-- Putting portable defibrillators in commercial airliners and at airports would save both lives and money for the airlines, according to a study published in today's Circulation, an American Heart Association journal.
A new study of more than 20,000 children on three continents has found significant differences in blood cholesterol -- particularly in cholesterol's healthiest component, abbreviated HDL.
More women with heart disease are surviving to adulthood and contemplating pregnancy, but precautions may be needed to prevent complications in both the mother and child, according to a study in today's Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association.
If more people would take an aspirin when they experience chest pain or other symptoms of a severe heart attack, 5,000 to 10,000 lives could be saved in the United States each year, according to an American Heart Association scientific statement published today in the association's journal Circulation.
For the first time, researchers say they have proof that people who have suffered a stroke have a better chance of long-term survival if they are treated in a hospital "stroke unit."
If your blood levels of "good" cholesterol are low and you already have heart disease, you may be at increased risk of having a stroke, according to a report published today in the American Heart Association journal Stroke.
Even people who have had a stroke don't always know the signs, symptoms and risk factors relating to their "brain attack", according to a study in today's Stroke, a journal of the American Heart Association.
For treating heart attacks, the blood thinner hirulog is better than heparin when added to a "clot-buster" to dissolve blood clots and reopen clogged arteries, according to a report in today's American Heart Association journal Circulation.
A chemical version of a "balloon-popper" has been identified that may help explain why some aortic aneurysms rupture and others do not. The report appears in today's American Heart Association journal Circulation.
A long-term study shows that individuals whose coronary arteries are obstructed and who are treated with angioplasty have more heart-related deaths than those who undergo bypass surgery.
Estrogen replacement therapy used to help relieve menopausal symptoms quickly reduces the amount of lipoprotein (a), one of the "bad cholesterols" in the blood, say researchers reporting in this month's American Heart Association's journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology.
Bystanders who witness a cardiac arrest should dial 9-1-1 and then perform mouth-to-mouth ventilations and chest compressions -- the two major components of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) -- according to the American Heart Association in a statement on CPR published in its journal Circulation (Sept. 16).
Researchers have found a mutation in a fat-dissolving gene that raises the risk of heart attack by five-fold compared to individuals with a normal gene. Reporting in today's American Heart Association journal Circulation, they say the gene mutation may place 1 in 1,500 individuals at increased risk for heart attack.
Two diseases -- atherosclerosis and osteoporosis -- may be linked by a common problem in how the body uses calcium, according to two reports in American Heart Associations journals. One report is published in Stroke, the other is in today's Circulation.
Drawing on artificial intelligence technology, researchers have for the first time found that machines show promise of improving on human's ability to diagnose heart attacks, according to a study in today's American Heart Association journal Circulation.
African-Americans may need to become even stricter in controlling blood pressure if they hope to fight kidney disease, warn researchers today in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension.
Dental infections and other chronic infections such as bronchitis more than double the risk of having a stroke or "brain attack," according to a study by German researchers reported in today's American Heart Association journal Stroke.
Burning out damaged heart tissue through a procedure called ablation sharply reduces the number of shocks delivered by implantable defibrillator to slow down racing hearts, a new study reports in today's American Heart Association journal Circulation.
Children already in danger of developing heart disease because of high cholesterol blood levels face a "triple jeopardy" if they live in smoke-filled homes, according to a study appearing in today's American Heart Association journal Circulation.
Hopelessness is a downer for the heart, according to a study that appears in this month's American Heart Association journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. The four-year study of 942 middle-aged men links hopelessness -- defined as feeling like a failure or having an uncertain future -- to a faster progression of atherosclerosis.
Just a small annual percentage drop in the size of the nation's population of smokers quickly pays off with "substantial" health and economic benefits, a new analysis shows in today's American Heart Association journal Circulation.
A twofold increased risk of heart attack was found among women who have higher than normal blood levels of the protein homocysteine and lower than normal blood levels of the vitamin folate, according to a study in today's American Heart Association journal Circulation.
A readily available, but underused, diagnostic test could help prevent unnecessary angioplasties, a procedure used to clean out blocked blood vessels to the heart, report researchers in today's Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association.
British researchers say they have demonstrated for the first time that signs of a common respiratory infection can be a useful yardstick for predicting whether survivors of heart attack will suffer another attack, which may be fatal, or need treatment to restore blood flow to their hearts. Antibiotic treatment appears to quickly nullify the risk for these heart disease problems, the scientists report in today's American Heart Association journal Circulation.
A twofold increased risk of heart attack was found among women who have higher than normal blood levels of the protein homocysteine and lower than normal blood levels of the vitamin folate, according to a study in today's American Heart Association journal Circulation.
Boston researchers say they have evidence that supports the safety of nifedipine, a calcium channel blocker used to treat high blood pressure. Their report appears in the July issue of the American Heart Association journal Hypertension.
High blood pressure speeds the loss of memory and other cognitive abilities in the elderly, and actually causes their brains to shrink in size, according to a new study reported in the American Heart Association Journal Stroke.
Circulation, the American Heart Association journal will be published weekly beginning in January 1998 under a new name Circulation - Journal of the American Heart Association.
