• Future studies will have to reveal the actual molecular mechanism by which the short telomere length causes heart attacks," says Borge Nordestgaard, and asks, "Does one cause the other or is the telomere length and the coronary event both indicative of a third - yet unknown - mechanism? (eurekalert.org)
  • Obesity per se is associated with an increased risk of developing both type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease (CAD), say US researchers in a large-scale meta-analysis combining genetic and epidemiological data, thus underlining the importance of weight loss. (medscape.com)
  • The term heart disease covers a number of conditions including coronary artery disease, heart attacks and heart failure, among others. (acefitness.org)
  • Evidence in this study suggests that being overweight in midlife increases the risk of death from two types of heart disease: coronary heart disease and sudden cardiac death. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • In coronary heart disease, fat and other substances gradually block the blood vessels and stop the blood flow from reaching the heart. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • A 2009 study showed that men with erectile dysfunction were 80 percent more likely to develop heart disease than men without ED. Other research shows ED may develop two to five years before coronary artery disease, said study researcher Dr. Stephen Kopecky, a professor of medicine at the May Clinic in Rochester, Minn. (livescience.com)
  • When accounting for coronary artery disease, however, the risk dropped from 34 percent to 27 percent, which researchers said could reveal that "coronary artery disease is a pathway through which daily marijuana use may lead to heart failure. (wboy.com)
  • Prior research shows links between marijuana use and cardiovascular disease like coronary artery disease, heart failure and atrial fibrillation, which is known to cause heart failure," lead study author Yakubu Bene-Alhasan, a resident physician at Medstar Health in Baltimore, said in the press release. (wboy.com)
  • People with stress, depression and coronary heart disease were 48 percent more likely to have a heart attack or die in the next 2.5 years. (scrippsnews.com)
  • Researchers looked at 4,487 adults who already had coronary heart disease. (scrippsnews.com)
  • Coronary heart disease is the most common type of heart disease and the No. 1 killer of men and women in the U.S. It's when plaque builds up inside coronary arteries and partially or completely blocks blood flow to the heart. (scrippsnews.com)
  • In 2021, it was responsible for one in three deaths (20.5m), with coronary heart disease alone the single biggest killer. (news-medical.net)
  • In particular, he said coronary angiography to identify the mechanism of heart attack and guide therapy is recommended in high-risk patients when urgent treatment is needed. (acc.org)
  • Ageing is an unavoidable coronary risk factor and is associated with dermatological signs that could signal increased risk," said Dr. Irini Samuel, a cardiologist at Cairo University, Egypt. (sunstar.com.ph)
  • The researchers found that a high hair whitening score (grade 3 or more) was associated with increased risk of coronary artery disease independent of chronological age and established cardiovascular risk factors. (sunstar.com.ph)
  • Coronary atherosclerosis is the process by which plaque builds up in the wall of heart vessels, eventually leading to chest pain and potentially lethal heart attacks. (stanford.edu)
  • According to a new study , Nordic walking was found to boost functional capacity, or the ability to do everyday tasks, in individuals with coronary heart disease more than normal high-intensity interval training and moderate-to-vigorous intensity continuous training. (helsinkitimes.fi)
  • Growing evidence suggests that non-conventional exercise interventions, such as high-intensity interval training and Nordic walking are more effective than traditional exercise approaches in improving functional capacity measured by a six-minute walk test - an important predictor of cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease. (helsinkitimes.fi)
  • High blood pressure can worsen with age and result in serious health complications such as heart disease or stroke. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Those taking Aleve had a 50 percent greater rate of heart problems - including heart attacks and stroke - than those given a placebo. (freerepublic.com)
  • Merck executives withdrew their painkiller Vioxx after a study found that it increased the risk of heart attack and stroke by more than 100 percent. (freerepublic.com)
  • Executive Summary: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2016 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association. (bmj.com)
  • Decreased blood flow to the heart can cause a heart attack, and decreased blood flow to the brain may cause a stroke. (livescience.com)
  • If you can do anything to help blood flow," you reduce the chances of a heart attack, stroke or ED, Kopecky said. (livescience.com)
  • A new study found that symptoms of insomnia may significantly increase your risk of stroke, especially if you are under 50. (healthline.com)
  • Having insomnia can increase your risk of stroke as an older adult, new research suggests. (healthline.com)
  • Insomnia symptoms can increase your risk of having diabetes, for example, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and those conditions can potentially be a risk factor of stroke so when we know that we can look at the connections [between stroke and insomnia] that are there," Sawadogo said. (healthline.com)
  • On this scale, each new symptom meant a 7% increase in stroke risk. (healthline.com)
  • Dr. Johanna Fifi , vice president of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery and physician and professor at Mount Sinai, said that the study's finding that those under 50 were at an increased risk makes sense to her as someone who treats stroke patients as part of her practice. (healthline.com)
  • Incidences of stroke increase as you get older, the incidence of insomnia also increases as you get older. (healthline.com)
  • Healthy adults who reach for common painkillers to ease the twinges of everyday aches and pains could be setting themselves up for a heart attack or stroke , according to recent research. (aarp.org)
  • Past studies clearly showed that long-term use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) , including Advil, Motrin and Aleve, to relieve pain was linked to an increased risk of heart attack or stroke in those who already had heart disease. (aarp.org)
  • We must be mindful about major heart and stroke events in older adults with cannabis use disorder," lead study author Avilash Mondal, a resident physician at Nazareth Hospital in Philadelphia, said in the press release. (wboy.com)
  • It can lead to heart attacks and stroke. (scrippsnews.com)
  • Higher dietary intakes of polyphenols like flavanones and anthocyanins are associated with a reduced risk of stroke and heart attack for men, according to a new study. (nutraingredients.com)
  • Scientists from the University of East Anglia (UK) and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (US) report that the highest average intakes of anthocyanins were associated with a 14% lower risk of heart attack, while the highest average intakes of flavanones were associated with a 22% lower risk of ischemic stroke. (nutraingredients.com)
