Cardiology
Many women having a heart attack don't have chest pain
(HealthDay) -- Two out of five women having a heart attack do not experience chest pain, according to a new study.
Feb 21, 2012
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News tagged with risk factors for heart disease
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Some groups have trouble controlling diabetes
Among individuals in the U.S. with diabetes, non-Latino whites tend to better control the cardiovascular risk factors blood glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol, while African-Americans, Mexican-Americans, and those with ...
Jan 17, 2012
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Cardiology
Heart health risk of prostate cancer treatment being ignored, warn specialists
Heart disease and stroke are emerging complications of treating prostate cancer with drugs to suppress testosterone production, yet standard management of the disease is ignoring this risk, warn specialists in a viewpoint ...
Dec 7, 2011
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Cardiology
Female shift workers may be at higher risk of heart disease
Women hospital staff working night shifts may be compromising their own health as they try to improve the health of patients, Dr. Joan Tranmer told the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2011, co-hosted by the Heart and Stroke ...
Oct 23, 2011
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Health
Rate of stroke increasing among women during, soon after pregnancy
The stroke rate for pregnant women and those who recently gave birth increased alarmingly over the past dozen years, according to research reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Jul 29, 2011
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Cardiology
Vascular changes linked to dementia
The same artery-clogging process (atherosclerosis) that causes heart disease can also result in age-related vascular cognitive impairments (VCI), according to a new American Heart Association/American Stroke Association scientific ...
Jul 21, 2011
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Cardiology
Satisfaction with the components of everyday life appears protective against heart disease
While depression and anxiety have long been recognised as risk factors for heart disease, there is less certainty over the beneficial effects of a 'positive' psychological state, Now, following a study of almost 8000 British ...
Jul 5, 2011
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Health
Out of reach? Rural elders have highest rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease
Despite living in the countryside, where open space is plentiful and there is often significant agricultural production, California's more than half a million rural elders are far more likely to be overweight or obese, physically ...
Jun 14, 2011
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