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William Neal of West Virginia University in Morgantown, who led the new study.
Neal said treating youth with cholesterol-lowering drugs, the so-called statins, would curb the risk that they went on to develop heart problems in middle age. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the Western world.
Based on data from West Virginia, [...]
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Jersey Chen of Yale University School of Medicine, whose study appears in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
An advanced type of heart stress test called myocardial perfusion imaging, in which doctors inject a radioactive tracer in patients to test blood flow, accounted for 74 percent of radiation exposure from heart scans.
Heart catheterization [...]
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Statins are one of the most widely used drugs for the treatment and prevention of heart disease, both among people who already have it and among high-risk but healthy people. They are among the most successful drugs of all time and have been credited with preventing millions of heart attacks and strokes.
But in a meta-analysisa [...]
The risk was same even women took hormone replacement
It is important for women to know that early menopause is a potential risk factor for cardiovascular disease, the number one killer of American women, Dr. Melissa Wellons of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, who led the study, said in a statement.
They can then work harder to improve their modifiable risk factors, such [...]
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The study is the second in a week to find new potential uses for allopurinol. Research published on Tuesday found it may be useful as a cheaper alternative to more modern heart drugs from Switzerlands Roche and Frances Servier for patients with chronic chest pain.
Allopurinol is used primarily to treat people with excess uric acid [...]
Dairy foods are a major source of saturated fat in diet
However, theres some evidence that dairy foods could actually benefit heart health, for example by lowering blood pressure or reducing cholesterol levels, Dr. Eva Warensjo of Uppsala University and her colleagues note in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
To get a clearer sense of peoples intake of fat from dairy and heart disease risk, [...]
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Particulate mattertiny specks of soot, dust, and other pollutants in the air that can be breathed deep into the lungs — has been consistently linked to increases in deaths from heart disease and clogged arteries, Dr. Martine Dennekamp of Monash University in Melbourne and her colleagues note.
But studies looking at whether air pollution specifically ups [...]
New research suggests only patients with very low daily
New research suggests that only patients with very low daily intake of certain omega-3 fatty acids, found in fish and some plants and nuts, are likely to reduce their risk of heart attacks or death if they take more supplements rich in these fatty acids.
The study supports research which has shown that, after a certain [...]
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Studies in animals have suggested that CLAs can protect the heart, and help in weight loss.
Hannia Campos of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston and her colleagues found, in a study of 4,000 people, that people with the highest concentrations of CLAsthe top fifth among all participants — had a 36 percent [...]
British researchers studied nearly
People with gum disease are more likely to develop heart disease and diabetes because inflammation in the body, including in the mouth and gums, plays a role in the build up of clogged arteries, said Richard Watt from University College London, who led the study.
The 70 percent extra risk compares to a 135 percent extra [...]