  • The data indicated that, while no link was observed between anthocyanin intake and stroke, total or fatal heart attack risk, an association between anthocyanin intake and non-fatal heart attack was observed, and the risk reduction was stronger in men with normal blood pressure. (nutraingredients.com)
  • For flavanones, intakes were not associated with heart attack risk or total stroke risk, but higher intakes were linked to a significantly lower risk of ischemic stroke. (nutraingredients.com)
  • Experts in cardiovascular medicine at The University of Nottingham have won a package of benefits worth £40,000 to develop a simple test which will improve the monitoring and care of heart attack and stroke patients. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • Nearly all these people are treated with anti-platelet agents which are taken daily to prevent a thrombotic incidence occurring leading to another stroke or a heart attack. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • Statins have also long been recommended for people who already have heart disease and have been credited with helping to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • NICE guidance is clear - doctors and patients should talk about ways to reduce their risk of heart attack or stroke - and the 10 per cent risk threshold is a marker for when patients should take action. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • More than 36 million Americans, or more than half of those with hypertension, don't have their blood pressure under control and every single day, more than one thousand Americans have a heart attack or stroke," said Janet Wright, M.D., a board-certified cardiologist and executive director of Million Hearts. (cdc.gov)
  • Leeper, a physician and assistant professor of vascular surgery, and colleagues Yoko Kojima, MD, Tom Quertermous , MD, and others set out to discover why genetic variation at the chromosome 9p21 location has been repeatedly identified as the most important commonly inherited DNA sequence for a wide range of cardiovascular diseases including stroke, heart attacks and aneurysms. (stanford.edu)
  • 17 May 2021, Geneva - Long working hours led to 745 000 deaths from stroke and ischemic heart disease in 2016, a 29% increase since 2000, according to the latest estimates by the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization published in Environment International . (who.int)
  • In a first global analysis of the loss of life and health associated with working long hours, WHO and ILO estimate that, in 2016, 398 000 people died from stroke and 347 000 from heart disease as a result of having worked at least 55 hours a week. (who.int)
  • The study concludes that working 55 or more hours per week is associated with an estimated 35% higher risk of a stroke and a 17% higher risk of dying from ischemic heart disease, compared to working 35-40 hours a week. (who.int)
  • No job is worth the risk of stroke or heart disease. (who.int)
  • Data from 37 studies on ischemic heart disease covering more than 768 000 participants and 22 studies on stroke covering more than 839 000 participants were synthesized. (who.int)
  • The cardiovascular centre also increases the stroke volume of the heart (that is, the amount of blood it pumps). (wikipedia.org)
  • That smoking and obesity increases the risk of heart disease has been known for a while. (eurekalert.org)
  • We have now shown, as has been speculated, that the increased risk is directly related to the shortening of the protective telomeres - so you can say that smoking and obesity ages the body on a cellular level, just as surely as the passing of time," says Borge Nordestgaard. (eurekalert.org)
  • He continued, "It is a disease, and there is a large genetic influence on your weight," noting that "nearly 100 genetic variations" are associated with the development of obesity and subsequent heart disease risk. (medscape.com)
  • This is especially the case given the so-called "obesity paradox" of apparently improved outcomes with a higher BMI. (medscape.com)
  • Understanding how obesity relates to cardiovascular disease is particularly important, Riaz and colleagues point out, as the benefits gained from the improved treatment of CAD may be offset by the rising prevalence of obesity and metabolic disease. (medscape.com)
  • It also suggests that not getting enough rest can negatively influence women's eating habits and increase their risk of heart disease and obesity. (consumeraffairs.com)
  • They determined that women who aren't getting enough quality sleep could be at a greater risk for heart disease or obesity. (consumeraffairs.com)
  • Given that poor dieting and overeating may lead to obesity -- a well-established risk factor for heart disease -- future studies should test whether therapies that improve sleep quality can promote cardiometabolic health in women," said Aggarwal. (consumeraffairs.com)
  • Regularly consuming too much sugar has been linked to increased rates of obesity, high blood sugar, high blood pressure , and bodily inflammation . (express.co.uk)
  • It is the first largescale study to show that older people with near-ideal cardiovascular risk factor profiles have better outcomes on a number of factors that are not directly linked to heart-disease. (eurekalert.org)
  • A telephone-delivered nursing care strategy that combined heart failure care management with depression treatment - referred to as "blended" care - improved patients' clinical outcomes, according to the formal, final results of the Hopeful Heart Trial. (nih.gov)
  • Though the findings cannot infer causality between movement behaviours and cardiovascular outcomes, they contribute to a growing body of evidence linking moderate to vigorous physical activity over 24 hours with improved body fat metrics. (news-medical.net)
  • Previous studies of diuretic combinations improved decongestion, but these diuretic combinations inherently did not optimize GDMT and were not associated with improved post-discharge outcomes. (news-medical.net)
  • Implementation of the 2013 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Blood Cholesterol Guideline Including Data From the Improved Reduction of Outcomes: Vytorin Efficacy International Trial. (bvsalud.org)
  • Researchers have long speculated that the shortening of telomeres increases the risk of heart attack and early death. (eurekalert.org)
  • The researchers then analyzed the associations between age at menopause and incidence of heart failure and atrial fibrillation after adjusting for the same factors as in the previous analyses. (medscape.com)
  • The researchers analysed six factors that could impact on heart health. (eurekalert.org)
  • The study was conducted by researchers at Emory University in Georgia who observed over 3,200 people with known or suspected heart disease. (medindia.net)
  • The participants were observed over a period of three years and the researchers found that people who had depression were 7 percent more likely to develop heart problems while women below 55 years of age were 2.17 times likely to suffer a heart attack, die of heart disease or require artery surgery. (medindia.net)
