News articles tagged with 'heart' (Page 2)
Cost of heart drugs makes patients skip pills, putting themselves at risk
— 30 Mar 2011 17:19 | HealthFor more than 5 million Americans with heart failure, a critical step to better health is taking the medications they're prescribed. But many patients fail to do so, putting themselves…
Scientists find cause of fatal inflammation of the heart muscle
— 29 Mar 2011 17:22 | HealthScientists of the German Cancer Research Centre (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ), jointly with colleagues in the United States, have found out that inflammations of the heart…
Avoiding health risks could prevent more than half of all cases of atrial fibrillation
— 29 Mar 2011 15:46 | HealthReducing cardiovascular risk factors like high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes and being overweight could potentially reduce more than half of all cases of atrial fibrillation, according…
Trigger found for autoimmune heart attacks
— 28 Mar 2011 17:27 | HealthPeople with type 1 diabetes, whose insulin-producing cells have been destroyed by the body's own immune system, are particularly vulnerable to a form of inflammatory heart disease (myocarditis)…
Mayo Clinic researchers find cardiac pacing helps epilepsy patients with ictal asystole
— 28 Mar 2011 17:02 | HealthMayo Clinic researchers have found that cardiac pacing may help epilepsy patients with seizure-related falls due to ictal asystole, an unusual condition in which the heart stops beating…
New study adds weight to diabetes drug link to heart problems
— 18 Mar 2011 14:54 | HealthA new study published on bmj.com today adds to mounting evidence that rosiglitazone - a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes - is associated with an increased risk of major heart problems…
In pilot study, screening detects potentially serious heart conditions in healthy children
— 17 Mar 2011 20:04 | HealthA pilot study in healthy children and adolescents shows that it is feasible to screen for undiagnosed heart conditions that increase the risk of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). Adding…
Study examines outcomes of high-dose antiplatelet drug after stent placement
— 16 Mar 2011 13:25 | HealthModifying a patient's dosage of the antiplatelet drug clopidogrel for 6 months depending on the patient's level of platelet reactivity did not result in combined lower rates of nonfatal…
Inflammation behind heart valve disease
— 15 Mar 2011 20:47 | HealthResearch from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows, that a specific inflammatory factor may be important in the development of the heart valve disease aortic stenosis. The results…
Pinpointing air pollution's effects on the heart
— 10 Mar 2011 17:59 | HealthScientists are untangling how the tiniest pollution particles - which we take in with every breath we breathe - affect our health, making people more vulnerable to cardiovascular and…