Heart Attack News
- 2008-04-12 - New equipment approved for heart attack victims
Eight hospitals in Santa Clara County, including Stanford Hospital, will receive new equipment that can save people when they are having hearts attacks.
Read all... - 2008-04-12 - ESL teacher dies of heart attack while driving car
EAST ST. LOUIS -- A popular East St. Louis Senior High School teacher died in a one-car accident on his way to work Friday.
Read all... - 2008-04-11 - Results are in on "ground-breaking" heart attack study
OSHAWA -- New research that involved local patients and an Oshawa cardiologist is challenging the first line of defence against heart attacks.
Read all... - 2008-04-11 - Vitamin B9 protects heart during and after heart attack
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States today, and acute myocardial infarctions - heart attacks - make up a considerable number of those deaths. Over 850,000 Americans had a heart attack in 2007 alone. For years, scientists and physicians have sought ways to prevent heart attacks or to blunt their effects when they are happening.
Read all... - 2008-04-01 - Blood pressure pill prevents heart attack
A DRUG normally used to treat high blood pressure can also prevent heart attack, heart failure, stroke and death in people who are at high risk of cardiovascular disease, an international study including 1300 Australians has found.
Read all... - 2008-03-31 - Dagga deadly after heart attack
Marijuana users may have a shorter life expectancy after suffering a heart attack than people who do not use the drug, a new study suggests.
Read all... - 2008-03-31 - Study Shows Drug-Coated Stents Safe Following Heart Attack
Boston (dbTechno) - According to a new study, drug-coated stents are safe for heart attack patients. Researchers revealed that the coated stents, which are used to keep diseased coronary arteries open, are far safer than bare-metal stents.
Read all... - 2008-03-31 - Study Shows Drug-Coated Stents Safe Following Heart Attack
Boston (dbTechno) - According to a new study, drug-coated stents are safe for heart attack patients. Researchers revealed that the coated stents, which are used to keep diseased coronary arteries open, are far safer than bare-metal stents.
Read all... - 2008-03-31 - New weapon in heart attack war
THOUSANDS of Australians could be saved from fatal heart attack and stroke each year after a landmark international study. Experts say the study will revolutionise treatment of patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease.
Read all... - 2008-03-30 - Heart problems can surprise women
FRESNO Vicki Westburg made excuses for being tired and short of breath. She blamed long, stressful days on her job as a special education administrator for a weariness she couldn't shake. And she thought her labored breathing was due to asthma.
Read all... - 2008-03-30 - Coronary calcium scanning strongly predicts heart risk -- in all ethnicities, a study finds. But is it cost-effective?
Coronary artery calcium scanning -- a method that takes images of the coronaries and uses them to predict heart attack risk -- has soared in popularity over the last decade. But controversy has dogged the test for two reasons: a lack of scientific evidence that it can predict risk in people of all ethnicities and doubts about its cost-effectiveness.
Read all... - 2008-03-30 - Drug-Eluting Stents Safe After Heart Attack
SUNDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- Drug-eluting stents, the small tubing placed in diseased coronary arteries to keep them open, are more effective than bare-metal stents for heart attack patients, new research shows.
Read all... - 2008-03-29 - Managing Stress Can Lower Heart Death Risk
Emphasizing an old adage, new medical research confirms that keeping stress levels under control can significantly reduce the risk of a heart attack or death in patients with coronary artery disease.
Read all... - 2008-03-28 - Key Protein Limits Damage of Heart Attack
A signaling protein called Gi plays a critical role in protecting the heart during a heart attack, say researchers at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
Read all... - 2008-03-24 - Drug Therapy Boosting Heart-Attack Survival Rates
The long-term survival of older Americans who have heart attacks has improved steadily in recent years and apparently is due to the drugs they are prescribed, a new study suggests. Medicare and pharmacy data on 21,484 residents of New Jersey and Pennsylvania who had heart attacks showed a 3 percent year-by-year reduction in death rates from 1995 to 2004, according to the study.
Read all... - 2008-03-24 - Patients Do Better at Hospitals With Clinical Trials
Patients with heart attacks or other acute heart events may receive better care and have lower death rates in hospitals that take part in clinical trials, U.S. researchers report.
Read all... - 2008-03-24 - Heart-risk protein unaltered by daily psyllium
Daily fiber supplementation with psyllium does not reduce levels of an inflammatory protein connected to heart disease in people who are overweight or obese, new research indicates -- in contrast to previous research that found lower inflammation in people with high fiber intake.
Read all... - 2008-03-19 - Gene Variants Can Predict Threat of Heart Disease
A combination of cholesterol-associated gene variants can increase a person's risk for heart attack, stroke or sudden cardiac death, Massachusetts General Hospital researchers report.
Read all... - 2008-03-18 - Heart patients with diabetes need extra care
People hospitalized because of acute heart failure face an increased risk of dying in the hospital and in the longer term if they have diabetes or pre-diabetes, researchers report.
Read all... - 2008-02-27 - Heart Attacks in Hospital More Deadly at Night, on Weekends
Hospital patients who have the misfortune of suffering cardiac arrest at night or on the weekend are less likely to survive than those who have a heart attack during weekdays or weekday evenings, new research finds.
Read all... - 2008-02-26 - One Drink May Help Heart, But Two Is Too Many
Whether it's red wine or another spirit, the heart and blood vessels benefit slightly from one drink, but a second erases the positive effects, say Canadian researchers.
Read all... - 2008-02-25 - More Elderly Americans Living With Heart Failure
While the number of elderly Americans newly diagnosed with heart failure has declined, the number of those living with the condition has increased, new research finds.
Read all... - - Drug-Eluting Stents Safe After Heart Attack
SUNDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- Drug-eluting stents, the small tubing placed in diseased coronary arteries to keep them open, are more effective than bare-metal stents for heart attack patients, new research shows.
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