  • The researchers examined the presence of any critical or noncritical congenital heart defect detected in infants at birth, comparing prevalence in those exposed and not exposed to preeclampsia. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Even after controlling for such factors as age, degree of heart disease and severity of depression, the researchers found that heart patients taking antidepressant medications had a 55 percent higher risk of dying. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Previously, Duke researchers reported that the presence of depression is an important risk factor for heart patients. (sciencedaily.com)
  • According to Duke team leader Lana Watkins, Ph.D., the researchers believe their findings add further support for the potential role oft non-pharmocological approaches to treating depression, such as exercise, in reducing the risk of death in depressed heart patients. (sciencedaily.com)
  • After adjusting for such factors as age, gender, heart pumping strength, smoking history, degree of other illnesses, heart procedures, BDI score and education, the researchers found that patients taking antidepressants had a 55 percent higher risk of dying. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Such lifestyle changes even improved ED in men who had taken drugs for the condition but found they hadn't worked, the researchers said. (livescience.com)
  • On average, men who improved their cardiovascular health had a 2.7-point increase in sexual function score, the researchers said. (livescience.com)
  • The researchers estimated that people are 6.16 times more likely to have a heart attack in the week after flu diagnosis, similar to what Canadian researchers found. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • To better understand how women's sleeping habits could be putting them at greater risk of heart disease, the researchers had nearly 500 women participate in the study. (consumeraffairs.com)
  • Because the risk for heart disease is linked so closely with consumers' diets , the researchers are hoping that these findings can inspire new treatment methods that would target sleep quality. (consumeraffairs.com)
  • No greater likelihood of heart-related problems and a slightly lower risk of death, leading the researchers to conclude that naproxen could be a safer alternative to other such painkillers. (aarp.org)
  • In this study, researchers at UCL analysed data from six studies, encompassing 15,246 people from five countries, to see how movement behavior across the day is associated with heart health, as measured by six common indicators. (news-medical.net)
  • The researchers identified a hierarchy of behaviours that make up a typical 24-hour day, with time spent doing moderate-vigorous activity providing the most benefit to heart health, followed by light activity, standing and sleeping compared with the adverse impact of sedentary behavior. (news-medical.net)
  • The researchers pointed out that although time spent doing vigorous activity was the quickest way to improve heart health, there are ways to benefit for people of all abilities - it's just that the lower the intensity of the activity, the longer the time is required to start having a tangible benefit. (news-medical.net)
  • Over 24 years of follow-up, the researchers documented 4,046 heart attacks and 1,572 strokes. (nutraingredients.com)
  • Researchers say the drugs, which are taken by around 12 million patients in the UK, are more likely to cause calcium deposits in the arteries, which can lead to a heart attack. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • To further examine this, researchers from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health studied 37,510 women, aged 60 years and older, who reported antibiotic use and were free of heart disease and cancer at the study's start. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • Stanford Medicine researchers showed that five minutes a day of breathing exercises can reduce overall anxiety and improve mood. (stanford.edu)
  • The preliminary findings of the studies , which have yet to be published, will be presented next week at the American Heart Association's (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2023 in Philadelphia. (wboy.com)
  • Early initiation of the sodium glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor dapagliflozin did not result in a statistically significant improvement in diuretic efficiency relative to structured usual care in hospitalized patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF), according to late breaking research presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2023. (news-medical.net)
  • Stair Climbing Tied to Reduced Risk for Heart Disease - Medscape - Oct 19, 2023. (medscape.com)
  • The report was widely criticized by public health experts, including leading health groups like the American Heart Association and the American Cancer Society. (chicagotribune.com)
  • But they provide further evidence for experts who argue that red and processed meats contribute to the risk of heart disease, and they suggest that health authorities are unlikely to alter their recommendations to limit meat consumption. (chicagotribune.com)
  • When you eat a diet that is rich in processed and refined foods, it collectively contributes to increased risk of disease and denies you the benefits of the fiber, vitamins, minerals and plant-based proteins that contribute to health," said Van Horn, division chief of nutrition in the department of preventive medicine at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. (chicagotribune.com)
  • The risk of heart attack or early death is present whether your telomeres are shortened due to lifestyle or due to high age," says Clinical Professor of Genetic Epidemiology Borge Nordestgaard from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen. (eurekalert.org)
  • Just like that only, we human beings can not drive or we can say run our life cycle without taking care of our heart health. (selfgrowth.com)
  • We only take care of our heart's health by doing heart exercises that can improve our heart condition. (selfgrowth.com)
  • Being physically fit is the main step towards our good heart health and it strengthens our body to work. (selfgrowth.com)
  • We absolutely know about the consequences of weak heart health but still, we do not want to accept the truth of our lifestyle. (selfgrowth.com)
  • There are several exercises that could maintain your physical health and your heart health too. (selfgrowth.com)
  • Although stretching will not directly contribute to heart health but still, it can make your body in a proper condition or flexible through which you can do any kind of exercise. (selfgrowth.com)
  • Exercises not only improve the body's health but also boost our mood. (selfgrowth.com)
  • All health/medical information on this website has been reviewed and approved by the American Heart Association, based on scientific research and American Heart Association guidelines. (heart.org)
  • Although a direct link to heart attack has not been made, intake of choline might raise blood levels of the compound TMAO, which has been linked with adverse health effects. (consumerlab.com)
  • The findings may provide a new motivation for men to improve their health habits, Kopecky said. (livescience.com)
  • Evelina Grayver, director of women's heart health at Northwell Health in New York, who wasn't involved with the study, told Fox News: "There were 20 cardiac disorders that were diagnosed for those patients that are suffering from long haul Covid . (euroweeklynews.com)
