Sixth-grade school children with moderate training can learn to use automated external defibrillators to save the lives of cardiac arrest victims almost as quickly and efficiently as professional emergency medical personnel, researchers report today in Circulation.
A new type of stress test may soon offer doctors a safer and easier way to diagnose heart disease, researchers report in Circulation.
Deaths from heart attacks appear to be seasonal, peaking during the winter holiday season of December and January and then falling, researchers report in Circulation.
Individuals with a family history of premature coronary artery disease -- occurring before age 60 -- were found to have an impaired ability to regulate blood flow to the heart, increasing their risk of a heart attack, say researchers in today's Circulation.
Researchers have found a connection between depression and "silent stroke," a brain abnormality that can lead to a stroke. In a study published today in Stroke, researchers say individuals who develop depression after age 50 should be evaluated for stroke.
More evidence has been found linking a condition called hemochromatosis, a disorder that allows too much iron to be absorbed from food, to an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
Leptin, a hormone believed to help regulate body weight, may also be involved in the regulation of blood pressure, according to research presented today at the American Heart AssociationÃs meeting on high blood pressure.
Higher educational levels of parents may be associated with a reduced risk of high blood pressure among teens later in life, suggests a small study presented at the American Heart Association's meeting on high blood pressure.
Researchers have identified two gene variants that may help explain why certain populations, such as African Americans, are at higher risk for high blood pressure than Caucasians.
Limiting the amount of saturated fat, such as butter or animal fat, in your diet is a good idea. Now the American Heart Association is recommending that you replace some of that saturated fat with monounsaturated (in olive and canola oil) or polyunsatured fat (in corn or soybean oil).
When it comes to aspirin as a way to prevent stroke in healthy individuals, less may be more, according to a study in the current issue of Stroke.
In the largest study of its kind, researchers have found that consuming two to six alcoholic drinks per week was associated with a reduced risk of sudden cardiac death in men, according to a report in today's Circulation.
After rising for more than a decade, the rates of awareness and control of high blood pressure appear to be falling. Furthermore, the general public and the nation's physicians need a "wake up call" to reduce this potential danger, according to a report in Hypertension.
A person with "thick" blood may be at higher risk for stroke, according to a new study in today's Circulation.
A new study helps identify which individuals may have the highest risk of stroke following heart surgery. Reporting in today's Circulation, researchers found that heart surgery patients who had previously had a stroke faced the highest risk. They had a 14-times higher risk of having a new stroke during or after surgery.
Antiplatelet agents may improve the outlook for heart attack and stroke patients, according to researchers in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
The ability of some individuals to develop new coronary arteries that help to re-route blood flow around artery blockages might be the result of their ability to produce a growth factor, a protein that helps to generate new blood vessels, according to a paper in Circulation.
The first human test of a gene therapy that is injected directly into the oxygen-starved heart muscle has shown the technique to be safe, opening the door to promising new treatments for heart disease, according to a report in today's Circulation.
People with implanted defibrillators that shock the heart to regulate its rhythm may safely walk through electronic anti-theft systems, but should not linger there, according to a study in todayÃs Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Cholesterol-lowering drugs may have anti-inflammatory effects that increase their potential to reduce a person's risk of heart disease, according to a report in Circulation.
Elderly men who walked about two miles a day had half the risk of heart attack of males who walked a quarter mile, according to a study in today's Circulation.
African Americans are less likely than Caucasians to undergo an important surgery designed to prevent stroke, according to a study published in this month's Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
African Americans are less likely than Caucasians to undergo an important surgery designed to prevent stroke, according to a study published in this monthÃs Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
A drug that inactivates a protein in the body that worsens congestive heart failure could eventually lead to a new approach to treating this devastating disease. A preliminary clinical study involving the drug, called etanercept, is reported in today's issue of Circulation.
Dallas -- A simple 30-minute test may soon be a safer and more convenient way to diagnose coronary heart disease, the cause of heart attacks, than the widely used invasive technique of X-ray angiography, researchers report today in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Four of the nation's top health organizations have banded together to endorse an eating plan designed to help stave off the diseases that kill most people: heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes. The guidelines will be published in Circulation.
