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Heart disease risk rises just before menopause.
Doctors thought the onset of menopause increased women’s risk of heart disease. New research shows the trouble starts even earlier.
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8 things I didn’t know about heart failure until it happened to me.
People living with heart failure share what they’ve learned about the condition.
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12 surprising ways drugs and supplements can cause heart failure.
Find out which drugs and supplements injury the heart muscle, impair responses to heart failure therapies, and exacerbate the disease.
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Why I've ditched statins for good
As experts clash over proposals that millions more of us take statins to prevent heart disease and stroke, a vascular surgeon explains why he feels better without them
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America's No. 1 killer is changing.
Cancer has passed heart disease as the leading cause of death in nearly half of U.S. states, according to a new report.
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How to Perform a Heart Transplant
If you need a new heart, you want Dr. Gonzo leading the search. The charismatic head of the transplant team at Baylor takes chances on donors others doctors don't want, while maintaining the same survival rate. Here is an exclusive inside look at how he does it. By Matt Goodman. (March, 2016)
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Stress may take greatest toll on younger women's hearts.
Female heart disease patients under 50 were 4 times more likely than male peers to show effects.
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Panic attack or atrial fibrillation?
People with anxiety or depression are most likely to mistake panic for atrial fibrillation.
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Sugar Industry Downplayed Heart Risks of Sugar, Promoted Risks of Fat
In the 1960’s, before conflict of interest disclosure was required, the sugar industry sponsored research promoting dietary fat as an important cause of coronary heart disease, and downplaying the role of sugar, according to a special report online September 12 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
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Calcium supplements may damage the heart
Calcium supplements may increase the risk of heart damage and plaque buildup in arteries, even though a diet high in calcium-rich food appears to help protect the heart, a study concludes. The analysis is based on 10 years of study of more than 2,700 people. The researchers caution that their work, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, documents an association between calcium supplements and atherosclerosis. It does not prove cause and effect.
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Angina
Read about angina pectoris pain, treatment, symptoms, angina attacks, medication, types, causes, and more. Read about the different types of angina (printzmetal, stable, unstable, variant, acute, vasospastic, microvascular).
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Statins often interact with other heart drugs.
Cholesterol-lowering statins can interact with other drugs prescribed for heart disease. A whole range of heart medications can interact with statins, according to the heart association.
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Why having a chronic condition makes you rethink your daily routine.
My cardiovascular condition is part of a wider problem, a rare genetic connective tissue disorder called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS). I have type 3. This means I don’t just have the heart problems, but also autonomic dysfunction, widespread pain, chronic fatigue, osteoarthritis in all my joints, spontaneous joint subluxing and dislocation, secondary Reynaud’s phenomenon, vascular spasm in my brain resulting in parkinsonisms, migraines and this list could go on forever so I am going to stop there.
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Persistent angina pectoris.
A very comprehensive article on the risks of Prinzmetal's based on 12 year study.
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The Yentl syndrome.
The phenomenon that women are treated less optimal in the management of coronary heart disease than men.
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High pain tolerance tied to 'silent' heart attack risk.
People who are less sensitive to pain may be at increased risk of having a silent heart attack, a new study hints.
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'Stress Ball' in your brain may be key to heart risks.
Doctors have long known that a stressed life does no favors for the heart, and new research may help unravel why that's so. A Harvard team says heightened activity in a key part of the brain may explain why stress boosts people's odds for heart disease and stroke. What matters is how we react to stress, if we manage stress well with strategies, we might be able to change how this 'stress ball' in our brain responds, and actually decrease our chances of having a heart attack."
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Membrane that can keep heart pumping forever, prevent heart attacks.
Scientists have created an external membrane using a 3-D printer than can keep a heart beating virtually forever and possibly prevent heart attacks within the next two decades. (2014)
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Bang! bang!
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The man and word behind the coronary metal prosthesis.
Interventional cardiologists implant stents every day. Stents are also used in numerous other medical disciplines such as plastic surgery, gastroenterology, urology, and oral and maxillofacial surgery.1–5 Uses range from rebuilding mandibles and other oral surgical procedures, constructing new ureters, keeping skin flaps, and as biliary conduits.6–11 What is the source of this word stent everyone is using in daily practice? This article describes the origin of the word, how it became so popular, its use in medicine outside the cardiovascular system, and the people who used this term first.
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