  • A new study shows reductions in blood sugar and blood pressure, key measures of heart health. (npr.org)
  • The idea of food as medicine dates back to the ancient Greek doctor Hippocrates, and a new study adds to the evidence that a diet full of fruits and vegetables can help improve heart health. (npr.org)
  • Approximately 94% of the participants reported that taking part in the program improved their health. (npr.org)
  • A year ago, following a White House conference on hunger, nutrition and health, the Biden administration announced a national strategy aimed at improving healthy eating and incorporating nutrition into health care. (npr.org)
  • At 12-months follow-up, 'blended' care patients reported better mental health-related quality of life-including fewer limitations in social activities, improved general well-being, higher energy and less fatigue, and improved mood-compared to patients receiving usual care, and improved mood compared to those who received collaborative care for heart failure alone. (nih.gov)
  • The study, supported by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and published in the European Heart Journal , is the first to assess how different movement patterns throughout the 24-hour day are linked to heart health. (news-medical.net)
  • Each participant used a wearable device on their thigh to measure their activity throughout the 24-hour day and had their heart health measured. (news-medical.net)
  • The team modelled what would happen if an individual changed various amounts of one behaviour for another each day for a week, in order to estimate the effect on heart health for each scenario. (news-medical.net)
  • When replacing sedentary behaviour, as little as five minutes of moderate-vigorous activity had a noticeable effect on heart health. (news-medical.net)
  • The big takeaway from our research is that while small changes to how you move can have a positive effect on heart health, intensity of movement matters. (news-medical.net)
  • Professor Mark Hamer, joint senior author of the study from UCL Surgery & Interventional Science and the Institute of Sport, Exercise & Health, said: 'Though it may come as no surprise that becoming more active is beneficial for heart health, what's new in this study is considering a range of behaviours across the whole 24-hour day. (news-medical.net)
  • Commenting on the potential mechanism of action, the authors wrote that the potential heart health benefits of the polyphenols are reported to improve blood flow and inhibit platelet function. (nutraingredients.com)
  • Dr James Morehen, a PHD performance nutritionist for Vidrate, said: "Sugar is essentially calories and extra calories can lead to weight gain, this can ultimately lead to health problems such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes. (express.co.uk)
  • The research found that eating too much free sugar could hike your risk of serious health problems like strokes and heart diseases . (express.co.uk)
  • Customers at drugstores around the nation can get help to improve blood pressure control, through a collaboration among pharmacists, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and other partners. (cdc.gov)
  • The blood pressure initiative, part of the Million Hearts health education program and supported by the Affordable Care Act, was developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with practicing pharmacists and national pharmacist groups. (cdc.gov)
  • In May, the Community Preventive Services Task Force, an independent, nonfederal, uncompensated body of public health and prevention experts, whose members are appointed by the Director of CDC, recommended team-based care-uniting the efforts of physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and other health care professionals-to improve blood pressure control. (cdc.gov)
  • To do that, the heart itself must work properly, and the lifestyle choices service members make contribute to their hearts' health. (health.mil)
  • However, exercise is not the only way to achieve heart health. (health.mil)
  • A good combination of healthy behaviors include exercise, recovery, nutrition, sleep, limiting alcohol use, smoking cessation, along with decreasing amount of inactivity, such as sitting at the game console or watching television, can positively impact heart health and performance," said Bockelman. (health.mil)
  • And though all types of exercise contribute to good health, certain types of exercise contribute most to a healthy heart. (health.mil)
  • For heart health, the recommendation is moderate intensity activities for 2.5 hours per week," said Bockelman. (health.mil)
  • Research using high-intensity interval training has moved past just providing performance benefits to where it is also providing heart health benefits," said Bockelman. (health.mil)
  • Studies show the shorter duration, but more intense workouts result in an increased supply of oxygen to the muscles and improved lung, heart, and metabolic health. (health.mil)
  • Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions 2018, women who take antibiotics for long periods, especially in late adulthood, have an increased risk of death from heart disease and in general. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • Working cooperatively, five major metro Detroit health systems improved heart attack survival rates with their Detroit Cardiogenic Shock Initiative, they announced Wednesday. (crainsdetroit.com)
  • Together with a healthy lifestyle, these measures should be beneficial for heart health. (earth.com)
  • No previous study has directly compared the long-term effects of high-intensity interval training, moderate-to-vigorous intensity continuous training and Nordic walking," commented Tasuku Terada , PhD, Exercise Physiology and Cardiovascular Health Lab, Division of Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada. (helsinkitimes.fi)
  • She focuses on research related to heart health and the conditions that go with it. (medlineplus.gov)
  • We want to take some of the tools we're developing-at least the mobile apps-to see if they're effective in promoting heart health and then tailor these to other parts of the country. (medlineplus.gov)
  • For those interested in improving their heart and overall health, Dr. Powell-Wiley says the new physical activity guidelines are a good place to start. (medlineplus.gov)
  • The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities support Dr. Powell-Wiley's research. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Rheumatic heart disease is a preventable yet serious public health problem in low- and middle-income countries and in marginalized communities in high-income countries, including indigenous populations. (who.int)
  • A new study has found that Aleve, a popular over-the-counter painkiller made by Bayer, could increase heart problems, and federal officials are warning patients not to exceed the recommended dose of two 200-milligram pills a day or continue therapy for more than 10 days without consulting a physician. (freerepublic.com)
  • The Celebrex patients saw no increase in heart events. (freerepublic.com)
  • She said that physicians caring for heart patients who are taking antidepressants should monitor patients closely. (sciencedaily.com)
  • When we talk to patients about heart disease, sometimes their eyes kind of glaze over," Kopecky said. (livescience.com)
