Heart Murmurs in Children: Not Always a Serious Problem
University of KentuckyHeart murmurs in children may be more common than you think. A pediatric cardiologist explains when to be concerned and when to wait.
Heart murmurs in children may be more common than you think. A pediatric cardiologist explains when to be concerned and when to wait.
Even healthy people exposed to ultrafine particulate pollution associated with traffic and fossil-fuel combustion for just two hours show changes in heart rhythm and evidence of clot formation that may herald the potential for serious cardiac events, according to research from the Environmental Protection Agency.
The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education at Ryerson University launches a groundbreaking interprofessional neuroscience-stroke care program.
Chocolate is heart healthy.
Those over the age of 65 should consider an abdominal aortic aneurysm screening.
Tips for parents looking to reduce their children's risk of becoming overweight or obese.
Lifestyle contributes more to heart health than stress.
Not tracking your daily salt intake and going overboard with eating habits can derail the health of people with hypertension.
Cholesterol can be a problem, even for younger people.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) would like to remind Americans that substance abuse and mental health problems affect those with heart disease. In fact, nearly a million Americans experiencing a serious psychological disorder in the past year also suffered from heart disease.
How do you change health habits among a population with some of the highest heart disease rates in the world? Tackling heart disease in Kentucky – an epicenter of heart health problems – the University of Kentucky Gill Heart Institute Cardiac Rehabilitation Program is helping high-risk patients make radical, lasting changes to improve their heart health.
As we approach February and Heart Health enters the minds of consumers and news outlets, please consider GW experts for commentary on issues including cardiovascular disease, prevention, interventional cardiology and heart attack treatment, renal disease, hypertension, irregular heartbeats, and information on transradial cardiac catheterization.
Some of the nation’s rising music stars have joined Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), the nation’s first cancer center, in an effort to show young people that they can help build a world without cancer.
The University of Kentucky is hoping to add precious time to heart attack patients' lives by shaving off minutes between the ambulance and treatment at the hospital.
As allegations of Tiger Woods’ extramarital affairs continued to surface, one of the trending topics on Twitter this week was “why men cheat.” In recent months, John Edwards, Mark Sanford, Eliot Spitzer, and others have faced similar allegations and public scrutiny. Andrew Irwin-Smiler, professor of psychology at Wake Forest can offer insight.
A new study carried out at the University of Haifa has found that the oxytocin hormone, known as the "love hormone", also affects antisocial behaviors, such as jealousy and gloating.
In 1958, a team comprised of a groundbreaking engineer -- Dean Franklin -- in concert with two exceptional physicians -- Drs. Robert Rushmer and Robert Van Citters – was laying the foundation for what would eventually become a radical new approach to health care: the noninvasive imaging and treatment of the heart.
Mayo Clinic researchers say that “teachable software” designed to mimic the human brain may help them diagnose cardiac infections without an invasive exam.
Doctors at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center’s Heart Center have implanted one of the first wireless pacemakers in the country and the first in the Triad.
Patients who had a cardiac resynchronization device combined with a defibrillator (CRT-D) implanted had a 34 percent reduction in their risk of death or heart failure when compared to patients receiving only an implanted cardiac defibrillator (ICD), according to a landmark study published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented today at the European Society of Cardiology Congress (ESC) in Barcelona, Spain.
Cardiac resynchronization can delay the progression of heart failure, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The treatment reduced the risk of serious heart failure events by 41 percent.
Loyola pediatric cardiologist says to reduce risks, it's important to be aware of symptoms that can easily go unnoticed.
Patients who have a heart defect known as patent foramen ovale incidentally discovered and repaired during surgery for a different condition may have an increased odds of postoperative stroke, along with no clear benefit on short-term outcomes or long-term survival, according to a study in the July 15 issue of JAMA.
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School jointly announce the successful implant of the AbioCor Total Replacement Heart, the world's first completely self-contained, fully implantable artificial heart, as well as the first internal artificial organ.
Motivated by a desire to understand why sudden cardiac death claims the lives of women under 60 at twice the rate of their male counterparts, Angela M. Taylor, M.D., an interventional cardiologist at the University of Virginia Health System, is launching a unique study that will color-code and measure plaque deposits inside the coronary arteries of male and female patients between the ages of 18 and 50.
Members of the press will have the opportunity to meet U.S. leading heart failure nurses, educators, and researchers during the American Association of Heart Failure Nurses Annual Meeting, to be held June 25-27, 2009 in Minneapolis, Minn.
Treating a common heart rhythm disorder by burning heart tissue with a catheter works dramatically better than drug treatments, a major international study has found. Results were so convincing the trial was halted early.
New simulator enables anesthesiologist to practice transesophageal echocardiogram before performing procedure on patients.
Certain heart attack patients who experience a rapid, abnormal heart rhythm before or after a coronary artery intervention or stent placement have a significantly higher risk of death within 90 days of the procedure, according to a study in the May 6 issue of JAMA.
