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After Heart Attack, Stenting More Than the Blocked Artery May Be Best
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September 02, 2019
Opening all of a person's clogged arteries after a heart attack can protect their health better than reopening only the one that caused it...
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Rising Obesity Rates Undermining Strides Made Against Heart Disease
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August 28, 2019
Rising obesity rates, coupled with an associated jump in diabetes and high blood pressure cases, appears to be undoing decades of gains made against heart disease, a new study finds.
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Study of Skiers Holds Surprises About A-Fib, Stroke and Intense Exercise
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August 27, 2019
Exercise is important for health and wellbeing. But past studies suggest high-intensity exercise may be a risk factor for an irregular heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation that sometimes leads to stroke.
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Childhood Cancer Survivors Struggle With Heart Troubles
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August 27, 2019
The treatments that childhood cancer patients receive often save their lives, but they also make survivors prone to heart troubles, a new study finds.
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Poor HIV Control Ups Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure
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August 26, 2019
Persons living with HIV (PHIV) who are hospitalized with heart failure are at an increased risk for subsequent sudden cardiac death (SCD)...
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Large Opioid Rx After Heart, Lung Surgery Often Leads to Misuse: Study
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August 23, 2019
The more opioid painkillers that heart and lung surgery patients are prescribed, the more likely they are to become dependent on them, a new study finds.
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Just One Pill for All Your Heart Health Needs? It's On the Way
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August 23, 2019
Imagine a single pill loaded with a battery of heart medications that you take once a day to cut your chances of heart attack, stroke and heart failure.
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Asian Study Finds Diabetes, Heart Failure a Dangerous Duo
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August 22, 2019
Asian heart failure patients who also have type 2 diabetes can develop changes in the structure of their heart and are at increased risk for hospitalizations and premature death, a new study finds.
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Meth and Heart Disease: A Deadly Crisis That's Largely Overlooked
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August 22, 2019
Although frequently overshadowed by the opioid epidemic, surging methamphetamine use nationally and around the world has fueled a chilling crisis of its own, according to a new report.
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Serelaxin Does Not Lower CV Death in Acute Heart Failure
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August 22, 2019
An infusion of serelaxin does not result in a lower incidence of death from cardiovascular causes or worsening of heart failure among patients hospitalized for acute heart failure...