  • Some patients say their friends have had heart attacks and are doing just fine. (livescience.com)
  • The new arrhythmias, or the abnormal heart rhythms that people experience, are significant as well and can become incredibly handicapping for a lot of patients. (euroweeklynews.com)
  • We really want to use stem cells from the patients themselves that we know can give rise to beating heart cells and these are not found in bone marrow. (scienceblog.com)
  • Around 1000 patients have been treated in approximately 20 trials worldwide, mostly using bone marrow stem cells or derivatives of bone marrow cells to repair damage caused by heart attack. (scienceblog.com)
  • This valuable Million Hearts initiative will prevent heart attacks and strokes by bringing pharmacists into the care team to help patients control their blood pressure. (cdc.gov)
  • We believe this study provides important information that can help guide clinicians, and hopefully improve the care of these patients. (acc.org)
  • A new treatment method agreed upon by 21 participating doctors boosted the survival rate of heart attack patients experiencing cardiogenic shock from 50 percent to 80 percent, said William O'Neill, M.D., medical director at the Henry Ford Center for Structural Heart Disease at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. (crainsdetroit.com)
  • This is exciting because for the first time in two decades, we've found a way to save lives" of cardiogenic shock patients, said Theodore Schreiber, M.D., president of the DMC Heart Hospital. (crainsdetroit.com)
  • Hyperhomocysteinaemia is not associated with increased levels of asymmetric dimethylarginine in patients with ischaemic heart disease. (lu.se)
  • Knowledge gained on mountain peaks may give insight into the pathophysiology of patients with cyanotic heart disease and chronic lung disease. (medscape.com)
  • The risk of developing rheumatic heart disease is up to two times higher for females than males, and females accounted for two thirds of patients with rheumatic heart disease admitted to selected hospitals in 12 countries in the African Region, India and Yemen. (who.int)
  • New research has shown that older people with very low heart disease risks also have very little frailty, raising the possibility that frailty could be prevented. (eurekalert.org)
  • It was the fourth big-selling pain medicine in recent months to be suspected of hurting the heart, and federal drug officials said that similar drugs, like Advil, might also increase heart risks. (freerepublic.com)
  • Recent studies have explored the risks associated with not getting enough sleep, including poor diet choices and an increased risk of heart disease. (consumeraffairs.com)
  • If you use NSAIDs regularly to control chronic pain , talk with your doctor about reducing your other risks for heart disease with a heart-healthy diet, a good exercise program and possibly statins," says Richard Stein, M.D., a cardiologist at New York University School of Medicine. (aarp.org)
  • ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), diclofenac (Cataflam, Voltaren), naproxen (Aleve, Anaprox), celecoxib (Celebrex) and rofecoxib (Vioxx), which was taken off the market in 2004 because of heart risks. (aarp.org)
  • The main public message is to be more aware of the increased risks and open the lines of communication so that cannabis use is acknowledged and considered," Mondal added. (wboy.com)
  • Higher blood plasma levels of TMAO have been linked with increased risk of heart attack and other major adverse cardiovascular event. (consumerlab.com)
  • A new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association suggests that women under 55 years of age who suffer from depression have a higher risk of developing heart problems and suffering heart attacks. (medindia.net)
  • Women in this age group are also more likely to have depression, so this may be one of the 'hidden' risk factors that can help explain why women die at a disproportionately higher rate than men after a heart attack. (medindia.net)
  • Depression itself is a reason to take action, but knowing that it is associated with an increased risk of heart disease and death should motivate people to seek help", lead researcher Amit Shah said. (medindia.net)
  • Depression, stress, heart disease. (scrippsnews.com)
  • These people were 48 percent more likely than those with low stress and depression to have a heart attack or die in a 2.5-year follow-up. (scrippsnews.com)
  • HealthDay quoted the lead researcher on the study from Columbia University Medical Center, who said high depression alone or high stress alone didn't increase the risk of a heart attack or death. (scrippsnews.com)
  • While all exercise programs improved depression symptoms and quality of life, the improvement in functional capacity was greatest after Nordic walking (+19 per cent) when compared to high-intensity interval training (+13 per cent) and moderate-to-vigorous intensity continuous training (+12 per cent). (helsinkitimes.fi)
  • Until then, clinicians should be alert to the possibility that preeclampsia may increase the risk of heart defects in fetuses, although more research is needed in other settings to confirm our findings before modification of clinical practice. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Choline bitartrate has been shown to increase TMAO levels in clinical studies. (consumerlab.com)
  • Professor Schneider, British Heart Foundation Professor at Imperial College London, said "Recent clinical trials using stem cells to treat heart damage have been successful in terms of safety but unfortunately the bone marrow stem cells used tend to give only a small improvement in how well the heart is pumping. (scienceblog.com)
  • It's also notable that of these three cell types, it's only heart-derived cells that are in current human clinical trials for this sort of treatment. (scienceblog.com)
  • There is limited clinical information about how to optimally treat-and perhaps, more importantly, how not to treat-heart attacks during pregnancy and post partum. (acc.org)
  • The analysis found that most pregnant women did not present with traditional cardiovascular risk factors, such as high blood pressure, diabetes or high cholesterol levels, yet they tended to have more serious heart attacks. (acc.org)
  • The secondary endpoints of in-hospital worsening heart failure and 30-day readmission for heart failure or diabetes-related reasons did not differ between early dapagliflozin initiation compared to usual care. (news-medical.net)
  • George Nelson] The most common problems are heart disease, lung disease, and diabetes. (cdc.gov)
  • New research suggests that rapidly and repeatedly losing and regaining weight may increase the risk of death from heart disease. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • With more than 160,000 lives lost each year in the UK, heart disease represents a daunting concept but research increasingly suggests it can be the result of poor lifestyle choices. (express.co.uk)
  • Atherosclerosis and hair greying occur through similar biological pathways and the incidence of both increases with age," said Dr Samuel. (sunstar.com.ph)
  • Socioeconomic and environmental factors such as poor housing, undernutrition, overcrowding and poverty are well-known contributors to the incidence, magnitude and severity of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. (who.int)
