Active Lifestyle Needed with the Alzheimer Disease Genotype
Kansas City InfoZine Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:19 AM PST
Findings suggest that exercise at levels recommended by the American Heart Association may be particularly beneficial in reducing the risk of brain amyloid deposition in cognitively normal ε4-positive individuals. |
Myocardial Infarction Outcomes Worse in US, Shorter Hospital Stays Could Be a Factor
The Inquisitr Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:07 AM PST
Patients suffering from myocardial infarction, more commonly known as a heart attack, in the United States are more likely to visit the hospital a second time in the 30 days following the cardiac incident than those in other countries, a new analysis in the Journal of American Medicine, or JAMA, has revealed. The data was [...] Myocardial Infarction Outcomes Worse in US, Shorter Hospital Stays ... |
Feel Better Now Classes Start Today
KOLR - KSFX Ozarks Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:05 AM PST
(Springfield, MO)--Starting today the Jordan Valley Community Health Center, along with The Kitchen, CoxHealth and Mercy will be kicking off their "feel better now" course that is geared toward managing conditions like arthritis, diabetes, lung and heart disease. |
New Blood Thinner Linked to Higher Heart Attack Risk
HealthDay via Yahoo! News Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:02 AM PST
MONDAY, Jan. 9 (HealthDay News) -- The anticoagulant Pradaxa (dabigatran) is associated with a small increase in the risk of heart attack, a new review finds. |
Heart Experts Make Boosting Bystander CPR a Priority
HealthDay via Yahoo! News Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:02 AM PST
TUESDAY, Jan. 10 (HealthDay News) -- People who suffer sudden cardiac arrest are more likely to survive if 911 and EMS dispatchers help bystanders assess victims and begin CPR immediately, says a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association. |
Bangladesh cricket CEO dies of heart attack
AP via Yahoo! Sports Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:01 AM PST
The Bangladesh Cricket Board says chief executive officer Manzur Ahmed has died of a heart attack while asleep in his Dhaka apartment. He was 55. Ahmed's body was recovered from his room on Monday, the board said, adding Ahmed died overnight. He took over as chief of the BCB in 2010. His funeral prayers were held in a mosque in Dhaka, where several hundred cricket officials and fans gathered. |
NU CEO Recovering After Heart Incident
FOX CT Hartford Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:59 AM PST
The CEO of Northeast Utilities is in a hospital recovering from "heart-related incident" and the Hartford-based utility holding company is being run temporarily by three other executives, the company said Tuesday. |
Heart Attack Risk Seen With Clot Drug Pradaxa
Fox News Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:38 AM PST
Boehringer Ingelheim's Pradaxa blood clot preventer has been associated with a slightly higher risk of heart attack or acute coronary syndrome, according to results of a meta-analysis of several studies |
Broken hearts can sometimes be deadly
Adelaide Now Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:30 AM PST
GRIEF over the death of a loved one makes you up to 21 times more likely to suffer a heart attack within a day of your loss, cardiologists say. |
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