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Scan Could Identify Risk Of Heart Attack, Research Says
It is possible to predict the risk of heart attack by performing a simple scan that can detect harmful plaques according to the latest study published in Lancet Medical Journal. Heart attack is one of...
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Public Defibrillator Shortage Helping to Boost Heart Attack Deaths Away from...
The restricted availability of defibrillators, and poor understanding of how to use them, are helping to boost the number of deaths from heart attacks occurring outside hospitals, suggests a study of...
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Death of Partner Associated with Increased Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke
Bottom Line: The risk of heart attack or stroke is increased in the 30 days after a partner’s death. Author: Iain M. Carey, M.Sc., Ph.D., of St. George’s University of London, and colleagues....
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Younger Men Receive Faster Care for Heart Attacks, Angina Compared with Women...
A new study indicates that in younger adults experiencing heart attacks and angina, men are more likely to receive faster care compared with women. The study, published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical...
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Heart Attack Survivors Who Eat Lots Of Fibre Live Longer
Bottom Line: People who survive heart attacks have a greater chance of living longer if they increase their dietary intake of fibre – and eating lots of cereal fibre is especially beneficial, finds...
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Intensive Insulin Provides Survival Benefit in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes...
Bottom Line: Long-term follow-up of the DIGAMI 1 trial – a landmark study of type 2 diabetes in Sweden – shows that intensive insulin treatment prolonged life by more than 2 years in patients with...
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First Nations People Less Likely to Receive Coronary Angiography After Heart...
Bottom Line: First Nations people are less likely to receive guideline-recommended angiography after a heart attack compared with non–First Nations people and have poorer long-term survival rates,...
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Young Women Fare Worse than Young Men After Heart Attack
Study Highlights: Women age 55 and younger may fare worse than their male counterparts after having a heart attack. Women’s poorer health outcomes may be due to a range of socio-demographic, clinical...
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How Pneumonia Bacteria Can Compromise Heart Health
Bottom Line: Bacterial pneumonia in adults carries an elevated risk for adverse cardiac events (such as heart failure, arrhythmias, and heart attacks) that contribute substantially to mortality—but...
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Seeing Doctor Twice a Year Helps Keep Blood Pressure Under Control
Study Highlights: People who visited their doctor at least twice a year had better blood pressure control. Having healthcare insurance and getting treated for high cholesterol also increased the...
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