  • The economic cost to countries with a persistently high incidence of rheumatic heart disease is significant. (who.int)
  • Professor Gillian Leng, deputy chief executive at NICE, said: 'Heart attacks and strokes are the biggest killers in England and Wales - claiming one in three of us and leaving others with life-changing disabilities. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • The goal of Million Hearts is to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes by 2017. (cdc.gov)
  • The risk for incident heart failure increased as the age at menopause decreased. (medscape.com)
  • Compared with women aged 50 years and older at menopause, those aged 45 to 49 years, 40 to 44 years, and younger than 40 years at menopause had 11%, 23%, and 39% greater risk for incident heart failure, respectively. (medscape.com)
  • Heart failure affects over 5 50 000 people living in the United Kingdom (1) and roughly half of those present with reduced cardiac ejection fraction (2). (bmj.com)
  • Consequently, the regulation of the ETC in heart failure represents a potential rate limiting step to cardiac contraction in the disease state. (bmj.com)
  • The aim of this study is therefore to investigate the role of S-NO and how this may regulate ETC activity in an ovine tachypaced model of heart failure. (bmj.com)
  • The total number of S-NO proteins identified increased from 23218 in control samples to 31428.3 in heart failure (p=0.02, n=6). (bmj.com)
  • Of those identified in both groups 79% showed an increase in S-NO abundance in heart failure. (bmj.com)
  • Mitochondrial content per unit of protein was unaltered in heart failure (p=0.93, n=5). (bmj.com)
  • This study demonstrates that in heart failure there is a gross increase in the level of myocardial S-NO. Within the mitochondria, S-NO of electron transport chain proteins is also increased, having an inhibitory effect on ATP production. (bmj.com)
  • This work therefore provides a novel insight into how S-NO may contribute to the deterioration of cardiac contractile function in heart failure. (bmj.com)
  • Medics investigating illness after Covid infection found that people who had the virus faced a 72 per cent higher risk of heart failure after 12 months. (euroweeklynews.com)
  • The Hill ) - Two new studies suggest that regular use of marijuana could be linked to a higher risk of heart failure or heart attack, especially among older people. (wboy.com)
  • It found that those who used marijuana daily had a 34 percent increased risk of developing heart failure, when compared to those who said they never used marijuana. (wboy.com)
  • Throughout the study, nearly 2 percent - 2,958 people - developed heart failure. (wboy.com)
  • The 78-year-old actress was hospitalized at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, suffering from 'symptoms caused by congestive heart failure, an ongoing condition,' her publicist announced on Friday. (emirates247.com)
  • collaborative care for heart failure only, or physicians' usual care. (nih.gov)
  • Statins, which are designed to help protect people from heart failure, can actually increase the risk of a heart attack according to a new study. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • We have collected a wealth of information on cholesterol and statins from many published papers and find overwhelming evidence that these drugs accelerate hardening of the arteries and can cause, or worsen, heart failure. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • Despite advances in the management of myocardial infarction, we found that the rate of severe complications including heart failure, cardiogenic shock, and maternal or fetal mortality continues to be high among pregnant women compared to others," said Uri Elkayam, MD, professor of medicine at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and the study's lead investigator. (acc.org)
  • The two primary therapeutic goals during acute decompensated heart failure hospitalization are complete decongestion and optimization of GDMT. (news-medical.net)
  • The conclusions of the new study contrast with those of the report last fall in Annals , which found that reductions in red and processed meat intake resulted in fewer deaths from cancer and heart disease but concluded that the evidence was weak because much of the data came from observational studies that cannot show cause and effect. (chicagotribune.com)
  • The recent "Copenhagen General Population Study" involved almost 20,000 people, some of which were followed during almost 19 years, and the conclusion was clear: If the telomere length was short, the risk of heart attack and early death was increased by 50 and 25 per cent, respectively. (eurekalert.org)
  • The study also revealed that one in four Danes has telomeres with such short length that not only will they statistically die before their time, but their risk of heart attack is also increased by almost 50 per cent. (eurekalert.org)
  • The latest findings follow an announcement Friday that a different national study found that those given high doses of Celebrex had a 240 percent increase in heart problems, including death. (freerepublic.com)
  • Also, Pfizer announced recently that a study of Bextra found that it increased the risk of heart attacks in those who have had cardiac surgery. (freerepublic.com)
  • The heart problems found in the study have not been examined by a panel of heart experts or statisticians, Dr. FitzGerald noted. (freerepublic.com)
  • Women considered overweight or obese at the start of the study, and who experienced weight cycling, presented no increase in any kind of heart disease-related death. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • The Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT), a randomized primary cardiovascular prevention trial conducted and supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in collaboration with the MRFIT investigators, is one such study with the information on traditional and other confounding risk factors that has been unaccounted for in previous studies. (natap.org)
  • however, the absolute risk of congenital heart defects was low, according to a study. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Men who change their lifestyle and take heart disease medications also improve their sex lives, a new study says. (livescience.com)
  • People infected with influenza are six times more likely to have a heart attack within the first week of illness, and a recent study may have identified why, according to an article on Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota's website. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • In the study published in the peer-reviewed Nature Medicine , doctors warned long-term effects could be seen in the heart and vascular system. (euroweeklynews.com)
  • Biomedical engineers at Johns Hopkins performed a study on heart cell cultures and found that the cause of these dangerous arrhythmias may be a result of multiarm spirals. (mddionline.com)
  • The study, which looked at 28,535 marijuana users, found that marijuana users had a 20 percent increased chance of "having a major heart or brain event while hospitalized," compared to the other group. (wboy.com)
  • A study published in the British Medical Journal warns that artificial sweeteners also increase your risk of heart disease . (express.co.uk)
