http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Nonsmokers, beware. It seems the more you are exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke—whether it was during your childhood or as an adult, at work or at home—the more likely you are to develop early signs of heart disease, according to research being presented at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-secondhand-exposure-linked-heart-disease.html Cardiology Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:28:15 EST news281881668 Blockages in your heart arteries could mean you're more likely to have a stroke, even if you're considered low risk, according to research in the American Heart Association journal Stroke. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-clogged-heart-arteries-foreshadow.html Cardiology Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:00:01 EST news281281975 (HealthDay)—Men and women with fatty liver are more likely to have metabolic syndrome (MetS) with type 2 diabetes, and women with fatty liver are more likely to have MetS with subclinical atherosclerosis, according to research published online Dec. 18 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-fatty-liver-cad-metabolic-syndrome.html Diabetes Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:10:01 EST news278177047 Researchers at the Institute for Aging Research (IFAR) at Hebrew SeniorLife, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School (HMS), have published a study that shows no evidence of a link between calcium intake and coronary artery calcification, reassuring adults who take calcium supplements for bone health that the supplements do not appear to result in the development of calcification of blood vessels. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-link-calcium-intake-coronary-artery.html Health Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:20:58 EST news271524051 City centre residents who took part in a study were almost twice as likely to suffer from coronary artery calcification (CAC), which can lead to heart disease, than people who lived in less polluted urban and rural areas, according to research published in the May issue of the Journal of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-heart-city-center-pollution-calcium.html Cardiology Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:41:12 EST news254652062 Treatment with the common diabetes drug metformin appears to prevent progression of coronary atherosclerosis in patients infected with HIV. In a presentation today at the 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers reported that study participants receiving daily doses of metformin had essentially no progression of coronary artery calcification during the year-long study period, while participants receiving a placebo had calcium increases of up to 50 percent. The study also found that lifestyle modification – participation in regular exercise and dietary counseling sessions – did not have a significant effect on calcification, although it did improve several cardiovascular risk factors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-diabetes-drug-halts-atherosclerosis-hiv-infected.html HIV & AIDS Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:43:30 EST news250361003