A drug used to lower high blood pressure can stimulate the growth of new blood vessels in laboratory animals.
Eating a diet high in fiber, specifically cereal fiber, can help reduce a woman's risk of heart attack, says a paper scheduled for the June 2 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
During the first hour after using cocaine, the user's risk of heart attack increases nearly 24 times, according to the first large study of the long-suspected relationship between cocaine and heart disease, which is reported in Circulation.
Two clot-thinning drugs may be better than one for treating heart attacks, according to results of new study that appears in today's Circulation.
A drug treatment can help prevent heart attack or sudden death in a certain group of high-risk individuals who are undergoing a procedure called angioplasty to restore blood flow to an obstructed artery, researchers report in the May 27 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Recently, cholesterol-lowering margarines have started to appear in grocery stores throughout America. When used as directed by a physician, the new margarines may help lower LDL cholesterol (low-density lipoproteins or "bad cholesterol") for some individuals.
The first direct comparison of two beta-blocker drugs for the treatment of congestive heart failure found an older, cheaper drug as effective as the newest one on the market, researchers report in Circulation.
Two papers published in the May 19 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine suggest that a nonsurgical technique is safe and effective for treating people with aortic dissection, a condition that begins with a tear injury that progressively expands through the aorta, the large artery carrying blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
Two proteins that carry cholesterol in the blood may provide a better way to measure heart attack risk than the usual cholesterol blood test, report researchers in today's Circulation.
Researchers at the Framingham Offspring Study report that the federal government's requirement that bread and other grain food products be supplemented with the vitamin folate.
Upgrading the "search-and-destroy" treatment that removes the abnormal heart tissue responsible for irregular heart rhythms may permit more individuals to benefit from the procedure, according to a new study in today's Circulation.
A paper published in the May 8 issue of Lancet confirms that the number of deaths due to coronary heart disease, the cause of heart attacks, has declined. According to the report, the major contributor to the decline among the populations studied is a reduction in the number of heart attacks.
The balloon procedure routinely used to unblock clogged arteries in the heart to prevent heart attacks shows promise for opening narrowed blood vessels in the brain that can lead to stroke, researchers report today in Stroke.
Extensive fatty deposits in the carotid arteries, the blood vessels in the neck that supply blood and oxygen to the brain, may be a marker for coronary artery disease, according to a study in this month's Stroke.
Researchers have used biochemical markers for the first time to locate the brain injury that is associated with loss of movement in individuals who have had a stroke. The study is reported in this month's Stroke.
The American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology called today for action against missed opportunities to reduce women's risk of coronary heart disease, the No. 1 killer of both men and women.
Thermography, which measures the temperature of the blood vessels, may hold potential as a new tool to identify individuals at risk for an impending heart attack, according to a report in April 20 Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Researchers have shown, for the first time, that sudden cardiac death in men runs in families, according to a study in the April 20 Circulation.
Women with advanced congestive heart failure live twice as long as their male counterparts, according to a study in today's Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Treatment of mice with substances that halt the growth of blood vessels inhibited the development of artery-clogging deposits known as plaque, as well as the tiny blood vessels that may nourish the plaque, according to a study reported in today's Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Antibiotic treatment can reduce the "markers" of inflammation in the circulation of individuals who have coronary heart disease, but it has not yet been shown to prevent heart attacks, according to early results of a study reported today in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Motherhood may lead to a more sedentary lifestyle for women that could place them at risk for heart disease, researchers report here today at the American Heart Association's epidemiology and prevention meeting in Orlando.
Postmenopausal women may reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease by eating more foods rich in vitamin E, according to a study presented today at the American Heart Association epidemiology and prevention meeting in Orlando.
A type of red yeast fermented on rice, used in Chinese cuisine and sold in the United States as the dietary supplement Cholestin, has been shown to lower the level of blood cholesterol for some people in two preliminary studies presented at the AHAÃs epidemiology and prevention conference, March 25.
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