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Having a hysterectomy with or without ovary removal in mid-life does not increase a woman's risk of cardiovascular disease compared to women who reach natural menopause, contrary to many previously reported studies, according to research published online today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-hysterectomy-cardiovascular-disease.html Cardiology Tue, 14 May 2013 15:30:06 EST news287746092 Leicester researchers believe a new health MOT-style programme for over-40s is likely to uncover more diabetes, kidney or heart patients than expected. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-health-mot-programme-uncover-diabetes.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 19 Apr 2013 06:48:08 EST news285572881 People deemed to be "mentally vulnerable" are at a significantly increased risk of both fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular disease, according to results of a large population study from Denmark. The details of the study were presented today at the EuroPRevent 2013 congress in Rome. (1) http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-mental-vulnerability-cardiovascular-disease.html Cardiology Thu, 18 Apr 2013 02:00:02 EST news285437272 –Hair strands contain valuable information about senior citizens' stress levels that can be used to determine an individual's cardiovascular disease risk, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-hair-analysis-reveals-elevated-stress.html Cardiology Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:26:10 EST news285427542 (HealthDay)—Obese and overweight patients with dyslipidemia or hypertension treated with phentermine and topiramate extended-release (PHEN/TPM ER) for weight loss had significant improvements in cardiovascular disease risk factors, according to research published in the April 15 issue of The American Journal of Cardiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-drug-facilitated-weight-loss-benefits-cardiometabolic.html Cardiology Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:10:01 EST news284990044 The American Heart Association has released new recommendations for policy makers and public health providers to combat heart disease and stroke on a local level. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-policy-makers-cardiovascular-disease.html Cardiology Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:00:02 EST news283092289 An analysis of data from the Framingham Offspring Study – a long-term study that follows children of participants in the original Framingham Heart Study – may have answered a question that has troubled individuals considering stopping smoking: do the health effects of any weight gained after quitting outweigh the known cardiovascular benefits of smoking cessation? The report in the March 13 issue of JAMA concludes that the benefits of stopping smoking far exceed any weight-gain associated risk. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-weight-gain-negate-health-benefits.html Health Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:00:02 EST news282318606 The walls of the body's major artery—the aorta—are already thickened in babies born to mums who are overweight or obese, finds a small study published online in the Fetal and Neonatal Edition of Archives of Disease of Childhood. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-heart-disease-newborns-overweight-obese.html Overweight and Obesity Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:30:03 EST news281206703 (Medical Xpress)—This time of year many people make resolutions to live a healthier lifestyle, exercise more, lose weight and eat better. For the adolescents who are extremely obese in this country, diet and exercise alone often are not enough to get their weight down. Some of those teens will require weight loss surgery to improve their overall health. According to a recent study published in the January print issue of the Journal of Pediatric Surgery, bariatric surgery in extremely obese adolescents also was shown to be beneficial in helping to reverse previously undiagnosed cardiovascular abnormalities believed to be linked to severe obesity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-bariatric-surgery-extremely-obese-adolescents.html Surgery Mon, 21 Jan 2013 06:50:01 EST news277972681 (HealthDay)—In addition to traditional cardiovascular disease risk factors, in patients with type 2 diabetes, coronary artery calcium (CAC) predicts the risk of cardiovascular death, according to a study published online Dec. 10 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-coronary-artery-calcium-cardio-death.html Diabetes Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:00:56 EST news277736450 (HealthDay)—In elderly individuals without type 2 diabetes, high levels of fetuin-A, a protein that inhibits arterial calcification and insulin action, is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a study published online Dec. 18 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-fetuin-a-linked-cardiovascular-disease.html Diabetes Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:20:01 EST news276874379 Age at onset of menarche (first menstrual cycle) is associated with increased body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and overall obesity in adulthood, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-menstrual-predictor-cardiovascular-disease-women.html Health Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:00:08 EST news272047361 People acting as caregivers for family members with cardiovascular disease may inadvertently increase their own risk for heart disease by neglecting their own health, according to a new study in the American Journal of Health Promotion. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-caregivers-neglect-health-heart-disease.html Health Wed, 07 Nov 2012 08:00:11 EST news271496867 Two daily doses of a probiotic lowered key cholesterol-bearing molecules in the blood as well as "bad" and total cholesterol, in a study presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2012. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-daily-doses-probiotic-bad-total.html Cardiology Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:42:01 EST news271338112 In a study that involved more than 16,000 Hispanic/Latino men and women living in the United States, the prevalence of major cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors was high and varied markedly across different background groups; and those born in the U.S. were more likely to report a history of coronary heart disease and stroke and to have multiple CVD risk factors, according to a study appearing in November 7 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on cardiovascular disease. The study is being released early online to coincide with the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-hispanics-high-cardiovascular-disease.html Cardiology Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:00:01 EST news271334962 A new analysis of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) trials show that women who had metabolic syndrome before they started hormone therapy had a greatly increased risk of heart attack or dying of heart disease. Women who didn't have metabolic syndrome beforehand showed no increased risk. The study was published this month online in Menopause, the journal of the North American Menopause Society. