Heart Disease :: Hispanic women at higher risk for heart disease
Hispanic women’s heart disease risk is comparable to the heart disease risk level of Caucasian women who are about a decade older.
Lifestyle
Fertility :: Hot tubs hurt fertility, UCSF study shows
Exposure to hot baths or hot tubs can lead to male infertility, but the effects can sometimes be reversible, according to a new study led by a University of California, San Francisco urologist.
Diabetes :: Diabetes rate rising in Ontario Canada
Researchers found a 69 percent increase in the rate of the disease in Ontario between 1995 and 2005 — far beyond the 60 percent global predicted increase for 2030 and above rates projected for Canada by then, reported by Reuters Canada.
Metabolic Syndrome :: Pharmacist-driven outreach lowers metabolic syndrome rates
Adults who met with pharmacists or pharmacy students during a community outreach and screening project about metabolic syndrome, returned four months later with lower risk factors for heart disease, researchers reported today at the American Heart Association?s 47th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention.
Heart Attack :: Heart attacks can give couples a new lease of life, says study
In-depth interviews reveal three distinct patterns of dealing with heart attacks. Couples make positive changes to their lives and relationships, are negative and fearful or regret lost opportunities to turn their lives around.
Depression :: Depression increases health risks in heart failure patients
Psychological depression appears to contribute to worse medical outcomes for patients with heart failure, ranking it in importance with such risk factors as high cholesterol, hypertension, and even the ability of the heart to pump blood throughout the body.
Heart Disease :: Usefulness of cardiovascular disease test questioned
Dartmouth/VA researchers show that adding CRP testing to routine assessments would increase the number of Americans eligible for cholesterol-lowering treatment by about two million if used judiciously, and by over 25 million if used broadly — with most of these people being at low risk for heart attacks or heart disease.
Heart :: Heart Insight for heart patients, families and caregivers
The American Heart Association and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, announce the launch of a new consumer magazine, Heart Insight, for heart patients, their families and caregivers.
BMI :: Protein linked to elevated BMI in people
University of Minnesota researchers have discovered a variant of a common blood protein, apolipoprotein C1, in people of American Indian and Mexican ancestry that is linked to elevated body mass index (BMI), obesity and Type 2 diabetes.
Heart Risk :: Guidelines on Women’s Lifetime Heart Risk
Health care professionals should focus on women’s lifetime heart disease risk, not just short-term risk, according to updated American Heart Association guidelines.