http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from American Heart Association Costs to treat stroke are projected to more than double and the number of people having strokes may increase 20 percent by 2030, according to the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-america.html Cardiology Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:01 EST news288435573 An experimental, inexpensive iPhone application transmitted diagnostic heart images faster and more reliably than emailing photo images, according to a research study presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-heart-app.html Cardiology Fri, 17 May 2013 11:20:01 EST news288008121 Control of heart disease risk factors varies widely among outpatient practices, according to a study presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-heart-disease-factors-varies-outpatient.html Health Fri, 17 May 2013 09:50:35 EST news288003015 Massachusetts' healthcare reform didn't result in substantially more hospital use or higher costs, according to data presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-massachusetts-health-reform-didnt-hospital.html Health Thu, 16 May 2013 16:27:03 EST news287940416 Depressed middle-aged women have almost double the risk of having a stroke, according to research published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-depression-linked-middle-aged-women.html Cardiology Thu, 16 May 2013 16:26:40 EST news287940388 People with strokes caused by blood clots fared better in hospitals participating in the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke program according to a study presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-patients-fare-hospitals-guidelines-stroke.html Cardiology Thu, 16 May 2013 11:26:13 EST news287922357 Heart attack or heart failure patients may have a high risk of death or re-admission for a month or longer after leaving the hospital, researchers said at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Scientific Sessions 2013. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-death-hospital-readmission-prolonged-heart.html Cardiology Thu, 16 May 2013 10:25:36 EST news287918720 People hospitalized for acute heart failure are likely to survive longer compared to the prior decade, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Heart Association and presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-heart-failure-patients-longer-long-term.html Cardiology Thu, 16 May 2013 06:50:25 EST news287905521 Middle aged and out of shape? It's not too late to get fit—and reduce your risk for heart failure, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-middle-age-heart-failure.html Cardiology Wed, 15 May 2013 16:43:26 EST news287854969 Young women tend to be less healthy and have a poorer quality of life than similar-aged men before suffering a heart attack, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-young-women-healthy-men-heart.html Cardiology Wed, 15 May 2013 16:42:15 EST news287854926 Having a pet might lower your risk of heart disease, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-pets-heart-disease.html Cardiology Thu, 09 May 2013 16:00:01 EST news287314854 Completing a quality-of-life questionnaire at a healthcare provider's office could help patients live longer and live better, according to a new scientific statement published in Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-heart-patients-quality-life-outcomes.html Cardiology Mon, 06 May 2013 16:00:03 EST news287057948 Brain function in adults as young as 35 may decline as their heart disease risk factors increase, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Stroke. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-heart-disease-factors-decrease-brain.html Cardiology Thu, 02 May 2013 17:12:01 EST news286733511 Blood clots in the legs or lungs (deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism) kill an American about every 5 minutes. Adopting seven simple lifestyle steps could help reduce your risk of these potentially deadly blood clots, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology 2013 Scientific Sessions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-simple-lifestyle-decrease-blood-clots.html Cardiology Thu, 02 May 2013 16:57:33 EST news286732634 A heart-healthy diet helped men at high risk for heart disease reduce their bad cholesterol, regardless of whether they lost weight, in a study presented at the American Heart Association's Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology 2013 Scientific Sessions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-heart-healthy-diet-men-bad-cholesterol.html Cardiology Wed, 01 May 2013 16:00:02 EST news286628323