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Berries Linked to Lower Heart Disease Among Women
The benefits for the heart of eating strawberries and blueberries can build up over a lifetime, according to the latest research. Bright colored berries have...
Risk of Sudden Death High Even for Light Smokers
The latest research quantifies how much smoking contributes to sudden heart-related death, and how quitting can potentially erase that risk.
Unemployment is Hard on the Heart, and the Harm May Add Up
Repeated job losses may be as damaging to heart health as smoking, high blood pressure, or diabetes
Can 5 Hour Energy Kill You?
Federal officials have received reports that detail 13 deaths allegedly linked to 5-Hour Energy within the past four years.
Work Stress Linked to More Heart Attacks
Thank God it’s Friday. A recent review of 13 studies by a group of European researchers links high work stress with an increase in heart attack risk. The...
Study: Painkillers After a Heart Attack May Be Risky
People who have survived a heart attack may want to reconsider taking painkillers known as NSAIDs, says a recent study published in the American Heart...
Predicting Heart Attack Risk: A Calcium Test May Help
Doctors are already pretty good at predicting heart disease risk among healthy people, but a new study shows they could more accurately identify those at highest...
What Women Can Learn from Rosie O’Donnell’s Heart Attack
Not every heart patient turns to verse to describe a heart attack, but that’s how comedian Rosie O’Donnell chose to tell the world that she had joined the...
New Testing Strategy Could Help Diagnose Heart Attacks in an Hour
Symptoms of heart attack account for about 10% of emergency room visits, and a new algorithm using highly sensitive blood tests may help emergency department...
Should You Take Statins? Study Says Heart Benefits Outweigh Diabetes Risk
In February, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) added a new warning to cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, noting the increased risk of Type 2 diabetes...
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Heart attacks: What you need to know
If you are one of the nearly 785,000 Americans who suffer a first heart attack this year, what you do in the first few minutes can determine an entire lifetime. ...
Along with flu and colds, winter brings more fatal heart attacks and strokes
Add to these ailments a more deadly one: heart attacks ... A recent study has found that more fatal heart attacks and strokes occur during the winter than at other times of the year....
Mediterranean Diet Can Cut Heart Disease, Study Finds
About 30 percent of heart attacks, strokes and deaths from heart disease can be prevented in people at high risk if they switch to a Mediterranean diet, according to new...
Antioxidants found in some berries may help protect against heart attack
Might those include protecting women from heart attacks? THIS STUDY analyzed data on 93,600 women, 25 to 42 years old and healthy at the start of the study. Data on their food...
