A new, highly sensitive test based on blood pressure monitoring can detect late-pregnancy complications such as high blood pressure and preeclampsia a full 23 weeks before symptoms occur, Spanish researchers report in this month's Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Potassium, either in the form of fruits and vegetables, or in supplements can lower high blood pressure, a risk factor for heart attack or stroke, Harvard researchers report in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.
A new study raises the surprising possibility that physicians may not be treating the aftermath of their patients' heart attacks aggressively enough. The findings appear in today's Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
The health of a person's heart may be found by looking in the blood, according to a report in today's Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
We invite you to make plans to attend the upcoming Epidemiology and Prevention Conference in Santa Fe. A fully equipped and staffed newsroom will be provided for working members of the media.
About 30 percent of stroke survivors have dementia, a disorder that robs a person of memory and other intellectual abilities, according to a new study in this month's Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
People who are Hispanic are more likely than whites and Native Americans to develop hemorrhagic strokes, caused by rupture of a brain artery, rather than ischemic strokes, caused by blockage of a brain artery, according to a new study appearing in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Sleep disorders associated with heavy snoring pose the greater stroke risk, researchers reported today in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. The study by U.S. and German researchers is the first to indicate a possible mechanism for stroke risk that could explain why some sleep disorders are more dangerous than others.
Gene therapy to restore blood flow, preventing stroke in children with sickle cell anemia, and the emergence of common bacteria as a potential "smoking gun" in heart disease are among the top research advances in cardiovascular disease during 1997, according to Martha Hill, R.N., Ph.D., president of the American Heart Association.
Heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases could cost the nation about $15 billion more in economic costs in 1998 than they did in 1997, according to figures released today by the American Heart Association in its 1998 Heart and Stroke Statistical Update.
One out of three women in a study were able to normalize their blood cholesterol levels by replacing regular canola margarine with one that contains a cholesterol-blocker called sitostanol ester, according to today's American Heart Association journal Circulation.
Cholesterol-lowering drugs reduced heart attack risk in women and senior citizens by 34 percent -- about the same amount as in younger men, according to a report in today's American Heart Association journal Circulation.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved Meridia (sibutramine), a new diet drug that has chemical properties similar, but not identical, to Redux and fen/phen (Pondimin).
A novel form of blood pressure reading can be a strong predictor of coronary heart disease death, according to a study reported by a Paris team of researchers in this month's Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal.
Although the drug warfarin prevents up to 80 percent of strokes suffered by those who have atrial fibrillation, which is irregular heart beat, it is woefully underused in the patients who have this common heart condition, according to a study in this month's Stroke, a journal of the American Heart Association.
After only seven days of physical activity -- walking or stationary biking -- women with high blood pressure began to reap dramatic health benefits, according to a report in this month's Hypertension, a journal of the American Heart Association.
For the first time, in a large study, researchers have linked an exaggerated response to mental stress to blood vessel blockages that can trigger heart attacks and strokes. The findings appear in today's American Heart Association journal Circulation.
-- For people undergoing balloon angioplasty to reopen disease-clogged blood vessels to the heart, the best insurance policy against needing the more serious coronary artery bypass surgery months or years later, may be the timely insertion of small flexible metal coils called "stents," say researchers today in the American Heart Association journal Circulation.
You are invited to cover the AHA's 23rd International Joint Conference on Stroke and Cerebral Circulation, which will be held February 5-7, 1998 at the Omni Rosen in Orlando. This is the largest conference in the world that draws together medical scientists and physicians engaged in research and treatment of stroke, the third leading cause of death in the United States and the leading cause of serious disability. More than 1,500 scientists are expected to attend from the United States and other nations
A high-fat meal can spark a dramatic rise in a blood coagulation factor, which may increase the risk of death from heart disease and stroke, researchers report in this month's Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, a journal of the American Heart Association
Can cholesterol levels considered "normal" still cause damage to blood vessels and thus be potentially harmful to your health? Scientists reporting today in the American Heart Association journal Circulation say the answer is "yes."
ORLANDO, Nov. 12 -- For the first time, researchers have linked high blood pressure to sexual problems in women, according to a study reported today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
ORLANDO, Nov. 12 -- The odds of surviving a heart attack may have as much to do with a patient's health insurance policy as the hospital to which the heart attack victim is rushed or whether a cardiologist treats the patient, according to a new study presented today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
ORLANDO, Nov. 12, 1997 -- Using a laser to drill tiny holes in the heart to provide new blood flow dramatically reduces chest pain and cuts hospitalizations for individuals whose heart disease makes them poor candidates for surgery or angioplasty, according to a report today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
ORLANDO, Nov. 12 -- Compact devices that shock the heart into a correct rhythm to treat cardiac arrest are found on many firetrucks, police cars and even in casinos. But are the devices, called automated external defibrillators (AEDs), in your doctor's office?
