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'On-Pump' Heart Surgery Gets High Marks
Nov. 4, 2009 -- Coronary artery bypass surgery performed on a beating heart without the aid of a heart-lung machine proved no more effective than traditional bypass surgery, a study comparing the two procedures shows. Roughly 1,000 patients treated at 18 Veterans Administration hospitals across the
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High Fructose Intake May Raise Blood Pressure
Oct. 30, 2009 -- Eating too much of the sweetener fructose, found in sugary soft drinks, bakery goods, and candy, could be driving up your blood pressure, even if your blood pressure is typically healthy, according to a new study. ''High fructose intake is linked to high blood pressure," says resea
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Heart Attacks on the Rise in Women
Oct. 26, 2009 -- The heart attack gap between men and women is narrowing in good and bad ways for women. Two new studies show that the number of heart attacks is rising among middle-aged women and falling among men, but the risk of death after a heart attack is improving more for women than for men.
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Hip Fracture, Cardiovascular Disease Linked
Oct. 20, 2009 -- A diagnosis of cardiovascular disease significantly increases the risk of future hip fracture, and there may be a genetic predisposition to both conditions, a new study shows. Ulf Sennerby, MD, of Uppsala University, Sweden, and colleagues studied records of 31,936 twins in the Swed
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2/3 of Heart Failure Patients Don't Get Major Drug
Oct. 20, 2009 -- More than two-thirds of patients hospitalized with serious heart failure aren't prescribed an aldosterone antagonist, a recommended therapy that increases the odds of survival. Aldosterone is a hormone that is released in the setting of heart failure. It causes salt and water retent
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No Link Between Bypass Surgery, Memory Loss
Oct.14, 2009 (Baltimore) -- Despite reports to the contrary, having bypass surgery to help your heart does not harm your brain, researchers report. In a new study, no support was found for a link between heart bypass surgery and memory loss or other mental declines. The underlying heart disease that
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Less Invasive Surgery Repairs Aortic Aneurysm
Oct. 14, 2009 - Less invasive endovascular repair of deadly aortic aneurysms is easier on patients and -- at least for two years -- carries no extra risk of death. Aortic aneurysm -- dangerous ballooning of the body's central artery -- can be fatal if not detected and repaired. They're the 15th lead
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Gene Tweak May Keep Hearts Younger
Oct. 12, 2009 -- A certain form of the P13K gene could be a key to keeping the heart young and preventing age-related heart failure, Japanese researchers report. Those scientists, who included Yasutaka Inuzaka, MD, of Kyoto University, studied mice in which one form of the P13K gene was suppressed.
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His and Hers Heart Disease
Oct. 12, 2009 -- Women with heart disease may have worse outcomes than men do because treatment typically focuses on obstructive coronary artery disease -- which up to half of women may not have, according to a new review of the topic. For many women, the problem is not obstruction in major heart bl
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Knowledgeable Patients Ignore Chest Pain
Oct. 7, 2009 -- When it comes to seeking treatment for chest pain, education doesn't always mean people do the right thing. In a new study, heart patients who received counseling about heart attack symptoms and when to get treatment were no more likely to get immediate care than those who had not re
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What’s the number one killer of women? Heart Disease. A campaign is under way to teach women that heart disease isn’t just for men.
