In elderly women, use of statins appears to be associated with an increased risk of developing radiographic hip osteoarthritis (OA), Californian researchers...
The exercise electrocardiogram (ECG), the "workhorse of noninvasive cardiac testing," is not as universally useful in women as it is in men, according to one...
New research indicates that few high-risk women are achieving the optimal lipid levels set forth in recent guidelines by the American Heart Association (AHA)....
New research indicates that women with high levels of phobic anxiety may be at increased risk for fatal coronary heart disease (CHD), especially from sudden...
Enhanced expression of the gene encoding lipin in either adipose or skeletal muscle tissue promotes obesity in mice, even when food intake remains stable,...
Substituting polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) for saturated fat in the diet reduces cardiovascular and overall mortality, according to the results of a...
Subject: GOD'S DIET PLAN God's Diet Plan And God populated the earth with broccoli and cauliflower and spinach and green and yellow vegetables of all...
Obesity -- especially abdominal obesity -- is associated with a poor outlook for patients with established cardiovascular disease, results of a recent study...
Researchers with the Black Pooling Project have defined a new category of risk for stroke -- pre-hypertension. That includes those with systolic pressures...
New research supports the belief that discontinuing aspirin therapy can lead to new coronary events in patients with heart disease. "We believe it is necessary...
A previously undescribed subpopulation of clonally expanded adult human bone marrow-derived stem cells is capable of differentiating into cells of 3 different...
The recent and highly anticipated decision to expand the use of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) marks a turning point for the United States...
Metoprolol controlled release/extended release (CR/XL) significantly reduces mortality and hospitalizations when used to treat heart failure, regardless of the...
The quality of care for stroke patients improves dramatically within a year when hospitals use an electronic prompting program developed by the American Stroke...
Menopausal women with chronic kidney disease have lower cognitive function scores than those without CKD, according to a new study. "Since chronic kidney...
Study Highlights Patient data for the current analysis were derived from ADHERE, which collected information from 263 community, tertiary, and academic centers...
Diabetic autonomic neuropathy contributes less than might be expected to the risk of sudden cardiac death in patients with diabetes, according to a new report....
In order to understand the benefit of OPC-3, people need to understand the cause of the disease. 75% of disease are caused by free radical, the oxidation of...
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has issued a consensus statement, published online Feb. 2 in the European Heart Journal, recommending that every young...
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with an elevated risk of congestive heart failure (CHF), according to a report in the February issue of Arthritis and...
In the developed world, cardiomyopathy associated with diminished ventricular-pump function is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality.[1] Severe...
The postmitotic phenotype of adult cardiomyocytes with limited capacity for regeneration has traditionally been perceived as a barrier to effective restoration...
The rationale for initial human clinical trials, based on the proposition that bone-marrow-derived cells induce substantial cardiac myogenesis, is currently...
Future Considerations To improve therapeutic efficacy of clinical cell therapy, extensive animal and ex vivo testing will be required to identify the optimum ...
Myocardial-cell replacement for myocyte deficiency in adult heart failure, while conceptually attractive, remains unproven and continues to generate debate....
Statin use can prevent perioperative cardiac complications in patients undergoing noncardiac vascular surgery, new research findings suggest. Dr. Peter G....
Although white coat hypertension (WCH) has no apparent association with stroke risk in the short term, this may not necessarily be true over longer periods,...