Physicians might better serve their patients if they promoted physical activity as fervently as they do smoking cessation and controlling blood cholesterol levels, according to a science advisory published today in Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association.
Doctors may have a way to identify people with heart disease whose coronary arteries will become obstructed again after they have been propped open with tiny metal tubes called stents. The clue may be found, French scientists say, not in the individuals' diseased blood vessel but in their genes, according to a report in today's American Heart Association journal Circulation.
A new study on growth patterns in children and teenagers confirms striking fluctuations in blood cholesterol levels, suggesting that normal cutpoints for testing may need to be re-examined, says Darwin Labarthe, M.D., Ph.D., the report's lead author.
A blood protein called "ACE" identifies people likely to have life-threatening complications after a heart attack.
Doctors have a new set of medical tools to help identify seriously ill patients for whom transplants might safely be deferred.
A new gene marker was found twice as often among heart attack patients than healthy people in a new study appearing in today's American Heart Association journal Circulation. The study confirms that there is a "gene link" for heart attack, says Diederick E. Grobbee, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues from the Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences, the Netherlands.
"The American Heart Association applauds the fact that tobacco settlement talks are progressing, however, we will not render a position or any recommendations until we see something in writing and have an opportunity to conduct our own independent evaluation, " said AHA Chairman of the Board David A. Ness.
Americans are getting about half as much fiber in the diet as they need, according to a new report from the American Heart Association that appears today in its journal Circulation
Constant exposure to second-hand smoke -- in the workplace or at home -- nearly doubles the risk of having a heart attack, a landmark study of more than 32,000 women suggests.
The chance of having a stroke after a heart attack is highest within five days of the attack, thus reducing a personÃs short-term and long-term survival, Swedish scientists report today in the current issue of the American Heart Association journal Stroke. Embargoed: Monday, April 7, 1997 4 p.m. EST
Key nutrients in the diet during infancy and adolescence--especially sodium, calcium, fiber and fat--have an early impact on blood pressure and could influence whether high blood pressure develops later in life, two new reports suggest.
Progress in reducing deaths from coronary heart disease is threatened by alarming increases in obesity, physical inactivity and cigarette smoking as well as the aging of the population,î stated Jan Breslow, M.D., president of the American Heart Association, in response to a U.S. Centers for Disease ControlÃs report, released today.
Results of a survey, published in the Feb. 13 issue of the Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report (MMWR), indicate that few physicians counseled patients about how physical activity, diet and weight reduction can help reduce an individual's risk of cardiovascular diseases, such as heart attack and stroke, which are the country's leading causes of death.
Preventive Nutrition: Pediatrics to Geriatrics will be the focus of an American Heart Association scientific conference, Feb. 24-26, at the Salt Lake Hilton in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Clot-dissolver tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) can reduce the disability of people who survive an ischemic stroke, one caused by a clot that blocks an artery carrying blood to the brain. But given the drugÃs cost of over $2,000 a dose, are the benefits worth the money? Yes, according to a new study.
The ability to recognize symptoms and risk factors for stroke, the nationÃs third leading cause of death and leading cause of serious disability, appears to be woefully inadequate among the general public and people experiencing ìbrain attack,î Cincinnati researchers reported here today at the American Heart AssociationÃs 22nd International Joint Conference on Stroke and Cerebral Circulation.
A bit of alcohol can protect against stroke, but even a little cigarette smoke carries a hidden stroke risk, researchers reported here today at the American Heart AssociationÃs 22nd International Joint Conference on Stroke and Cerebral Circulation. Light or occasional alcohol consumption lowered stroke risk by up to 62 percent compared to non-drinkers in a New York City study. But people who had at least five drinks daily tripled their stroke risk.
A new three-minute screening test that detects one-sided motor paralysis allows paramedics and other first-responders to rapidly identify people experiencing a stroke, and may soon enable on-the-scene treatment with drugs that can limit the potentially extensive damage caused by these ìbrain attacks,î Los Angeles researchers reported here today at the American Heart AssociationÃs 22nd International Joint Conference on Stroke and Cerebral Circulation.
First came drugs to break apart clots that can cause a stroke when they block an artery carrying blood to the brain. Now researchers are developing a new family of drugs called neuroprotectants designed to minimize the disabling damage to brain tissue that can occur downstream from the clot, caused by the loss of blood flow that characterizes these ischemic strokes.
Does job stress adversely affect blood pressure? Research hasnÃt provided clear answers. Now a new Australian study suggests that itÃs what a worker does to cope with stress, not the stress itself, that may raise blood pressure and thus endanger health. The study participants should know about stress in the workplace: they work in a tax office.
Cigarette smoking seems to do more than affect the coronary arteries, which supply heart muscle tissue with blood and nutrients. Scientists at the Hippokration Hospital and the University of Athens, Greece, say smoking also affects the aorta, the large blood vessel that transports blood from the heartÃs main pumping chamber to all parts of the body except the lungs.
New evidence that the mumps vaccine wiped out one specific type of heart failure raises a question: Would vaccines against other viruses known to infect heart muscle cells prevent other types of heart disease?
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