http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Teens who were depressed as children are far more likely than their peers to be obese, smoke cigarettes and lead sedentary lives, even if they no longer suffer from depression. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-depression-kids-linked-cardiac-teens.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:10:01 EST news282571622 Stress does bad things to the heart. New studies have found higher rates of cardiac problems in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, New Orleans residents six years after Hurricane Katrina and Greeks struggling through that country's financial turmoil. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-stress-storms-war-heart.html Cardiology Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:56:40 EST news282149793 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Virginia have developed a new model of how the heart reacts to stresses such as high blood pressure, shedding light on a common cause of heart failure and facilitating the development of new drugs to treat and prevent it. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-drugs-heart-failure.html Medical research Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:22:04 EST news274602114 Cutting the expenses associated with "low-value" medical tests and treatments – such as unnecessary imaging tests and antibiotics for viral infections that won't benefit from them – will require a multi-pronged plan targeting insurance companies, patients, and physicians, according to a JAMA Viewpoint article published this week by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. These efforts transcend economic impact, however, and may also be essential for improving health care quality and patient safety. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-strategy-wisely-low-value-health.html Health Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:31:38 EST news270228681 (HealthDay)—New research suggests that surgical procedures, not stress, may lead to the spike in heart-related deaths known to occur in the weeks after a cancer diagnosis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-surgery-spur-heart-deaths-cancer.html Cancer Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:20:01 EST news269714292 (Medical Xpress)—Mixing energy drinks with alcohol (AEDs) as party beverages is a growing trend among young Australians, who are putting their health at risk by consuming amounts beyond what is deemed safe, according to new research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-alcohol-energy-bad.html Health Mon, 01 Oct 2012 06:20:01 EST news268289932 Women who have breast cancer and are treated with two chemotherapy drugs may experience more cardiac problems like heart failure than shown in previous studies, according to a new Cancer Research Network study by Group Health researchers and others in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-heart-problems-chemo-drugs-breast.html Cancer Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:00:01 EST news265550767 (HealthDay)—In a review that compared two common heart drugs against each other, researchers found no difference between atenolol and metoprolol in terms of preventing stroke, heart attack or heart failure for patients with high blood pressure who were placed on the medications. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-common-blood-pressure-meds-fare.html Cardiology Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:50:01 EST news265304032 (Medical Xpress) -- A blood test can predict whether patients are likely to die of a heart attack in the month after surgery, according to an international study involving thousands of patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-blood-death-heart-problems-surgery.html Surgery Wed, 04 Jul 2012 09:12:15 EST news260611919 (HealthDay) -- Seven years after they underwent weight-loss surgery, patients as a whole fared better on several measurements of their risk of cardiac problems, a new study finds, and many returned to normal levels. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-weight-loss-surgery-heart-years.html Surgery Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:02:07 EST news259405311 Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in Boston, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, have found that critically ill patients were more likely to die if they were taking the most commonly prescribed antidepressants when they were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-antidepressant-mortality-critically-ill-patients.html Medications Tue, 22 May 2012 10:00:12 EST news256899585 Cardiac computed tomography angiography scans (CT scans that look at the heart) can provide a virtually instant verdict on whether chest pain is from blockage of the coronary arteries. When used early to evaluate chest pain, the scans save patients and hospitals time and money by allowing doctors to quickly determine who should be admitted for treatment for a heart attack and who can be safely sent home, according to research presented today at the American College of Cardiology's 61st Annual Scientific Session. The Scientific Session, the premier cardiovascular medical meeting, brings cardiovascular professionals together to further advances in the field. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-cardiac-ct-faster-effective-patients.html Cardiology Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:46:28 EST news252063979 Researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute have, for the first time ever, made a connection between tiny genetic molecules called microRNAs and the imminent threat of a heart attack, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-first-ever-link-tiny-genetic-imminent.html Cardiology Sun, 25 Mar 2012 15:30:01 EST news251904285 Ironically, despite excessive caloric intake, many obese women are deficient in vitamins vital to a healthy pregnancy. This and other startling statistics abound when obesity and pregnancy collide. Together, they present a unique set of challenges that women and their doctors must tackle in order to achieve the best possible outcome for mom and baby. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-myths-truths-obesity-pregnancy.html Sleep apnea Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:10:42 EST news243688210 (AP) -- A 10-month-old girl who was surgically separated from her conjoined twin died Sunday after suffering general organ failure, said the director of a Chilean children's hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-chile-girl-dies-conjoined-twin.html Other Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:30:01 EST news243492673 Low levels of vitamin C were associated with higher levels of high sensitivity C-Reactive protein (hsCRP) and shorter intervals without major cardiac issues or death for heart failure patients, in research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2011. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-vitamin-heart-failure-patients.html Cardiology Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:22:20 EST news240409326 Swiss technological university EPFL said Tuesday it created an electronic system that detects cardiac problems instantly and passes on the data through a mobile phone to medical personnel. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-swiss-university-cardiac-issues-detector.html Cardiology Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:54:15 EST news238150425 Researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City have identified the first genetic mutation ever associated with a mysterious and potentially devastating form of heart disease that affects women in the final weeks of pregnancy or the first few months after delivery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-genetic-mutation-linked-heart-failure.html Cardiology Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:27:29 EST news227885160