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Researchers made a major breakthrough in understanding heart disease and heart attack risks, by identifying two new genes that could favor these cardiovascular problems.
The scientists from the British Heart Foundation have discovered two genes that could increase the risk of heart disease and heart attack –... |
15 January 2011
06:28 GMT |
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A new research published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, concluded that if you smoke around children, you can cause them high blood pressure and other possible health problems even before they go to school.This is actually the first study of its kind that shows that breathing tobacco smoke ... |
11 January 2011
05:25 GMT |
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American adolescents have a very serious bad habit that can lead to severe health problems in the future – they eat a lot of added sugars in soft drinks and foods, which triggers poor cholesterol profiles and can possibly lead to heart disease in adulthood.This is the conclusion of the first-of-its-kind researc... |
10 January 2011
10:31 GMT |
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There are strong differences between popular beliefs and scientific facts but when the line between science and coincidence thins, strange predictions seem to appear.Today there are databases of information about everything, including people’s lifestyles and medical ailments, and the computer-powered studies do... |
30 December 2010
05:18 GMT |
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Children with a high body mass index – BMI, between 9 and 12 years old, have a bigger risk of developing high blood pressure and insulin levels, as well as high cholesterol – all the characteristics of heart disease, by the time they become teenagers.The scientists who reached this conclusion are part of ... |
26 November 2010
08:16 GMT |
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A group of investigators has recently determined that a gene can be directly tied to an increased risk of developing a serious heart condition called dilated cardiomyopathy.In people whose bodies expressed the gene, the risk of developing the disorder was boosted by an estimated 50 percent, say investigators from the... |
22 October 2010
08:41 GMT |
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A new investigation has revealed that consuming additional amounts of folic acid from those naturally produced in the body has no bearing on a person's chance of developing cancer or heart diseases. The chemical, which is also known as vitamin B9, was touted as having the property to prevent the onset of these c... |
12 October 2010
08:13 GMT |
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People that suffer from migraines with aura have a higher risk of dying from heart attack or stroke, a new research published today on bmj.com suggests.The researchers found a link between migraine associated with aura (temporary visual or sensory disturbances before or during a migraine headache) and death from hear... |
25 August 2010
10:15 GMT |
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US researchers said that almost one out of ten adults under 64 years had a heart procedure involving radiation, over a three-year period. These amounts of radiation can be significant, so patients and doctors should weigh the risk against the benefits.Dr. Jersey Chen of Yale University School of Medicine, whose study... |
8 July 2010
10:02 GMT |
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Mobile phone maker Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile) revealed on Thursday the company's collaboration with the leading provider of easy-to-use, innovative wireless services Jitterbug for the launch of a new mobile phone, the Jitterbug J in Red. At the same time, the company also announced supp... |
8 January 2010
09:13 GMT |
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It has long been stated that one of the reasons why Mediterranean people are so slim, despite their high fat diet, and why they are also exposed to a lower risk of death by heart disease is the regulate consumption of red wine. The experts agree that a daily intake of wine, mainly the red kind, can actually have a po... |
12 December 2008
05:16 GMT |
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Official estimates of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) say that cancer will surpass heart diseases as the most fatal condition on the planet by 2010. The incidence of cancer cases is growing exponentially by the decade, with as much as 12.4 million people being diagnosed with some form of the condition this yea... |
10 December 2008
08:51 GMT |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers managed to create an advanced tissue scaffold design, one that is to be used for direct heart tissue transplantations in patients suffering from congenital heart defects or other similar afflictions. Organic tissue can be grown from natural heart cells through t... |
3 November 2008
06:24 GMT |
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Scientists may soon be able to harness the full healing power of regenerative medicine, after discovering the mechanisms through which the body attempts to repair itself after it has been deprived of its oxygen source, as in, after a serious injury or during a heart attack. The cells send out "distress" signals,... |
31 October 2008
07:28 GMT |
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Scientists discovered that the antioxidant melanin, which normally generates eye and skin color, is somehow involved in developing obesity. Analyses found increased quantities of the substance being produced in fat cells pertaining to the bodies of people suffering from obesity. Doctors say that drugs mimicking the e... |
30 October 2008
07:54 GMT |
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The reason why this particular surgery was so important and benefited from so much attention was that it represented the first time doctors used state-of-the-art techniques and equipments to treat heart rhythm disorders. The entire process was transmitted live to the delegates attending the Heart Rhythm Congress 2008... |
21 October 2008
09:11 GMT |
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English researchers have discovered that employees who take prolonged leaves of absence for more than one time in three years or so are more prone to dying prematurely on account of diseases than others. They analyzed more than 6,400 work records from 1985 to 1988, and then associated them with the subjects' dea... |
4 October 2008
07:14 GMT |
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"Think it and it might just become true!" This is just one way to describe the findings detailed by researchers of the University of Rochester's Medical Center, who have recently discovered that men who really believe that they have a low chance of developing a cardiovascular disease have in fact three times les... |
14 July 2008
11:15 GMT |
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A new study carried out by researchers at the New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medial Center reveals that women don't respond as well as males do to drug treatment, such as losartan and atenolol, against cardiovascular diseases although the two drugs are successful in reducing the blood pressure in a... |
2 July 2008
04:36 GMT |
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We live in an age plagued by a series of serious afflictions - such as cancer or Alzheimer's - and when conventional medicine fails to provide us with satisfactory answers, we often turn to mother nature for a healthy dose of disease-fighting beneficial nutrients. More and more people nowadays are taking the "na... |
17 June 2008
04:27 GMT |
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"Salt is bad for your heart", is among the longest-lived preconceptions of modern times. Many of us grew up with it and always thought that a high salt intake would increase our chances of suffering from heart disease later in life. The main argument for this was that a higher sodium level would cause increased blood... |
9 June 2008
05:36 GMT |
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Red wine has long been hailed as a miracle cure for depression and heart disease, with anti-inflammatory, invigorating and life-prolonging properties - not to mention great versatile taste. Part of this reputation was folklore and word of mouth - after all, red wine has been around for millennia - while part of it is... |
4 June 2008
06:16 GMT |
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We live in the age of fast-food and whether we like it or not, hamburgers and sausages are pretty much part of our daily lives to a greater extent than we'd like to admit. By its very definition, fast food is a quick, easy-fix apparent solution for those evenings when we're feeling too tired or when we'... |
19 May 2008
11:04 GMT |
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If you're among those looking for a diet that could help you lower the risk of getting heart disease, something generically called "the caveman diet" is not likely to make you feel very confident any good could actually come out of it. However, it would seem that for the sake of our health, we should put appeara... |
10 May 2008
05:13 GMT |
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