Experts from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, led by cardiologist Nausheen Akhter, say that cardiovascular diseases are now the leading cause of death in women. In the past, it was thought that stroke or cancer were responsible for most preventable deaths.
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4 April 2012
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Research carried out by a genetic epidemiologist at the Medical College of Georgia, at Georgia Prevention Institute, concluded that fat is somehow linked to certain chemical changes in the DNA, and this could be the explanation for the high risk of chronic issues, like cardiovascular disease and diabetes, in obese pe... |
21 January 2011
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A team of researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have started a new clinical trial to see whether estrogen replacement therapy could help prevent depression and cardiovascular disease in women who are in the menopause transition.The study entirely conducted at UNC, began in August 2010 and its... |
13 January 2011
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The latest research from the University of Bristol, concluded that a dietary supplement of the synthetic derivative of vitamin B1, could help prevent heart disease in people suffering from diabetes.Since vitamin B1 can help the body get rid of its toxins, it can also protect the cells of the heart from being damaged.... |
6 December 2010
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Chocolate might be fattening but cocoa has a protective effect against heart diseases, and the reason for this was found by a team of researchers at Linköping University in Sweden. 16 healthy, non-smoking volunteers were recruited for the study, and they were not allowed to take any pharmaceutical products for t... |
11 November 2010
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A new research found that once fat cells and tissues of morbidly obese people and animals no longer can store fat appropriately, they trigger changes within the body, that are linked to type 2 diabetes and other obesity-related diseases.This work was funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Counci... |
8 November 2010
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Obese children have stiff blood vessels, a phenomenon which is typical for middle-aged people with cardiovascular diseases, said Dr. Kevin Harris today, at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2010, co-hosted by the Canadian Cardiovascular Society and the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Dr Harris, who works at British C... |
25 October 2010
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A team of Quebec City researchers have opened the way for a new treatment of pulmonary hypertension, which is a very severe and life-threatening condition that triggers an enlargement of the heart.Pulmonary hypertension is abnormally high blood pressure within the pulmonary arteries, which carry blood from the heart ... |
25 October 2010
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Regularly sleeping more or less than seven hours a day increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, a new study published in the August 1 edition of the journal SLEEP suggests. The research was carried out by principal investigator Anoop Shankar, MD, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Community Medicine a... |
2 August 2010
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