A common misconception about arterial plaque is that it inevitably leads to a heart attack or a stroke. New research at Columbia University Medical Center, however, sheds light on why so few plaques in any given individual actually cause a problem. Furthermore, the research has identified a key protein that may promote the conversion from benign to dangerous plaques.
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have found that a chemical commonly used in the production of such medical plastic devices as intravenous (IV) bags and catheters can impair heart function in rats. These new findings suggest a possible new reason for some of the common side effects"”loss of taste, short term memory loss"”of medical procedures that require blood to be circulated through plastic tubing outside the body, such as heart bypass surgery or kidney dialysis.
Now that the popularity of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has declined, so too has the number of myocardial infarctions, or heart attacks, in menopausal women each year, a new study has found.
Michael Gorham was riding his bicycle when he was hit by a massive heart attack. But just 35 minutes after paramedics dropped Gorham off at Loyola University Hospital, a cardiologist stopped Gorham's heart attack in its tracks with an emergency balloon angioplasty. Loyola is an example of how hospitals are striving to reduce "door-to-balloon" times in heart attack patients.
With eight basic medical facts in hand, doctors can now estimate the risk of bleeding for a patient having a heart attack. Using clinical variables, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Duke University and collaborating institutions have created a new method to estimate bleeding risk and help lessen the chances that heart attack patients will experience this common complication.
Patients with severe heart failure can be bridged to eventual transplant by a new, smaller and lighter implantable heart pump, according to a just-completed study of the device. Results of this third-generation heart assist device were reported at the 58th annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology on March 30.
In the largest study ever to compare drug-coated stents with bare ones, heart disease patients 65 and older who received the drug-coated stents to prevent blockages were more likely to survive and less likely to suffer a heart attack than people fitted with bare stents.
Results of a Mayo Clinic study show that a simple, noninvasive finger sensor test is "highly predictive" of a major cardiac event, such as a heart attack or stroke, for people who are considered at low or moderate risk, according to researchers.
Romance does not have to fizzle out in long-term relationships and progress into a companionship/friendship-type love, a new study has found. Romantic love can last a lifetime and lead to happier, healthier relationships.
A novel signaling pathway plays a significant role in the production of aldosterone, a hormone that promotes heart failure after a myocardial infarction, according to a study conducted by Thomas Jefferson University researchers.
People over 80 years of age suffering from a certain type of heart failure do not appear to benefit from most commonly prescribed heart medications, according to a study conducted at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute and published in the March 15 issue of The American Journal of Cardiology.
An Illinois hospital is the latest center to improve its treatment of heart attack patients by having an interventional cardiologist on staff 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The 24/7 staffing will reduce the amount of time it takes to perform emergency balloon angioplasties. An angioplasty can stop a heart attack by reopening a blocked coronary artery.
Falling in love causes our body to release a flood of feel-good chemicals that trigger specific physical reactions.
Doctors at the University of Michigan Health System are one of the first in the nation to use a combination of procedures, before birth and immediately after delivery, to save a girl born with half a heart. One in 100 children are born with a heart defect and an ultrasound showed Mira Larrison, of Mio, Mich., would be born with the most complex one, hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Traditional surgery was too risky for Mira because of other health factors, but doctors used a combination of less invasive procedures to give her new life.
Tomorrow is Valentine's Day and a plethora of hearts and a sea of red can be found abound. What people may not know is that February 14 also culminates National Heart Failure Awareness Week, observed February 8-14. The American Association of Heart Failure Nurses (AAHFN) is encouraging everyone to learn the signs and symptoms of heart failure and offers tips on maintaining a healthy heart.
The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) is asking all women to be their own special Valentines this year and take five strides toward improving their health.
Dr. Catherine Birndorf, clinical associate professor of psychiatry at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, emphasizes the importance of working at your relationship all year round.
Love is usually associated with the heart: Valentine's Day chocolates, for example, often come in a (stylized) heart-shaped box. But recent studies by neuroscientists show that love is actually very much in our heads. Hear about a series of studies on romantic love on Life Lines, the podcast of The American Physiological Society.
It matters whether you give your loved one a material gift or an experience for Valentine's Day, say researchers at The University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business and Washington University in St. Louis.
Survey Finds Smile Is "Most Attractive" Physical Feature Men, Women Differ in Oral Health Care Habits CHICAGO, Feb. 11, 2009"”Valentine's Day is around the corner, and what do people find most attractive in others? The smile. A national survey from the American Dental Association and Crest® and Oral B® finds that the smile outranked eyes, hair and the body as the most attractive physical feature.
Valentine's Day can be a time of indulgence... chocolate, wine, romance. It turns out, many of those indulgences, if taken in moderation, can be good for your heart! A University of Michigan cardiac surgeon shares some advice on setting the mood for a heart-healthy Valentine's Day.