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Health :: People live longer whose parents live longer

New evidence suggests that if you could choose your parents, you could reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease. Researchers from the long-standing Framingham Heart Study (FHS), a program of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health, report that people whose parents live longer were more likely to avoid developing high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease in middle age than their peers whose parents died younger. They also found that the risk factor advantages persisted over time.

Sleep Apnea :: Sleep apnea common, but undiagnosed, among pacemaker patients

Almost 60 percent of pacemaker patients had undiagnosed sleep apnea — possibly contributing to their heart disease — researchers reported in a small study in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Heart :: Offspring whose parents have long lives appear to have lower heart risks in middle age

Individuals with one or more parents who survive to age 85 or older may have fewer risk factors for heart disease in middle age, according to a report in the March 12 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Psychiatry :: People with psychiatric illness at disadvantage for cardiovascular care

This study, supported by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia, concludes that patients with psychiatric illness have an increased rate of death and decreased access to some procedures related to circulatory disease (such as heart disease, stroke).

Heart Disease :: Women and heart disease

In a supplement to the March 13 issue of CMAJ, Dr. Louise Pilote and co-authors from across Canada offer a comprehensive review of sex-specific issues related to cardiovascular disease.

Stroke :: Men more likely to benefit from clot-busting stroke treatment

Men are more likely than women to benefit from the use of a clot-busting drug after stroke, according to a study published in the March 13, 2007, issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Breast Cancer :: Study aims to find which breast cancer patients need chemotherapy

Most postmenopausal women with small breast tumors don?t need chemotherapy to reduce their recurrence risk after lumpectomy.

HIV :: HIV in late childhood and adolescence a growing problem

Scientists have highlighted for the first time the plight of the growing number of older children and adolescents living with undiagnosed HIV and AIDS in Africa.

HIV :: National Coalition of Pastors’ spouses call for routine HIV testing

In observance of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on March 10, 2007, Vivian Berryhill, president of the National Coalition of Pastors’ Spouses, issued the following statement urging women of all ages to be routinely tested for HIV:

Cocoa :: Cocoa health benefits could outshine penicillin

The health benefits of epicatechin, a compound found in cocoa, are so striking that it may rival penicillin and anaesthesia in terms of importance to public health, reports Marina Murphy in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI.