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Breakfast Cereals Play Role in Lower Heart Risk
March 22, 2011 -- High intake of whole-grain cereal is linked to a lower risk of high blood pressure and hefty helpings of dietary fiber are linked to a lower risk of heart disease, especially for young and middle-aged adults, new studies show. Breakfast cereal, in particular, may be an important wa
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Failing Hearts Healed With Stem Cells
March 17, 2011 -- Decade-old heart attack scars healed after being injected with stem cells from a patients' own bone marrow. So far, eight patients have received the experimental treatment in an ongoing clinical trial. All eight had suffered heart attacks an average of 5 1/2 years prior; one of the
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For Multiple Heart Blockages, Bypass Surgery or Stents?
March 16, 2011 -- For patients who have several blocked arteries around their heart, the gold standard treatment has long been coronary artery bypass surgery. Now a large clinical trial suggests that drug-coated stents, springy lattice tubes used to prop open clogged arteries, may also work well in
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Apple-Shaped Obesity, Other Forms Equally Risky, Study Finds
March 10, 2011 -- For years, people with a so-called "pear" shape have breathed easier than people with an ''apple'' shape because of their presumed lower risk for heart attack and stroke. Experts believed that people with apple-shaped obesity, also called central obesity because of excess fat in th
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FDA Panel Urges Caution on Genetic Test Kits
March 9, 2011 -- An FDA advisory panel has urged federal regulators to go slowly in allowing companies to sell genetic testing kits directly to consumers, amid worries that test results could be easily misinterpreted. The panel recommended that the FDA require sign-off from medical professionals eit
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Collaborative Care for Depression Has Heart Benefit
March 8, 2011 -- Collaborative care for depression -- started in the hospital -- improves the symptoms of heart disease as well as depression, a study shows. In collaborative care, a non-physician care manager coordinates a patient’s care with both a primary doctor and a psychiatrist. The care manag
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Atrial Fibrillation May Have Link to Dementia
March 7, 2011 -- An irregular heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation may raise the risk of dementia among stroke survivors, according to a new study. The study shows that among people who had survived a stroke, those with atrial fibrillation were 2.4 times more likely to develop dementia than those
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Women Underrepresented in Heart Device Studies
March 1, 2011 -- Despite federal mandates to include more women in research studies, women are often underrepresented in trials evaluating cardiac stents, implantable defibrillators, and other high-risk cardiac devices. The findings, which appear in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes,
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Positive Thinking Helps Heart Patients
Feb. 28, 2011 -- "Your attitude affects your latitude" may be more than a cliché, a new study suggests. Hospitalized patients diagnosed with coronary artery disease who had a positive outlook about their recovery were less likely to die over the next 15 years and had better physical functioning afte
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Moderate Alcohol Drinking May Boost Heart Health
Feb. 24, 2011 -- New research shows that moderate alcohol consumption can reduce heart disease risk by up to 25%, and this is likely due, at least in part, to alcohol’s positive effects on HDL “good” cholesterol levels. The findings from two studies, which appear in the journal BMJ, dovetail with th
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