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5/23/12 - Heart Risk Often Overlooked in RA Patients

5/23/12 Heart Risk Often Overlooked in RA Patients

‎dailyRx

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are at a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease, yet not all doctors are considering the added heart risk, a new study ...

5/23/12 - Heart disease and stroke deaths drop significantly for people with ...

5/23/12 Heart disease and stroke deaths drop significantly for people with ...

‎Sacramento Bee

Heart disease and stroke deaths drop significantly for people with diabetes.

5/22/12 - CDC: Half of overweight teens have heart risk

5/22/12 CDC: Half of overweight teens have heart risk

BusinessWeek 

Half the nation's overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks ...

5/21/12 - Overweight, Obese Teens Show Early Heart Risks

5/21/12 Overweight, Obese Teens Show Early Heart Risks

WebMD 

Two new studies show the early health risks the ever-enlarging number of obese U.S. teens face, from diabetes to heart damage.

 

5/15/12 - Study: sudden heart death high among HIV patients

5/15/12 Study: sudden heart death high among HIV patients

‎San Francisco Chronicle

They were reluctant to stop lifestyle choices that contributed to heart disease, such as smoking or heavy drinking, she said. But patients, and their doctors, are ...

5/14/12 - Eye Changes May Predict Heart Disease in Blacks With Diabetes

5/14/12 Eye Changes May Predict Heart Disease in Blacks With Diabetes

‎U.S. News & World Report

(HealthDay News) -- In black Americans with type 1 diabetes, narrowing of the small arteries in the eye's retina (retinal arteriolar ...

5/10/12 - Diagnosing And Treating Diabetes In Asian Patients - Unique ...

5/10/12 Diagnosing And Treating Diabetes In Asian Patients - Unique ...

‎Medical News Today

According to a new study, Asian Americans have an almost 50% higher risk than other Americans to develop diabetes, especially type 2 diabetes.

5/4/12 - COPD Outcomes Linked to Heart Health

5/4/12 COPD Outcomes Linked to Heart Health

‎Medscape

Hwa Mu Lee, MD, from the Heart Disease Prevention Program at the University of California, Irvine, and colleagues report their findings in an article ...

4/26/12 - Cholesterol Levels in the US on the Decline

4/26/12 Cholesterol Levels in the US on the Decline

‎WebMD

High cholesterol -- levels of 240 milligrams per deciliter of blood or higher -- is a major risk factor for heart attacks. The CDC researchers didn't ...

4/18/12 - Patients Often Stop Taking Heart Drugs During Medicare Coverage Gaps

4/18/12 Patients Often Stop Taking Heart Drugs During Medicare Coverage Gaps

‎MarketWatch

Heart and blood vessel, or cardiovascular disease, is the leading cause of death in the United States. The risk of disease increases with age, ...

4/12/12 - Higher Risk Of Coronary Heart Disease In Adults With ECG Abnormalities

4/12/12 Higher Risk Of Coronary Heart Disease In Adults With ECG Abnormalities

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Medical News Today

Considering the higher prevalence of both cardiovascular disease (CVD) and ECG abnormalities in older adults, risk prediction incorporating ECG might be ...

4/10/12 - Omega-3 pills may not help heart disease

4/10/12 Omega-3 pills may not help heart disease

‎Reuters -

By Genevra Pittman | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Fish oil supplements may not do much to ward off heart attacks and strokes in people who already have heart ...

4/6/12 - Cancer Diagnosis Raises the Risk of Suicide and Heart Attack Death

4/6/12 Cancer Diagnosis Raises the Risk of Suicide and Heart Attack Death

‎TIME

A diagnosis of cancer may be particularly disheartening, and a recent study finds that the risks of suicide and death from heart disease rise in the week ...

3/27/12 - Study finds it's OK to drink alcohol after heart attack

3/27/12 Study finds it's OK to drink alcohol after heart attack

‎Fox News

Until now, medical science has been unclear whether people who have had heart attacks should drink alcohol. But a new study from Brigham and Women's ...

3/27/12 - ACC: Sleep and Heart Health Intertwined

3/27/12 ACC: Sleep and Heart Health Intertwined

‎MedPage Today

... Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. ... many times -- may have a negative effect on cardiovascular health, researchers found.

3/20/12 - BP Drop When Rising Linked to Heart Failure

3/20/12 BP Drop When Rising Linked to Heart Failure

‎MedPage Today

In this study, orthostatic hypotension predicted a significant 46% elevated risk of developing heart failure over about 18 years of follow-up.

3/14/12 - Inflammation Might Play Role in Heart Disease: Study

3/14/12 Inflammation Might Play Role in Heart Disease: Study

‎U.S. News & World Report

WEDNESDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) -- A protein involved in inflammation appears to play a role in the development of coronary heart disease, new research ...

3/13/12 - Sugary Drinks Tied to More Heart Attacks ‎

3/13/12 Sugary Drinks Tied to More Heart Attacks

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MedPage Today

... Harvard Medical School, Boston and Dorothy Caputo, MA, RN, BC-ADM, CDE, Nurse Planner This study found that men participating in the Health ...

3/2/12 - Protein Makes Diabetics' Heart Disease Worse

3/2/12 Protein Makes Diabetics' Heart Disease Worse

‎HealthNewsDigest.com

“If we can protect the heart of diabetic patients, it would be a significant breakthrough,” said Dr. Hill, the study's senior author who also serves as ...

2/28/12 - FDA adds diabetes, memory loss warnings to statins ‎

2/28/12 FDA adds diabetes, memory loss warnings to statins ‎

Reuters

... studies in which some patients taking statins may have a small increased risk of higher blood sugar levels and of being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.