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This is the Heart Health Care Newsletter Archives, with articles from 2005 to 2007.
Go to current 2008 Heart Health Care Newsletters
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Heart Care Important Both Before and After Problems Occur
People need to take care of their hearts both before and after heart trouble starts, according to two new studies. |
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Heart Risk Linked to Pot Belly
Banish the belly, not just the pounds: That is the heart-healthy advice from a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology that finds that pot bellies may be a big indicator of future heart disease. |
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"Whispering" Stroke Can Cause Harm
A surprisingly high number of Americans may suffer "whispering" strokes - attacks whose symptoms are so mild that they often go ignored, says a study in the medical journal Stroke. |
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Your Heart Health - Get Started Now
Adopting a heart-healthy lifestyle makes a difference, even if the change does not come until middle age, say researchers in the American Journal of Medicine. |
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Deadly Heart Attacks Need Quick Treatment
The American Heart Association (AHA) is launching a community-based program to reduce the toll of the deadliest kind of heart attack. |
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Controlling High Blood Pressure Still a Problem for Many
Although most Americans with high blood pressure are taking steps to combat the potentially deadly condition, only 30 percent have it under control, say researchers in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). |
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Implantable Defibrillator Offers an Improved Quality of Life
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) help heart disease patients live longer, lead more active lives, and enjoy a quality of life comparable to that of average Americans, according to a study in the journal Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.. |
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New Procedure Helps Remove Deep Vein Blood Clots
A new non-surgical treatment for the removal of blood clots appears to be safer, faster, and more effective than traditional therapies, according to a report from the Society of Interventional Radiology meeting.. |
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MRI Improves Acute Stroke Diagnosis
Comparison of two imaging techniques for the emergency diagnosis of acute stroke shows that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can provide a more sensitive diagnosis than computed tomography (CT) for acute ischemic stroke, according to a report in The Lancet. |
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Heart Risks and Metabolic Syndrome Linked
A cluster of cardiac factors known as "metabolic syndrome" is a strong indicator of increased risk of heart disease, according to a report in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC). |
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Waltzing Your Way to a Stronger Heart
Why walk your way to better heart health when you can waltz? That is the question posed by researchers who have found that waltzing improves heart function and quality of life among chronic heart failure patients. |
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Stroke Patients Benefit from "Constraint" Therapy
Stroke patients who receive constraint-induced movement therapy, a rehabilitative technique that restrains the less-impaired arm, show significant improvement in arm and hand function, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). |
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Statin Therapy During Heart Attack Has Long-term Benefits, Too
Early, aggressive treatment with cholesterol-lowering statin medications gives significant long-term benefits for people who suffer heart attacks or other acute coronary events, says a report in the Archives of Internal Medicine. |
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Early Symptoms May Foretell Sudden Cardiac Death
"Sudden cardiac death" often is not all that sudden, and lives can be saved by training people about the symptoms of impending cardiac arrest and what action to take, according to a report in the journal Circulation. |
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Study Reveals How Eating Fish Helps the Heart
For older adults, eating fish helps the heart by regulating its electrical activity, according to a report in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC). |
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Low-Fat Dairy Products May Fight High Blood Pressure
Eating dairy products, especially low-fat ones, could help lower your blood pressure, according to a report in the medical journal Hypertension. |
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Many Women in Cardiac Rehab Have Low Fitness Level
Women in cardiac rehabilitation following a heart attack or bypass surgery have an average fitness level of patients with more serious heart conditions, according to a report in the medical journal Circulation. |
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Mothers Likely to Pass Heart Disease to Children
Mothers pass on much that is good to their children, but a new study shows there is one gift most would rather not receive - heart disease.
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Multiple Lifestyle Changes Help Lower Blood Pressure
Persons offered intensive counseling made major lifestyle changes that helped them bring their high blood pressure down to healthy levels, says a report in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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Lifesaving Advice for Stroke: Call 911
Dialing 911 for an ambulance is the best way of ensuring rapid, potentially lifesaving care in the event of a stroke, say two studies reported at the American Stroke Association annual meeting.
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Vessel Blockage in Women Different from Men
Standard diagnostic testing can miss the warning signs of heart disease in women, according to a report in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
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Sibling Heart Problems Linked To Risk for All
Having a sibling with a history of cardiovascular disease carries the same or greater risk as having a parent with a history of the disease, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Heart Attack Symptoms Differ for Women and Men
Everyone knows a classic sign of a heart attack - the searing pain in the chest, usually lasting several minutes. Right? Well, you would be half right because that is not necessarily the symptom felt by women, who make up 50 percent of America's heart attack victims.
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New DASH Diet Improves Heart Health
Federal health experts kick off the new year with words of widsom about healthy diet and reduction of long-term cardiovascular health risk.
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Gene Finding Lends Clues to Blood Pressure Problems
A new genetic discovery may help explain why some people develop high blood pressure and others do not, and why some people's blood pressure increases as they age, according to a report in the American Journal of Hypertension.
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Drug-Coated Stents Help Diabetics with Heart Repair
Diabetic patients who received drug-eluting stents had significantly less renarrowing of their treated arteries and fewer serious cardiac problems than those treated with standard stents, which do not release a drug, according to a report in the medical journal Circulation.
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Anemia Linked To Heart Failure Complications
Low hemoglobin levels are a predictor of increased risk of death and complications among heart failure patients, according to a report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
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New Hope for Those with High Blood Pressure
More than two-thirds of the 65 million Americans with high blood pressure require two or more anti-hypertensive medications to manage their condition, experts report. Many of these people also take medicines for high cholesterol and diabetes.
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Blood Test May Help Find Heart Disease
As cholesterol builds up on artery walls, it forms plaques which cause the inner lumen (opening) of the arteries to become smaller, and blood pressure goes up. Now, a new test may help predict dangerous plaque ruptures in those clogged arteries - ruptures that can lead to heart attack or stroke.
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