http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Your risk of dying from a heart attack may increase after your adult sibling dies, according to new research in the Journal of the American Heart Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-heart-death-adult-sibling.html Cardiology Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:00:02 EST news281193363 Coronary artery disease continues to be a major cause of death in the U.S., killing hundreds of thousands of people per year. However, this disease burden isn't evenly divided between the sexes; significantly more men than women are diagnosed with coronary artery disease each year. The reasons behind this difference aren't well defined. Though some studies have shown that men's hearts become more constricted than women's during exercise, letting less blood flow through, women are more likely than men to have symptoms of heart trouble after emotional upsets. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-mental-stress-harder-women-hearts.html Cardiology Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:38:28 EST news254505606 A current study shows that the risk for coronary heart disease and stroke increases by almost thirty per cent in a person whose partner has cancer. The cause is probably the negative stress to which the cancer patient's relative is exposed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-cardiovascular-disease-relatives-cancer-patients.html Cardiology Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:25:39 EST news252667529 (Medical Xpress) -- New research published today in the journal Science suggests it may be possible to use brain technology to learn to play a piano, reduce mental stress or hit a curve ball with little or no conscious effort. It's the kind of thing seen in Hollywood's "Matrix" franchise. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-high-performance-tasks-conscious-effort-video.html Neuroscience Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:20:20 EST news242580006 Watching a funny movie or sitcom that produces laughter has a positive effect on vascular function and is opposite to that observed after watching a movie that causes mental stress according to research conducted at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-laughter-positive-impact-vascular-function.html Cardiology Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:24:16 EST news233835845