ORLANDO, Nov. 12 -- Young athletes who drop dead without warning of unsuspected heart defects are widely publicized. But another type of sudden death on the playing field also kills many young sports participants each year -- and its victims have perfectly normal hearts.
ORLANDO, Nov. 12 -- Drinking moderate amounts of alcohol -- about one drink a day -- cuts the risk of a deadly heart attack in men who already had one heart attack or stroke, according to a study reported today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
SS97 Wednesday Tips Morning 1-5 1. AED 2. Automation comes to the diagnostic lab 3. Balloon angioplasty 4. Doctor, watch what you say during surgery 5. Managed care and acute stroke
SS97 Wednesday Tips 6-10 6. Right-hert catherization 7. Hepatitis C and inflammatory heart disease 8. New treatment for angioplasty 9. Short stature equals higher risk of death from stroke 10. Folic acid and birth defects
SS97 Wednesday Tips 11-14 11. Gene therapy prevent smooth muscle cell growth 12. Obstructive speel apnea syndrome 13. Banning of popular weight loss drugs 14. Pioneering drug used to break up coronary clots
ORLANDO, Nov. 12 -- Robots are being tested as a new way to help surgeons perform heart operations, according to researchers who spoke here today at the American Heart Association's 70th Annual Sessions.
ORLANDO, Nov. 11 -- If you don't have time for a 30-minute workout each day, it may be just as good to divide the exercise time into several shorter-duration episodes a week of at least 10 minutes or longer, report scientists today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
ORLANDO, Nov. 11 -- Researchers may have found another cause and a possible new approach to treatment for individuals with severely failing hearts, according to a study presented today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
ORLANDO, Nov. 11 -- Many eligible heart attack patients are not receiving appropriate artery opening treatments -- including the powerful clot-busters -- according to a study reported today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
ORLANDO, Nov. 11 -- Eating fish -- lots of fish -- is better than a vegetarian diet in reducing the level of one heart-imperiling fat in the blood, an international research group reported today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
ORLANDO, Nov. 11 -- Further deepening a decade-old medical controversy, Finnish researchers have linked the amount of iron in the body in men to heart attacks. The new study, which uses more precise techniques than earlier research, was reported today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
ORLANDO, Nov. 11 -- People should start paying attention to their blood levels of cholesterol early in life, according to a study that finds cholesterol levels during middle age are more strongly tied to heart disease risk than cholesterol levels during older-age.
SS97 Tuesday Tips (Morning) 1. Vigorous exertion can trigger cardiac arrest 2. Estrogen replacement therapy 3. Fine-tuning diet/lifestyle programs can be more effective 4. How effective are nicotine skin patches? 5. Angioplasty is three times safer
SS97 Tuesday Afternoon Tips 1. Mediterranean diet 2. Cutting Balloon 3. Genetically engineered growth hormone 4. High-fat diet not so bad--if it's the right kind of fat 5. anti-arrhythmic drug, amiodarone
ORLANDO, Nov. 10 -- For people with heart disease and high blood levels of cholesterol, heavy exertion -- even mowing the lawn -- may trigger a sudden heart attack by rupturing the plaque obstructing the arteries of the heart, according to a study presented today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
ORLANDO, Nov. 10 -- "Blowing off steam" can be extremely dangerous, according to a study that finds men who get angry are almost twice as likely to have a stroke as those who are better at diffusing their anger. The study was presented today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
ORLANDO, Nov. 10 -- Long considered the "good" cholesterol, HDL under some circumstances can be made to act like its evil twin LDL and promote atherosclerosis, according to researchers who spoke today at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.
ORLANDO, Nov. 10 -- A simple, widely available test may help identify young children at risk of developing life-threatening rapid heartbeats, report researchers today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
SS97 Monday Tips (Afternoon) 1. Excess of clotting fibrin linked to stroke 2. Older people without spouses more vulnerable after heart attack 3. New clot-busting medicine called TNK 4. Electron beam computed tomography
SS97 Monday Tips (Morning) 1. How low should bad cholesterol be? 2. Doctors identify those like to have problems after heart surgery
ORLANDO, Nov. 9 -- A form of genetic engineering is being tested that may prevent blockages that occur after bypass surgery in the coronary arteries of the heart and the arteries of the legs, scientists reported today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
ORLANDO, Nov. 9 --Through gene therapy, researchers have grown new blood vessels for humans, according to a report presented today at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions.
SS97 Sunday Tips 1. Soy Protein protects arteries from atherosclerosis 2. Men and women react differently to Step 2 Diet 3. Death rates after heart surgery improve for octogenarians
Even small weight gains can increase a person's risk of having a heart attack, according to a report that stresses the importance of a low-fat diet and regular physical activity to prevent obesity.
People with heart failure fared far better in the care of cardiologists and trained specialists than in the hands of internists and family physicians with limited expertise in treating the condition, a new study published today in the American Heart Association journal Circulation shows.
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