News tagged with cardiovascular death

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First drug to improve heart failure mortality in over a decade

Coenzyme Q10 decreases all cause mortality by half, according to the results of a multicentre randomised double blind trial presented today at Heart Failure 2013 congress. It is the first drug to improve heart failure mortality ...

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Living close to major road may impair kidney function

Living close to a major road may impair kidney function—itself a risk factor for heart disease and stroke—and so help contribute to the known impact of air pollution on cardiovascular risk, suggests research published ...

Health created May 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People of normal weight with belly fat at highest death risk: study

People who are of normal weight but have fat concentrated in their bellies have a higher death risk than those who are obese, according to Mayo Clinic research presented today at the European Society of Cardiology Congress ...

Cardiology created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Influenza vaccine may reduce risk of heart disease and death

Getting a flu shot may not only protect you from getting sick, it might also prevent heart disease. Two Toronto-based researchers presented studies at the 2012 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress which found that the influenza ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 28, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Scientists link chromosome length to heart disease risk

No one really wants the short end of the stick, in this case the short end of a chromosome. Telomeres, which are DNA-protein complexes at the ends of chromosomes, can be thought of as protein "caps" that protect chromosomes ...

Cardiology created Mar 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Report says new evidence could tip the balance in aspirin cancer prevention care

A new report by American Cancer Society scientists says new data showing aspirin's potential role in reducing the risk of cancer death bring us considerably closer to the time when cancer prevention can be included in clinical ...

Cancer created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Azithromycin not tied to increased risk of CV death

(HealthDay)—The widely used antibiotic azithromycin (Zithromax or Zmax)—under scrutiny recently because it may increase the risk of death for those with existing heart disease—appears to be safe for ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 02, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Even women who exercise sit too much

(HealthDay)—For women who love that great, self-satisfied feeling after a workout, a new study could be a disappointing surprise. Regular exercise, the study found, does not reduce the risk of an otherwise ...

Health created Nov 30, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Upper GI bleed linked to death from other causes

Individuals who have experienced a major bleed from their stomach or oesophagus (known as an upper gastrointestinal bleed) may be more likely to die from other causes, particularly malignant tumours and cardiovascular disease, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 30, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mayo Clinic creates institution-wide electronic prolonged QT interval warning system

Using a one-of-a-kind computer-aided program, Mayo Clinic has developed and implemented a Mayo-wide electronic warning system to identify patients at risk of QT-related deaths from an abnormality in the heart's electrical ...

Cardiology created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers study under-recognised and under-treated prothrombotic condition: High platelet reactivity despite treatment

Within the past decade, the variability in pharmacodynamic response and moderate antiplatelet efficacy of clopidogrel has raised major concerns, in particular because it is associated with an increased risk for ischemic events ...

Cardiology created May 06, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Novel anti-platelet therapy reduces risk of cardiac events in patients with history of heart attack

According to new research from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), adding vorapaxar, an investigational platelet blocker, to standard antiplatelet therapy significantly reduces the long-term risk of recurrent cardiovascular ...

Cardiology created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Reducing sodium in US may save hundreds of thousands of lives over 10 years

Less sodium in the U.S. diet could save 280,000 to 500,000 lives over 10 years, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension.

Health created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Thickening of heart's right ventricle could foreshadow heart failure and cardiovascular death in heart-healthy patients

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania report in a new study that thickening of the heart's right ventricle is associated with an increased risk of heart failure ...

Cardiology created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Common treatment for mild hypertension challenged

Doctors often prescribe drugs for people with mild high blood pressure with the hope of preventing cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, a new review from The Cochrane Library has found that this treatm ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast