News tagged with coronary disease
Oxidative stress: Less harmful than suspected?
Arterial calcification and coronary heart disease, neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, cancer and even the aging process itself are suspected to be partially caused or accelerated ...
Dec 05, 2011 |
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Fatty liver disease can lead to heart attack
Because of the prevalence of obesity in our country, many Americans are expected to develop a serious condition called non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which can lead to cirrhosis, fibrosis, and in some cases liver ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 19, 2011 |
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Pacific nations battle obesity epidemic
On Tonga's supermarket shelves, huge cans of corned beef the size of paint tins replaced traditional fare such as fish and coconuts long ago -- contributing to an obesity epidemic that sees the Pacific region ranked as the ...
Apr 10, 2011 |
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Blood biomarker associated with prevalence, severity of Alzheimer's, but not risk of development
Higher levels in blood of the protein clusterin, also known as apolipoprotein J, are significantly associated with the prevalence and severity of Alzheimer's disease, but not with the risk of onset of new disease, according ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 05, 2011 |
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Heart surgery wait times down in Alberta and BC
New data from the University of Calgary's Faculty of Medicine shows that wait times for a number of heart surgeries have gone down close to 50 per cent in Alberta and British Columbia.
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Apr 05, 2011 |
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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 ...
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Study finds routine periodic fasting is good for your health, and your heart
Fasting has long been associated with religious rituals, diets, and political protests. Now new evidence from cardiac researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute demonstrates that routine periodic fasting ...
Apr 03, 2011 |
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Patients with severe non-inflammatory respiratory disease face anemia risk
A study of nearly 600 patients with severe non-inflammatory respiratory disease has found that a significant percentage also suffered from anaemia, according to the April issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinic ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 31, 2011 |
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Outcomes improved by longer delays between heart attacks and elective surgeries
Before undergoing elective surgery, patients should consider waiting longer after a heart attack than is currently recommended, according to a study scheduled for publication in the May issue of the journal, Annals of Su ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 24, 2011 |
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Coronary artery calcium scans may help lower heart disease risk without increasing tests and costs
A new study of coronary artery calcium scanning – a simple, noninvasive test that gives patients baseline information about plaque in their coronary arteries—has shown that the scan helps them make heart-healthy ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 23, 2011 |
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Regions with higher rate of diagnoses have lower fatality rate for chronic conditions
An examination of data for more than 5 million Medicare beneficiaries finds that hospital regions that have a greater frequency of diagnoses have a lower case-fatality rate for chronic conditions such as coronary artery disease ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 15, 2011 |
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Potential new treatment to reduce the burden of atherosclerosis in acute coronary syndrome patients
The Montreal Heart Institute today announced the start of the Phase 2 CHI-SQUARE (Can HDL Infusions Significantly QUicken Atherosclerosis REgression?) study of CER-001 in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), in co ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 15, 2011 |
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International Women's Day provides a 'red alert' for women's hearts
On International Women's Day (8th March), the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) is calling for action to reduce the gender disparities that are currently resulting in women receiving second rate cardiovascular (CV) care. ...
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Effects of alcohol on risk factors for cardiovascular disease
A summary paper on the effects of alcohol consumption on biologic mechanisms associated with coronary heart disease provides an excellent review of a large number of intervention studies in humans. Appropriate analyses were ...
Mar 07, 2011 |
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International collaborative identifies 13 new heart-disease-associated gene sites
Thirteen new gene regions have been convincingly linked to coronary atherosclerosis in a massive, new, international genetics study involving investigators from the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Mar 06, 2011 |
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