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Ginkgo Biloba Doesn’t Prevent Heart Attack
Nov. 24, 2009 -- Ginkgo biloba, a popular herbal supplement, doesn’t prevent cardiovascular death or major events such as stroke and heart attack in people 75 and older, a new study shows. However, the herb may have some benefit for people with peripheral vascular disease, scientists say in the Nov.
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Unfair Treatment on the Job? Silence Harmful
Nov. 23, 2009 -- Bosses don’t like whiners, but men who silently cope with perceived unfair treatment may have increased risk for future heart attack or death from heart disease, a new study shows. Researchers led by Constanze Leineweber, PhD, of Stockholm University, and colleagues report in the Jo
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Positive Attitude Staves Off Heart Disease
Nov. 19, 2009 (Orlando, Fla.) -- Next time you're stuck in traffic, try deep breathing exercises instead of honking your horn. It could save your life. Researchers found that people who have a positive attitude during stressful events are 22% less likely to have a fatal or nonfatal heart attack than
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Baked Fish Beats Fried for Omega-3 Boost
Nov. 19, 2009 (Orlando, Fla.) -- When it comes to reaping the heart-healthy benefits of omega-3 fatty acids in fish, it often comes down to how you prepare it, a study shows. "The take-home message is that it's better to bake or boil the fish instead of frying it," says study researcher Lixin Meng,
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Alcohol May Reduce Men's Heart Risk
Nov. 18, 2009 -- Regular consumption of alcohol -- beer, wine, or hard liquor -- reduces the risk of heart disease in men by a third or more, according to a new Spanish study. ''Our study confirms what many other studies have already said," says researcher Larraitz Arriola, MD, of the Public Health
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Men Face Higher Odds of Sudden Cardiac Death
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 first t
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FDA Warns Plavix Patients of Drug Interactions
Nov. 17, 2009 - The FDA today warned patients not to combine Plavix with Nexium, Prilosec, and nine other drugs -- including Prozac and Tagamet. The drugs may make the anti-clotting drug Plavix dangerously less effective, the FDA says. They block an enzyme in the body that turns the drug into its ac
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Mummies Had Heart Disease, Too
Nov. 17, 2009 (Orlando, Fla.) -- For years, doctors have blamed fast food, lack of exercise, smoking, and other detrimental lifestyle factors of modern life for our predisposition to heart disease. But now, hardening of the arteries, or atherosclerosis, has been detected in 3,500-year-old mummies, c
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Low Vitamin D Levels May Raise Heart Risk
Nov. 16, 2009 (Orlando, Fla.) -- Some men with low levels of vitamin D in their blood are at particularly high risk of developing heart disease and weakened bones that can lead to osteoporosis, researchers report. In a study of more than 1,000 men, those with low levels of both vitamin D and the sex
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Genetic Tests Check Risk for Sudden Death
Nov. 16, 2009 (Orlando, Fla.) -- If you have a relative who suffered sudden unexplained death, postmortem genetic testing is a cost-effective way of identifying mutations that may place you and other surviving family members at increased risk for potentially fatal heart rhythm disturbances, a new st
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Being overweight is a heart disease risk factor, but there may be something more women of all shapes and sizes should worry about.
Detecting Women's Heart Disease
