Heart Disease Articles & Stories
Heart Disease and Stroke Risked Reduced Significantly for Bariatric Surgery Patients
Patients undergoing a gastric banding procedure see a much greater reduction in stroke and heart attack risk compared with medications, weight management, or a combination of the two. This is according to research from Cleveland Clinic, Ohio and published in the BMJ journal Heart. Read More
Physical Inactivity May Be Responsible for the Same Amount of Deaths as Smoking
Failing to engage in routine exercise may cause as many deaths as smoking, according to a new study published in The Lancet. Individuals not spending at least 150 minutes a week doing moderate exercise (like walking for 30 minutes 5 times a week), is causing approximately 6% to 10% of worldwid... Read More
Harmful Fat Buildup Linked to Social Stress
Social stress is linked to deposits of harmful fats in the abdomen, which can accelerate the accumulation of plaque in blood vessels, a major risk factor for heart disease, according to research presented by a new US study. Read More
Low-Carb Diets Linked to Plaque Buildup
Though low-carb/high-protein diets have been proven to be successful for weight loss, there have been few studies examining the diets' long-term vascular effects. Now, a study from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center provides new data on the subject, demonstrating that mice placed on a 12-wee... Read More
Limiting Scar Tissue Following a Heart Attack
Scientists appear to have taken a first step toward creating a gene therapy to prevent the heart-hardening fibrous scar tissue that replaces the dead muscle left by a heart attack. The findings, published in the journal Nature Cell Biology, suggest there is a protein that plays a crucial r... Read More
Kidney Problems, Heart Problems and E. Coli
E.Coli infection has been associated with an increased risk of developing hypertension, heart disease and kidney problems Read More
A Stressful Job Raises a Woman's Risk of Heart Disease
A recent study conducted at the Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts compared women in highly stressful occupations compared to women in less stressful occupations and found that stress had a significant impact on health. Read More
Why Women Live Longer
Across the globe, women still live 5 to 10 years longer than men. Founder of the New England Centenarian Study at Boston University explains why 85% of people over 100 years old are women. One large reason is the large advantage women have over men in terms of cardiovascular disease. Women de... Read More
Decreased Heart Function Linked to Fat Around Organs
Fat collections in different body locations, such as around the heart and the aorta and within the liver, are associated with certain decreased heart functions, according to research from Boston University School of Medicine. Appearing in the journal Obesity, the study also found that measurin... Read More
Dental Cleaning May Alleviate Heart Disease Risk
In patients with mild to moderate gum disease, a trip to the dentist for tartar removal and overall cleaning has the benefit of actually reducing inflammation of the endothelium (lining) of the arteries, thus lowering the risk for heart disease, a small recent study showed. “It invo... Read More
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