  • Similarly, Dr Peter Langsjoen, a heart specialist based in Texas who is co-author of the study, said: 'These drugs should never have been approved for use. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • This study, which is an extension of two previous surveys by the same research group, analyzed 150 new cases of heart attacks associated with pregnancy occurring since 2005 to better understand how heart attacks occur and are being treated in pregnant women. (acc.org)
  • This study is another step in better understanding the cause of pregnancy-associated heart attacks and their potential management," said Dr. Elkayam. (acc.org)
  • Vital exhaustion refers to excessive fatigue, feelings of demoralisation and increased irritability," said study lead author Dr. Dmitriy Panov. (earth.com)
  • Short bursts of high-intensity stair climbing are a time-efficient way to improve cardiorespiratory fitness and lipid profile , especially among those unable to achieve the current physical activity recommendations," study author Lu Qi, with Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, said in a news release . (medscape.com)
  • About 600,000 individuals will die from heart disease in the U.S. alone each year-that's about one in every four deaths. (acefitness.org)
  • Some 30 million people are currently thought to be affected by rheumatic heart disease globally,2 and in 2015 rheumatic heart disease was estimated to have been responsible for 305 000 deaths and 11.5 million disability-adjusted life years lost. (who.int)
  • Anything that lowers hemoglobin A1C and improves blood pressure control is beneficial," says Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian , a cardiologist and professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition at Tufts University, where the research was conducted. (npr.org)
  • It also lowers your risk of heart disease, osteoporosis, and cancer. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Cardiogenic shock, a complication as a result of a heart attack, occurs when the heart cannot pump enough blood to vital organs. (crainsdetroit.com)
  • Our food strategy included increasing Chris and Ethan's consumption of fruits and vegetables significantly," he says, noting that his sons' A-1C went down and their insulin usage reduced as a result. (npr.org)
  • Regarding exploratory endpoints, dapagliflozin significantly increased both 24-hour natriuresis (p=0.025) and 24-hour urine output (p=0.005), and decreased both time to completing IV diuretic therapy (p=0.006) and time to hospital discharge (p=0.007). (news-medical.net)
  • We can do exercises on a daily basis which will make our hearts stronger and healthier. (selfgrowth.com)
  • Exercises that improve balance make you stronger, more flexible, and increase how long you can be active. (medlineplus.gov)
  • According to the American Heart Association , over 100 million Americans have high blood pressure. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Until more research backs specific recommendations for yo-yo dieting, the American Heart Association remind us of the seven steps for reducing the risk of heart disease: manage your blood pressure , control your cholesterol , limit sugar intake, get active, eat a healthy diet, keep a normal weight, and stop smoking. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • The recent 2013 American College of Cardiology / American Heart Association guideline on managing blood cholesterol provides an important framework for the effective implementation of risk -reduction strategies . (bvsalud.org)
  • Exploratory analyses indicated that dapagliflozin improved decongestion and led to earlier hospital discharge. (news-medical.net)
  • Early initiation of dapagliflozin could improve both GDMT optimization and decongestion, but the efficacy and safety of this strategy is unknown. (news-medical.net)
  • It also found that those with fewer heart disease risk factors were much less likely to have other conditions unrelated to the heart - including chronic pain, incontinence, falls, fractures, and dementia. (eurekalert.org)
  • Improving cardiovascular disease risk factors may improve erectile dysfunction. (livescience.com)
  • Evidence is growing that undergoing menopause before the age of 40 years may increase the likelihood of heart disease later in life. (medscape.com)
  • Although the likelihood of having a heart attack during pregnancy is very low-estimated to occur in 1 in 16,000 deliveries-this risk is still three to four times higher in pregnant women than in non-pregnant women of the same age, according to Dr. Elkayam. (acc.org)
  • however, this increase in use has not been accompanied by conclusive scientific data on the effects of antidepressants -- especially SSRIs -- on mortality. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Effective early intervention can prevent premature mortality from rheumatic heart disease. (who.int)
  • Where rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease are endemic, rheumatic heart disease is the principal heart disease seen in pregnant women, causing significant maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. (who.int)
  • According to the Centers for Disease for Control and Prevention , heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. (acefitness.org)
  • Prevention of both preeclampsia and heart defects may well depend on the ability to elucidate these pathways more clearly in future research. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The prevention, control and elimination or eradication of rheumatic heart disease is increasingly being recognized as an important developmental issue by Member States. (who.int)
  • It is, therefore, important to identify the cause of heart attack in pregnant women before deciding what therapies to use. (acc.org)
  • They found that people who had the highest intakes of red meat, processed meat and poultry had a small but increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease. (chicagotribune.com)
  • People who regularly ate fish, however, did not see an increased cardiovascular risk. (chicagotribune.com)
  • The authors said that any increased risk was too minimal to warrant telling people that they should cut back on meat. (chicagotribune.com)
  • While most people associate February with Valentine's Day, it's also American Heart Month , which offers an opportunity to deepen our knowledge and understanding of how to keep our hearts healthy as we celebrate our love. (acefitness.org)
  • About 735,000 people in the United States have a heart attack every year. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • We've almost done too good of a job in treating heart attacks, and people aren't concerned," Kopecky said. (livescience.com)
  • Of 26,221 people with the flu between 2008 and 2019, 419 had a heart attack. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • Whilst I understand that some people may be inconvenienced by the increased security, public safety is our priority and I am sure everyone in Scotland will co-operate with us and support this. (heart.co.uk)
  • Further, the number of people working long hours is increasing, and currently stands at 9% of the total population globally. (who.int)
  • They also result in improved exercise tolerance, or how well the heart responds to exercise. (health.mil)
  • Heat acclimatization is a temporary physiological adaptation that improves tolerance and dissipation of heat with repeated exposure to hot environments. (cdc.gov)
