News tagged with cardiac disease

Tracing an elusive killer parasite in Peru

Despite what Hollywood would have you believe, not all epidemics involve people suffering from zombie-like symptoms--some can only be uncovered through door-to-door epidemiology and advanced mathematics.

Biology / Other

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Scan of mummified remains indicates female was a teen at time of death

The mummy is indeed a lady - one who didn't make it to adulthood.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 02, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Are ICDs up to par with patients living longer?

Most patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) who have an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) now live more than seven years and those ICD patients with hereditary heart disease ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists identify new marker for heart disease

A new study from the Libin Cardiovascular Institute at the University of Calgary's Faculty of Medicine is shedding light on an underlying cause of heart disease.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 22, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Healthy' patients at high risk of cardiac death identified

(PhysOrg.com) -- The way the heart responds to an early beat is predictive of cardiac death, especially for people with no conventional markers of cardiovascular disease, according to new research from Washington University ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Heart patients should be referred to cardiac rehabilitation before leaving hospital

Healthcare practitioners can increase the number of patients with heart disease referred to a cardiac rehabilitation program by 40 per cent, helping them to reduce their risk of dying and improve their quality of life, say ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Integrative Medicine: Cognitive behavioral therapy

We know that the state of the mind has a lot to do with how healthy the body is. An interesting study published this month in the Annals of Internal Medicine demonstrates the mind-body connection yet again - this time ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 04, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Calcium flow disruptions linked to heart failure

Excessive release of calcium inside cardiac muscle can cause sudden cardiac death in heart failure patients. New research has revealed how this could happen, opening up new possibilities for combating heart ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diagnostic chip may help hearts, cut costs

Heart disease is a silent killer, but new microchip technology from Rice University is expected to advance the art of diagnosis.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Heart-targeting Listeria increase cardiac disease risk

Certain strains of the food pathogen Listeria are uniquely adapted to infect heart tissues and may put people at a higher risk from serious cardiac disease, according to a new study published in the Journal of ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Call for truth in trans fats labeling by the FDA

Did you know that when you pick up a product promoted as trans fat free, you may still be ingesting a significant amount of this potentially harmful substance? An article by Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

Longevinex exhibits L-shaped safety curve for first time in resveratrol biology

It was Paracelsus, the Renaissance physician (1493-1541 A.D.) who first said "the dose makes the poison." So, you can drink too much wine, or ingest too much resveratrol, but in an unprecedented study, heart researchers ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 30, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Chinese study suggests that alcohol increases angiographically significant coronary artery disease

Among a large number of Chinese men presenting with chest pain or EKG changes, sequential subjects undergoing cardiac angiography were evaluated for obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) lesions according to their reported ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Music relieves stress of assisted breathing

Patients who need assistance to breathe through mechanical ventilation may benefit from listening to music, a new review published in The Cochrane Library shows. The researchers found that music listening may relax patien ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New blood test could detect heart disease in people with no symptoms

A more sensitive version of a blood test typically used to confirm that someone is having a heart attack could indicate whether a seemingly healthy, middle-aged person has unrecognized heart disease and an increased risk ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 07, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Heart disease

Heart disease or cardiopathy is an umbrella term for a variety for different diseases affecting the heart. As of 2007, it is the leading cause of death in the United States, England, Canada and Wales, killing one person every 34 seconds in the United States alone.

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