Additional blood pressure screening may reduce incidence of CVD events and death by up to 3 percent
EurekAlert! Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:33 AM PDT
( World Heart Federation ) A 25 percent increase in high blood pressure screening in 19 developing countries would reduce the number of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events and deaths that occur each year by up to 3 percent in these countries. The preliminary data presented today at the World Congress of Cardiology are the first findings from a new report from Harvard that will be published later ... |
Heart disease No. 1 killer of captive apes
Worcester Telegram & Gazette Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:28 AM PDT
ATLANTA - The 9-year-old patient sits still, munching on popcorn and sipping grape juice while he gets an ultrasound of his heart. |
Tax on salt could reduce cardiovascular disease deaths by 3 percent
EurekAlert! Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:24 AM PDT
( World Heart Federation ) Voluntary industry reductions in salt content and taxation on products containing salt in 19 developing countries could reduce the number of deaths each year from cardiovascular disease by 2-3 percent in these countries. The preliminary data presented today at the World Congress of Cardiology are the first findings from a new report from Harvard that will be published ... |
IHW study reveals high prevalence of CVD risk factors in India
News-Medical-Net Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:02 AM PDT
The Indian Heart Watch (IHW) study has revealed the truth behind the prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of key risk factors that are driving the country's growing cardiovascular disease (CVD) epidemic, in a first-of-a-kind presentation of data at the World Congress of Cardiology today. |
SideShow: Dick Clark’s ashes; new guy for Katy Perry
The Philadelphia Inquirer Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:36 AM PDT
Dick Clark, who died Wednesday at 82 of a heart attack, has been cremated, rep Paul Shefrin tells USA Today. Entertainment Tonight reports the ashes will be scattered in the Pacific Ocean, but Shefrin says Clark’s family had not yet decided what to do with them. Plans for a public memorial hadn’t been finalized. |
Levon Helm: an appreciation by Joel Selvin
San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:33 AM PDT
At the heart of the clapboard honesty that made the Band sound so revolutionary when it emerged on the rock scene in 1969 was the impossibly dusty voice of Levon Helm. Everything he sang was the truth - an unmistakable... |
Volunteers sought to make baby items
The Sierra Vista Herald Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:19 AM PDT
SAN DIEGO â€" Stitches from the Heart is currently looking for local volunteers to help crochet and knit layette items to premature and newborn babies throughout the U.S. The charity is an IRS approved, 501(c)(3), non-profit charity, that is devoted to providing handmade crochet and knit layette items to premature and other newborns in need all across America. read more |
Significant gaps in public awareness about cardiovascular risks from tobacco use, secondhand smoke
News-Medical-Net Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:47 PM PDT
A report released today at the World Heart Federation World Congress of Cardiology in Dubai reveals significant gaps in public awareness regarding the cardiovascular risks of tobacco use and secondhand smoke. The report, entitled "Cardiovascular harms from tobacco use and secondhand smoke", was commissioned by the World Heart Federation and written by the International Tobacco Control Project ... |
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