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  • October 2007

    • Breast Cancer Chemo Threatens Heart Health

      CNN  |  Oct 21, 07 12:51 PM CDT

      Breast Cancer Chemo Threatens Heart Health

      (Newser) - Certain chemotherapy drugs that can save a woman from breast cancer can also raise her risk of heart disease, according to a new study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology . The spike in heart disease comes primarily from chemotherapy medicines known as anthracyclines. "We always felt the benefit of saving lives were part of the accepted cost," said the lead researcher. More »

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      cancer  • breast cancer  • heart disease  • cancer treatment

    • The Anti-Heart-Attack Diet

      Forbes  |  Oct 9, 07 4:35 PM CDT

      The Anti-Heart-Attack Diet

      (Newser) - Preventing heart disease is about more than fad diets; it's about creating long-term change and sticking with it. Forbes gives you the no-nonsense guide to heart health: Balance calorie intake and activity. Eat fruits and veggies. Make sure at least half your carbs come from whole grains and high-fiber foods. More »

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      list  • health  • food  • heart disease  • heart attack  • diet  • whole grains

    • Blood Transfusion Danger Identified

      Time  |  Oct 9, 07 3:03 AM CDT

      Blood Transfusion Danger Identified

      (Newser) - Blood stored for transfusions starts to go bad within hours after it's removed from the body and can hurt more than help many people who receive it, reports Time magazine. Doctors have long known that transfusions put many patients at higher risk for heart attacks and death, and now a new study has identified the culprit as depleted levels of nitric oxide in banked blood. More »

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      heart disease  • American Red Cross

  • September 2007

    • Lack of Sleep Doubles Risk of Heart Disease

      Reuters  |  Sep 24, 07 4:57 PM CDT

      Lack of Sleep Doubles Risk of Heart Disease

      (Newser) - Getting 7 hours of sleep a night is best, and people who consistently sleep less are risking their lives, a new study says. Researchers followed 10,000 civil servants for 17 years and found that those who reduced their sleep from 7 hours a night to 5 or less doubled their risk of dying from heart disease, Reuters reports. More »

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      United Kingdom  • heart disease  • blood pressure  • sleep  • sleep deprivation

    • Exercise Combo Helps Control Diabetes

      USA Today  |  Sep 18, 07 2:17 PM CDT

      Exercise Combo Helps Control Diabetes

      (Newser) - A combination of aerobic exercise and strength training can provide enormous benefits for  people with Type 2 diabetes, new research shows. Although both types of activity helped control blood sugar in patients with adult-onset diabetes, combining them led to almost twice as much improvement as either did alone. Previously, some scientists thought resistance exercises might be harmful to diabetics. More »

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      health  • heart disease  • diabetes  • exercise  • fitness  • blood sugar  • kidney disease

    • US Life Expectancy Hits Record

      Reuters  |  Sep 12, 07 4:58 PM CDT

      US Life Expectancy Hits Record

      (Newser) - Americans can expect to live longer than ever before, according to figures out today, thanks to falling rates of deaths from heart disease, cancer, and stroke. In 2005, US life expectancy increased to almost 78 years, the country’s highest number ever—but only 42nd in the world. The news wasn't all good: Infant mortality increased from the previous year. More »

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      cancer  • heart disease  • Alzheimer's  • stroke  • Parkinson's disease  • life expectancy  • infant mortality

    • Employees Go Lean for Green

      USA Today  |  Sep 11, 07 12:48 PM CDT

      Employees Go Lean for Green

      (Newser) - A new study shows that paying people to lose weight works, a possible boon to employers and employees beset by the high costs of obesity. Researchers separated participants, who weren’t given a specific weight loss program, into three groups—two of which would be paid either $7 or $14 for weight loss and the third would receive nothing. More »

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      obesity  • money  • heart disease  • blood pressure  • weight loss  • work  • stroke  • cholesterol  • overweight  • employers  • medical bills

    • American Kids' Blood Pressure Creeps Up

      Washington Post  |  Sep 11, 07 10:37 AM CDT

      American Kids' Blood Pressure Creeps Up

      (Newser) - The ranks of US children with dangerously high blood pressure and hypertension have been growing for 20 years, reversing a decades-long trend, says a new study that tracks the effects of youth obesity. Hypertension, which usually doesn't develop until patients are in their 30s or 40s, is a leading cause of heart attack and stroke, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      children  • obesity  • heart disease  • diabetes  • heart attack  • blood pressure  • childhood obesity  • stroke  • fat  • Americans  • cholesterol  • weight  • hypertension

    • 'Herbal' Sex Aids Were Viagra

      Newsday  |  Sep 6, 07 9:04 AM CDT

      'Herbal' Sex Aids Were Viagra

      (Newser) - Federal officials yesterday arrested the maker of an "herbal," non-prescription sex supplement, Vigor-25, for lacing the pills with the active ingredient in Viagra, reports Newsday . More than 4 million of the surprisingly effective pills have been sold on the internet and at health food stores, with a label listing hodiola rhizome, chinese yam, and cnidium fruit as ingredients, officials said. More »

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      drugs  • heart disease  • diabetes  • blood pressure  • pharmaceutical  • Viagra  • erectile dysfunction  • Levitra  • sex aid

  • August 2007

    • Heart Meds May Work Against Alzheimer's

      Time  |  Aug 28, 07 7:48 AM CDT

      Heart Meds May Work Against Alzheimer's

      (Newser) - The best medicine for Alzheimer's disease may be a heart drug, researchers say, and the discovery may shed light on the way the devastating disorder acts on the brain. Subjects taking popular statin-based cholesterol meds developed fewer protein deposits in their brains, reports Time , possibly confirming suspicions that Alzheimer’s is more of a blood vessel problem than a brain disease. More »

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      health  • medicine  • heart disease  • brain  • neurology  • statins

    • We're Still Getting Fatter

      Reuters  |  Aug 27, 07 6:07 PM CDT

      We're Still Getting Fatter

      (Newser) - Americans just keep getting fatter. Obesity rates were up in 31 states this year and declined in none, a new study by a health advocacy group finds. That brings the percentage of American adults who are either obese or overweight to 60%, Reuters reports, and the usual suspects are to blame: poor nutrition and physical inactivity. More »

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      obesity  • heart disease  • diabetes  • Mississippi  • America  • childhood obesity  • health study  • stroke  • obesity epidemic  • Americans  • epidemic  • nutrition

    • Human Stem Cells Grow Heart Muscle

      Seattle Times  |  Aug 27, 07 2:34 PM CDT

      Human Stem Cells Grow Heart Muscle

      (Newser) - Researchers are using human embryonic stem cells to regrow heart muscle and actually stop the progression of heart failure in rats. Although stems cells injected into rat heart tissue had previously been shown to become muscle tissue, very few had survived. Now  a team from the University of Washington has succeeded in turning as many as half the cells into heart muscle, and keeping them alive. More »

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      heart disease  • medical breakthrough  • stem cells  • stem cell research  • heart