shows. The coronary arteries supply blood to heart muscle. If the coronary arteries develop ather

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