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Weekends peak time for heart attacks for young and middle aged men
Weekends are the peak time for heart attacks in young and middle aged men in France, suggests a study in Heart. Mondays have often been cited as the critical day for heart attacks, with the impending stress of the working week sometimes suggested as a precipitating factor. The researchers looked at... view more (2001-08-20)

Multidisciplinary approach to treatment of heart attacks a success
Acute heart attacks can be successfully treated through a multidisciplinary team approach involving Emergency Medical Services, emergency physicians, cardiologists and specialty centres.   view more (2007-06-19)

Screening family members could prevent 4 in 10 premature heart attacks
Screening and treating middle-aged adults with a family history of coronary heart disease could prevent more than 4 in 10 premature heart attacks, according to an article in this week's BMJ.   view more (2007-09-07)

Mayo Clinic researchers: Stroke risk significant in month following heart attack
"While our research reaffirmed the risk of stroke among patients with heart disease, the surprise was that the risk was so high in the month after a heart attack," says Veronique Roger, M.D., M.P.H., the Mayo Clinic cardiologist who led the study.   view more (2005-12-06)

Many patients still missing out on drugs to cut heart attacks and stroke
Many patients who need statins to cut their risk of heart attacks and stroke are missing out, particularly the elderly, finds research in Heart.   view more (2003-03-17)

Extreme stress reactions to terrorist attacks associated with subsequent heart problems
Individuals who experienced severe stress-related symptoms in response to the terrorist attacks on 9/11 appear more likely to have been diagnosed with heart problems over the following three years.   view more (2008-01-08)

ESC Congress 2003: Striking reduction in mortality after a "heart attack" - A National Study in 2002
IMPORTANT: This press release accompanies a poster or oral session given at the ESC Congress 2003. Written by the investigator himself/herself, this press release does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Society of Cardiology We observed a striking decline in mortality among... view more (2003-08-31)

Study finds link between amphetamine abuse and heart attacks in young adults
Young adults who abuse amphetamines may be at greater risk of suffering a heart attack, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found.   view more (2008-06-04)

When statins aren't enough: New trial drug points to better management of coronary heart disease
Despite widespread use of cholesterol-lowering drugs, a significant number of cardiac patients continue to suffer heart attacks and stroke. Researchers theorize that high levels of an enzyme found in coronary plaques may be to blame, by making plaques more likely to rupture and block blood flow.   view more (2008-05-09)

Sleep attacks from Parkinson`s drugs do exist
Car crashes in patients with Parkinson’s disease have been associated with sudden sleep attacks caused by dopamine drugs, but the concept of sleep attacks, and their connection with dopamine drugs, has been disputed.   view more (2002-06-19)

Heart Disease In Scotland, UK: Room For Improvement Out Of Hospital (p 1213)
Deaths from coronary heart disease (cardiac infarcts) in Scotland, UK, fell between 1986 and 1995, probably due to a decrease of tobacco-smoking and a healthier diet, report Simon Capewell and colleagues from The Department of Public Health in Liverpool, UK, in this week's issue of THE LANCET. Many... view more (2001-10-10)

Fish oils may hold key to cutting deaths from heart disease
Heart patients are being asked to eat more fish as part of a University of Edinburgh study in a study to see if improved diet can reduce the risk of coronary attacks. The study will look at the way fish and fish oil supplements could help reduce inflammation of the arteries and break down the blood... view more (2003-03-27)

High blood pressure is a poor predictor of heart disease
Blood pressure screening either alone or in combination with other cardiovascular risk factors such as cholesterol levels does not determine a person's chance of having a heart attack or stroke, reports Professor Malcolm Law and colleagues at the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine in the... view more (2004-03-09)

Study analyzes heart attack mortality risk associated with Hodgkin disease treatments
Doctors have long known that patients treated for Hodgkin disease are at an increased risk for heart attacks.   view more (2007-02-07)

Aspirin -- just for men?
First it was an apple, now it is an aspirin a day that may keep the doctor away. Aspirin has become standard for heart attack prevention, but research published in the online open access journal BMC Medicine suggests that this may really be a man's drug.   view more (2007-10-18)

New drug could reduce tissue damage after heart attack
A study led by UCL (University College London) scientists has designed a new drug that inhibits the adverse effects of C reactive protein (CRP), a protein that contributes to tissue damage in heart attacks and strokes.   view more (2006-04-27)

Prevalence of coronary heart disease in UK men has not fallen in 20 years
Despite improvements in symptom relief and death rates, middle-aged men in the UK are just as likely to have a diagnosis of coronary heart disease now as they were 20 years ago, reports research in Heart. The research team used survey data on heart disease from participants in the British Regional... view more (2001-10-12)

Dutch study finds four in 10 heart attacks go unrecognised
Dutch researchers who assessed over 4,000 men and women over 55 to see how many heart attacks went undiagnosed at the time they occurred, found that the figure was more than four in 10.   view more (2006-02-14)

Doctors aggressively treat early heart attacks, research shows
An international study involving 467 hospitals in 12 countries found that doctors do a good job of aggressively treating the early stages of heart attacks - even before laboratory tests confirm the diagnosis.   view more (2007-04-10)

Arthritis medications reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes
Patients prescribed drugs to treat rheumatoid arthritis could be at a reduced risk of heart attacks and strokes, according to a study published today in the open access journal Arthritis Research & Therapy.   view more (2008-03-06)

Infections possible cause of arteriosclerosis in children
The fact that infections among adults can increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes is now well established by several hundred scientific studies. Both heart attacks and strokes are expressions of arteriosclerosis (thickening of the arteries, previously termed hardening of the arteries). New... view more (2003-02-17)

Two drugs may stabilize plaques in atherosclerosis
Two drugs that a Wake Forest University School of Medicine research team has been investigating for lupus for several years may stabilize atherosclerotic plaque in the walls of arteries and help avert heart attacks and strokes.   view more (2006-11-13)

Beijing pollution may trigger heart attacks, strokes
Olympic athletes aren't the only ones who need to be concerned about the heavily polluted air in Beijing. The dirty air may trigger serious cardiovascular problems for some spectators.   view more (2008-07-22)

ESC Congress 2004: Glucose Abnormalities in patients with Myocardial Infarction
This trial reveals important new information on the relation between reduced ability to handle glucose (sugar) and acute heart attacks.   view more (2004-08-31)

Hormone replacement therapy may prevent heart attacks in women under 60, analysis of 23 studies concludes
For the last few years, women have heard conflicting reports about the risks and benefits of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). A new study that analyzes many trials together concludes that HRT can reduce heart attacks by about one-third in women under age 60 but has mixed results for older women.   view more (2006-04-21)
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