People With Heart Disease, Diabetes May Be More Likely to Stay on Statins
2014-06-23
Study also finds former smokers, overweight better at taking cholesterol-lowering drugs as prescribedContinue Reading
Testosterone Products Must Warn About Risk of Venous Clots: FDA
2014-06-20
Announcement comes as agency continues broader review of the popular supplements’ effects on heartContinue Reading
Rising Stroke Rate for Blacks in South Carolina, Study Finds
2014-06-19
Increase in stroke risk factors such as diabetes and high blood pressure may be to blame, researchers sayContinue Reading
Depression and Heart Disease
2014-06-19
People who have low vitamin D levels at higher risk of dying from heart disease and cancer, study finds.
Antidepressants in Pregnancy Won’t Harm Baby’s Heart, Study Suggests
2014-06-18
But, past research shows risks, and one expert says this study doesn’t provide definitive answers
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Rare Gene Mutations May Help Shield the Heart
2014-06-18
Finding could pave way for new preventive drugs, researchers sayContinue Reading
Depression Doubles Odds of Heart Attack for Younger Women: Study
2014-06-18
And compared with older women and men, they are more likely to become depressed, researchers sayContinue Reading
New Blood Test May Help Detect Heart Transplant Rejection
2014-06-18
It might one day spare patients from invasive biopsies, study saysContinue Reading
Vitamin D: A Key to a Longer Life?
2014-06-17
But experts aren’t sure that vitamin D is responsible for lower risk of dying from heart disease, cancerContinue Reading
Stroke Prevention for Women: Start Early
2014-06-17
As new guidelines take hold, doctors are focusing on cutting risk at a younger ageContinue Reading
Poorly Understood Disorder Disables Many Younger Women
2014-06-16
Postural tachycardia syndrome has no consistent treatment, expert saysContinue Reading
Study Questions Use of Beta Blockers Before Heart Bypass Surgery
2014-06-16
But at least one specialist says the finding shouldn’t alter current proceduresContinue Reading
High Blood Pressure May Sometimes Be Overtreated: Study
2014-06-16
Bringing systolic readings below 120-139 might not provide added benefit, researchers sayContinue Reading
Hot Dogs, Salami May Raise Men’s Heart Failure Risk, Study Suggests
2014-06-12
But unprocessed red meat was not implicated in this researchContinue Reading