TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Japanese researchers say they have found a pill that works as well as existing medication to prevent blood clots after heart valve surgery, with fewer trips to the doctor. Unlike warfarin, the standard treatment, edoxaban does not require regular monitoring of blood clottingContinue Reading

TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People using blood thinners to control their heart rhythm shouldn’t expect the medications to head off thinking declines as well, new research suggests. The study, presented Saturday at a meeting of the American Heart Association in Chicago, is the first large trial toContinue Reading

MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — It’s long been known that certain structural qualities of the human heart — its size, chamber volume — can influence cardiovascular health. British scientists say they’re now discovering that the gene-directed shape of a person’s heart might matter, too. “This study provides newContinue Reading

TUESDAY, Nov. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Beta blockers are go-to meds for many people who’ve survived a heart attack. However, new Swedish research has found that they might not be needed for heart attack survivors whose hearts have retained a normal pumping ability.  Using them in this group mightContinue Reading

MONDAY, Nov. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People with both type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease face a heart health double-whammy, a new study says. Men with both diabetes and kidney disease will develop heart health problems 28 years earlier than those without either condition, researchers reported today atContinue Reading

MONDAY, Nov. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Thousands of Americans with heart trouble have small implanted defibrillators, to help regulate their heartbeat and keep cardiac events at bay.  But new research finds that on extremely hot days, people with the devices face nearly triple the odds for a dangerous arrhythmiaContinue Reading

MONDAY, Nov. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Lives lost to obesity-related heart disease have nearly tripled over the past twenty years, a new study reports. Heart disease deaths linked to obesity increased 2.8-fold between 1999 and 2020, according to findings presented today at the American Heart Association’s annual meeting inContinue Reading