  • (http://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/estimates/en/index1.html, accessed 20 March 2018). (who.int)
  • Firstly, the research is just observational, meaning that it only shows an association between weight cycling and heart problems, but it does not establish a causal relationship. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • The research was supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. (sciencedaily.com)
  • This research is funded by the British Heart Foundation, the European Research Council, the European Union (through the EU FP7 CardioCell consortium), the Leducq Foundation and the Medical Research Council. (scienceblog.com)
  • The next stage of the research is to develop this technique into a method for extracting, purifying and multiplying heart stem cells in the clinic to be used to repair heart damage arising from heart attack or cardiomyopathy. (scienceblog.com)
  • This work supports the division's programme of research which is aimed at understanding the mechanisms involved in cardiovascular disease and at improving diagnosis and treatment. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • CHICAGO (March 25, 2012) -Heart attacks during pregnancy tend to be more severe, lead to more complications, and also occur for different reasons than commonly seen in the non-pregnant general population, suggesting that, in some cases, the standard approach to managing this condition may not always be best, according to research presented today at the American College of Cardiology's 61st Annual Scientific Session. (acc.org)
  • He noted that the research revealed a pattern whereby social disadvantage relates to vital exhaustion, which is associated with a greater risk of heart disease. (earth.com)
  • MALAGA, Spain -- Grey hair has been linked with an increased risk of heart disease in men, in research presented today at EuroPrevent 2017. (sunstar.com.ph)
  • These results support a global effort to lower the increasing population trends for excess weight and suggest that in most cases any reduction in BMI is likely beneficial," they write. (medscape.com)
  • At the very least, the latest results could prove beneficial to Pfizer, which has been arguing that last week's finding about Celebrex should be placed in the context that similar pills may be just as hurtful to the heart and that other studies of Celebrex have shown no such worries. (freerepublic.com)
  • Bad cholesterol blocks the arteries which can cause a heart attack. (selfgrowth.com)
  • The increased heart attack risk could be due to how a flu infection increases blog coagulation and inflammation, which can increase clotting and weaken fatty plaques in the arteries, according to the report. (beckershospitalreview.com)
  • While atherosclerosis-or a narrowing of the arteries due to fatty build-up-is the most common cause of heart attacks in the general population, this was only the cause in one-third of pregnant women. (acc.org)
  • The addition of Nordic poles to moderate to vigorous-intensity walking is a simple, accessible option to enhance improvements in walking capacity, increase energy expenditure, engage upper body musculature, and improve other functional parameters such as posture, gait, and balance," commented Dr Lavie. (helsinkitimes.fi)
  • Nam concluded, "The misconception that heart disease primarily affects men has meant that sex-specific risk factors have been largely ignored. (medscape.com)
  • Rheumatic heart disease disproportionately affects girls and women. (who.int)
  • The good news is that heart disease is preventable and there are a number of simple ways to keep ourselves healthy for years to come. (acefitness.org)
  • It can help to create muscle mass and doing both the exercises that are aerobic and resistance exercises may help to increase HDL (good) Cholesterol and lower LDL (bad) cholesterol. (selfgrowth.com)
  • Our findings suggest that, irrespective of chronological age, hair greying indicates biological age and could be a warning sign of increased cardiovascular risk. (sunstar.com.ph)
  • Exercise is one important aspect to achieving a healthy heart, but there are specific ways to exercise to ensure your heart is protected to allow for optimum performance. (health.mil)
  • Some studies have shown that the pathology of preeclampsia (a disorder of pregnancy characterized by high blood pressure and excess protein in the urine) begins early and possibly even at the start of pregnancy, around the time of fetal heart morphogenesis. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The relationship between them supports the notion that these disorders share common risk factors and etiology, beginning very early in pregnancy and involving a long cascade of events affecting the development of fetal heart structures throughout gestation," the authors write. (sciencedaily.com)
  • In sudden cardiac death, the heart's electrical system to the heart suddenly malfunctions and causes death. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Increasing physical activity while reducing sedentary behaviors is an effective way to lower your cardiovascular risk factors. (acefitness.org)
  • Lower bone density and increased fracture risk. (who.int)
  • During this procedure, an interventional cardiologist feeds a deflated balloon into the artery to the blockage where it is then inflated to open the artery and allow blood to flow to the heart muscle. (prnewswire.com)
  • The biggest challenge is to make an ideal product for transplant, which would be either a mixture of heart muscle- and blood vessel-forming cells or a pure population of some sort of precursor that could give rise to both muscle and blood vessel cells. (scienceblog.com)
  • and they don't yet have any of the full characteristics of heart muscle or blood vessel cells such as producing cardiac myosin - an important protein in heart muscle cells. (scienceblog.com)
  • Professor Schneider's laboratory uses advanced robotics, automated microscopy and other high-throughput methods to screen many thousands of experimental conditions in order to devise the best ways to grow the cells and instruct them to go down the route of becoming heart muscle. (scienceblog.com)
  • Weight or strength training can build muscle and improve strength at any age. (medlineplus.gov)
  • without prompt treatment risk of fatality increases dramatically. (prnewswire.com)
  • Smoking dramatically increases the risk of developing pneumonia. (cdc.gov)
  • Getting our heart risk factors under control could lead to much healthier old ages. (eurekalert.org)
  • recognizes and supports the critical role of pharmacists in improving blood pressure control through team-based care. (cdc.gov)
  • Normally, the heart beats without nervous control. (wikipedia.org)
  • The conclusion was clear: If the telomere length was short, the risk of heart attack and early death was increased by 50 and 25 percent, respectively. (eurekalert.org)
  • CHICAGO , April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- While all heart attacks have the potential to be deadly, one type is referred to as the "widow maker" because of its high risk of death. (prnewswire.com)
  • No increase in death was reported by women who gained weight but did not lose it, nor women who lost weight but did not gain it back. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Almost double the risk of death from heart disease. (aarp.org)