News tagged with cardiac events

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Study reveals mounting evidence of fish oil's heart health benefits

There is mounting evidence that omega-3 fatty acids from fish or fish oil supplements not only help prevent cardiovascular diseases in healthy individuals, but also reduce the incidence of cardiac events and mortality in ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | 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

Home is best for cardiac rehabilitation

Researchers from the NHS in Cornwall, the Peninsula Medical School, the Agency for Health Technology Assessment in Warsaw and the University of Birmingham have analysed 12 studies relating to cardiac rehabilitation and found ...

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created Jan 20, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Feeling down and out could break your heart, literally

New data published in the March 17, 2009, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology suggest that relatively healthy women with severe depression are at increased risk of cardiac events, including sudden cardia ...

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created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Patient hopelessness linked to poor cardiac rehab, researchers find

(PhysOrg.com) -- Feelings of hopelessness lead to decreased participation in rehabilitation for patients recovering from cardiac events such as a heart attack, according to a team of researchers led by a Michigan State University ...

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created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Chest pain med is effective for refractory angina, but adherence problematic

Ranolazine (Ranexa, Gilead) is an effective anti-anginal therapy in patients with refractory angina; however, at one year only 59 percent of patients remained on the drug, according to a scientific poster that will be presented ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Severe psoriasis linked to major adverse cardiovascular events

Psoriasis is a common inflammatory skin disease, and if severe, has been demonstrated to be a risk factor for cardiovascular (CV) disease. However, the degree to which psoriasis is associated with major adverse cardiac events ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Women less likely to have a stroke after mini-stroke

30 days after a transient ischemic attack, women are 30 percent less likely to have a stroke than men, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Yale University. The analysis, including ...

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created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | 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.

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

Hearts may swoon when stocks do, study suggests

(AP) -- Stock market slides may hurt more than your savings. New research suggests they might prompt heart attacks. Duke University researchers found a link between how a key stock index performed and how many heart attacks ...

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created Mar 13, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0