Concordia University investigators have discovered that mood disorders such as depression can easily be linked to an increased risk of suffering from heart diseases. New data indicate that people who are depressed are 50 percent more likely to suffer a heart attack, when compared to non-depressed individuals.
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29 November 2011
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The extent to which diabetes is tied to heart diseases apparently escaped even the most intricate studies. In a recent investigation, experts in the United States learned that diabetes patients exhibited calcium build-ups in their bodies that were indicators of impending heart attacks or strokes.
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27 September 2011
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Oftentimes, after a person suffers a heart attack, cells in the cardiac muscle lose their ability to fire off electrical impulses in concert. This can have serious side-effects on the heart, but now researchers in the United States say they've found a way to make this type of consequences history.
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26 September 2011
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Scientists with the San Diego-based Cytori Therapeutics Inc. are currently working on developing a method to use stem cells derived from fatty tissue for helping the heart withstand various type of long-term harm that can develop after a heart attack.Undergoing such an event is a very hard burden on the heart, which ... |
27 January 2011
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Some time ago, researchers figured out that a specific class of anti-diabetes prescription drugs, known as thiazolidinediones (TZD), came with the risk of patients developing heart complications after use. The reason why this happened remained a mystery until recently, when a team of scientists managed to understand ... |
23 June 2009
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The latest scientific data on the matter prove that a controversial type of heart surgery, in which doctors fold the scar tissue of the heart unto itself, has little significant results for the well-being of the patient. Rather, it poses a great danger to their health, on account of the fact that the procedure is ver... |
30 March 2009
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