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-metabolic-syndrome-difference-hormone-therapy.html Health Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:21:53 EST news270836481 Adolescents who sleep poorly may be at risk of cardiovascular disease in later life, according to a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-poor-adolescents-heart-disease.html Cardiology Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:00:06 EST news268308356 Being obese as a child or adolescent may have a larger effect on future health than previously thought, suggests a study published in the British Medical Journal today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-future-health-obese-children-greater.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:30:07 EST news267807937 Women who go into early menopause are twice as likely to suffer from coronary heart disease and stroke, new Johns Hopkins-led research suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-early-menopause-heart-disease.html Cardiology Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:31:28 EST news267186676 Agreement by governments, by the end of 2012, on a set of ambitious global targets to curb the growing scourge of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which includes cardiovascular disease (CVD; heart disease and stroke), is critical to avoiding the millions of premature deaths worldwide. This, according to a new paper published by the Global Cardiovascular Disease Taskforce a group of eminent experts who represent five leading heart-health organizations. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-cardiovascular-disease-tougher-curb-global.html Cardiology Tue, 18 Sep 2012 06:40:05 EST news267169199 A 10-week program that fits easily into the high school curriculum could give students a lifetime of less anger and lower blood pressure, researchers report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-lifeskills-teens-anger-blood-pressure.html Health Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:44:22 EST news266514255 Women with high job strain are 67% more likely to experience a heart attack and 38% more likely to have a cardiovascular event than their counterparts in low strain jobs, according to a study published July 18 in the open access journal PLoS ONE. The researchers, led by Dr. Michelle A. Albert of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, did not find any correlation between job insecurity and long-term cardiovascular disease risk. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-higher-job-strain-cardiovascular-women.html Cardiology Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:00:04 EST news261848992 The hot flashes and night sweats that most women experience early in menopause are not linked to increased levels of cardiovascular disease risk markers unless the symptoms persist or start many years after menopause begins. These new study results will be presented at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in Houston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-menopause-symptoms-markers-heart-disease.html Cardiology Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:10:53 EST news259834218 Two studies scheduled for presentation today at SLEEP 2012 are reporting sleep disparities among Americans based on racial and ethnic background. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-ethnicity-country.html Health Wed, 13 Jun 2012 04:40:01 EST news258780108 (Medical Xpress) -- Adults who include dairy foods in their diets might be reducing their arterial stiffness and decreasing their risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a new study by researchers from the University of South Australia, the University of Maine and Australian National University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-relationship-dairy-food-intake-arterial.html Health Thu, 07 Jun 2012 08:36:04 EST news258276947 No one likes to get stuck with a needle. But it's the only way doctors can get blood to test for diabetes, anemia and numerous other health problems. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-saliva-eyed-alternative-blood-patient.html Medical research Mon, 04 Jun 2012 12:00:06 EST news258028233 Heart disease risk assessment tools commonly used by physicians often underestimate the cardiovascular disease danger faced by rheumatoid arthritis patients, a Mayo Clinic study has found. Inflammation plays a key role in putting those with rheumatoid arthritis in greater jeopardy for heart disease, yet many cardiovascular disease risk assessment methods do not factor it in, the researchers note. More work is needed to figure out what drives heart disease in rheumatoid arthritis patients, and more accurate tools to assess that risk should be developed, the authors say. The study is published online in the American Journal of Cardiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-standard-heart-disease-tools-underrate.html Cardiology Mon, 21 May 2012 17:50:57 EST news256841426 (HealthDay) -- From 1999 to 2008 the prevalence of several cardiovascular disease risk factors remained stable among U.S. adolescents, but the burden of risk factors is still considerable, according to a study published online May 21 in Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-cardiac-disease-factors-prevalent-teens.html Pediatrics Mon, 21 May 2012 15:10:12 EST news256824378 A simple test for heart disease risk can go a long way toward determining the long-term prognosis for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to UC Irvine researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-heart-disease-long-term-copd-fate.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 02 May 2012 12:20:11 EST news255176474 Treatment of subclinical hypothyroidism with the medication levothyroxine appears to be related to fewer ischemic heart disease events in younger patients but this finding was not evident in older patients, according to a report published Online First in Archives of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-treatment-subclinical-hypothyroidism-linked-ischemic.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:00:01 EST news254398138