Heart watch blogHeart watch blog from medicineworld.org adds a personal touch to the stories related to heart. This heart watch blog brings you stories of success, stories of endurance and latest news and research related to heart.Pregnancy and risk of heart attack- September 11, 2008 Eventhough acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is rare in women of child-bearing age, pregnancy can increase a woman's risk of heart attack 3- to 4-fold, as per a research studyreported in the July 15, 2008, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology Since women today may delay having children until during the later part of life, and advances in reproductive medicine enable older women to conceive, the occurrence of AMI linked to pregnancy is expected to increase........http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/7-2008/pregnancy-and-risk-of-heart-attack.html 'Healthy' individuals may be at risk for heart disease- September 11, 2008 In the face of a growing obesity epidemic in the United States, scientists at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have new study results that indicate that how much fat a person has is not as important as where that fat is located when assessing risk for cardiovascular events and metabolic disease........http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/9-2008/healthy-individuals-heart-disease.html Too much, too little sleep increases ischemic risk- September 11, 2008 Postmenopausal women who regularly sleep more than nine hours a night may have an increased risk of ischemic stroke, scientists reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. In comparison to women sleeping seven hours, the risk of ischemic stroke was 60-70 percent higher for those sleeping nine hours or more, said lead author Jiu-Chiuan Chen, M.D., Sc.D., assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of North Carolina's School of Public Health in Chapel Hill........http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/7-2008/too-much-too-little-sleep-increases-ischemic-r... Cholesterol drugs lower risk of stroke for elderly too- September 11, 2008 Elderly people who take a cholesterol drug after a stroke or mini-stroke lower their risk of having another stroke just as much as younger people in the same situation, as per research reported in the September 3, 2008, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology........http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/9-2008/cholesterol-drugs-lower-risk-of-stroke-for-eld... Exercise could be the heart's fountain of youth- September 11, 2008 Absence may make the heart grow fonder, but endurance exercise seems to make it younger. As per a research studyconducted at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, older people who did endurance exercise training for about a year ended up with metabolically much younger hearts. The scientists also showed that by one metabolic measure, women benefited more than men from the training........http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/7-2008/exercise-could-be-the-hearts-fountain-of-youth... Defibrillators save lives, don't diminish quality of life- September 11, 2008 Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) reduce the risk of death from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) among patients with heart failure, and they do so without significantly altering a person's quality of life, say scientists from Duke University Medical Center. The finding from the longest and most comprehensive study to date of ICD use to prevent SCA may go a long way toward easing doctor and patient concerns about the side effects of the treatment........http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/9-2008/defibrillators-save-lives-dont-diminish.html How food affects the brain- September 11, 2008 In addition to helping protect us from heart disease and cancer, a balanced diet and regular exercise can also protect the brain and ward off mental disorders. "Food is like a pharmaceutical compound that affects the brain," said Fernando Gmez-Pinilla, a UCLA professor of neurosurgery and physiological science who has spent years studying the effects of food, exercise and sleep on the brain. "Diet, exercise and sleep have the potential to alter our brain health and mental function. This raises..http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/7-2008/scientists-learn-how-food-affects-the-brain.ht... Sex hormones link to heart risk- September 11, 2008 Men are more prone to and likely to die of - heart disease compared with women of a similar age and sex hormones are to blame, as per a new University of Leicester led study. The findings of a study by Dr Maciej Tomaszewski, New Blood Lecturer in Cardiovascular Medicine in the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences at the University of Leicester, suggest that this "male disadvantage" may be correlation to the sex-specific effects of naturally occurring sex hormones........http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/8-2008/sex-hormones-link-to-heart-risk.html Fat around the heart- September 11, 2008 When it comes to risk for a heart attack, having excess fat around the heart may be worse than having a high body mass index or a thick waist, as per scientists from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and his colleagues reporting in the recent issue of the journal Obesity The study was among the first to explore whether there is a link between fat deposits around the heart, known according toicardial fat, and the development of hard, calcified plaque in the arteries. Calcified plaque.http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/7-2008/fat-around-the-heart.html Telmisartan reduces outcome of heart attack or stroke- September 11, 2008 An international study led by Canadian scientists has observed that telmisartan, a medicine used to lower blood pressure, reduced the outcome of cardiovascular death, heart attack or stroke in people who are unable to tolerate a widely available and effective standard therapy. Dr. Salim Yusuf and Dr. Koon Teo, professors in the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University and clinicians at Hamilton Health Sciences, led the study. Today the research results will be published...http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/8-2008/telmisartan-reduces-heart-attack-or-stroke.htm... |