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heart disease stories: 95 news summaries

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 Popular Kids Become Healthier Adults

Classroom outcasts much likelier to suffer chronic health problems as adults

Sep 29, 09 2:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Children with few friends at school are much more likely to suffer poor health as adults, according to a new study. Swedish researchers asked 6th graders in 1966 which children they preferred to work with at school, then matched that data with hospital admissions between 1973 and 2003. They found... More »

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heart disease • children • alcohol abuse • school • schoolchildren

Chili Peppers Could Help Heart Attack Victims

Capsaicin found to reduce cell damage in mice

Sep 22, 09 9:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Capsaicin, the chemical that makes chili peppers so spicy, could turn out to be the newest—and oddest—heart drug, the Wall Street Journal reports. Scientists applied the chemical to the abdominal skin of mice then induced heart attacks; their hearts suffered 85% less cell damage than the mice... More »

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heart disease • heart attack • chili peppers • capsaicin

Thick Thighs Decrease Heart Disease Risk

Researchers suggest beefing up skinny
legs with exercise

Sep 4, 09 11:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Take off the skinny jeans and beef up those thighs, or you could be bound for an early grave. People whose thighs had a circumference less than 23.6 inches were more likely to suffer from heart disease and premature death than those with more svelte gams, according to a... More »

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heart disease • public health • medical research • death • health study • skinny jeans

(Newser) - Healthy people shouldn’t be taking aspirin, according to a new study. The drug doesn’t actually reduce the risk of heart attack, as many of the “worried well” have long believed, British scientists told a medical conference, but it does nearly double the risk they’ll be hospitalized... More »

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cardiovascular disease • heart disease • public health • aspirin • medical study • bleeding

(Newser) - Americans eat more than twice as much added sugar as doctors recommend, and they should cut back to battle obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease, researchers say. Added calories from processed sugar should total no more than 150 for men and 100 for women, the American Heart Association said today.... More »

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obesity • nutrition • hypertension • diabetes • obesity epidemic • heart disease • diet • sugar • American Heart Association • high blood pressure • women's issues • Sugar Association

(Newser) - Heart attack survivors who eat chocolate after recovering are much less likely to suffer a recurrence than people who abstain, AFP reports. People who eat at least two servings a week are three times less likely to die from heart disease than those who don’t consume chocolate. And the... More »

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heart disease • public health • medical research • heart attack • chocolate • antioxidants • scientific study • free radicals

Optimistic Women Face Lower Heart Disease Risk

Subjects less likely to die of any cause over set period

Aug 11, 09 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Women 50 and up who see the glass as half full have a lower risk of getting heart disease—or dying of any cause—than their half-empty peers, a study suggests. Researchers found that over 8 years, the most optimistic subjects in their 97,000-woman-strong study faced a 9% lower... More »

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health • women • heart disease • psychology • optimism • health research • health study • postmenopausal women • attitudes • women's issues

(Newser) - Advanced treatments have given heart attack victims a vastly better chance of survival than decades ago, but at chest-clutching prices, reports the Washington Post. In the 1960s, up to 40% of patients died soon after a heart attack. Today, it's only 6%. But treatment cost $5,700 in 1977—and... More »

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health care • health care costs • heart disease • heart attack

(Newser) - Exposure to Agent Orange appears to increase the risk of developing heart disease and Parkinson’s, a congressionally mandated report says. The carcinogenic defoliant has not been definitively linked with the illnesses, but a professor who led the report says there is “limited or suggestive evidence of an association.... More »

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veterans • heart disease • Parkinson's disease • carcinogens • Vietnam War • Agent Orange • Institute of Medicine • defoliant

 Scientists Find 'Master' Cells 
 For Human Heart 

Stem cells can mature into three different kinds of heart tissue

Jul 1, 09 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Researchers have found a cell that can become three different kinds of heart tissue, the Boston Globe reports. Harvard scientists hope that such “master” heart cells can be used to grow tissue so that researchers can perform experiments or test medications on human heart tissue, instead of animal substitutes. More »

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stem cell research • stem cells • heart disease • heart • Harvard • clinical trials • medication

Heart and Gum Disease Linked by Gene: Study

Periodontitis patients should cut out risk factors, scientists say

May 26, 09 3:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have identified a link between gum disease and heart disease, the BBC reports, finding the same genetic variation in a group of patients with heart disease and a group with severe periodontitis. “Now we know for sure that there is a strong genetic link, patients with periodontitis should... More »

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obesity • genetics • diabetes • dental health • heart disease • smoking • genes • genetic research • gum disease • gene mutation

Obese People Have More Flu Complications

In H1N1 patients, fat had same effects as diabetes, heart disease

May 20, 09 8:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists at the CDC have noticed a new trend in cases of swine flu: "We were surprised by the frequency of obesity among the severe cases that we've been tracking," says an epidemiologist, adding that it might be cause to make obese people a priority for a... More »

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obesity • pregnancy • California • diabetes • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • heart disease • epidemiology • swine flu • H1N1 virus

Scientists Find Gene That Triggers Menstruation

Scientists find genetic key that triggers when a girl gets her first period

May 18, 09 9:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Genetics appear to play a key role in the timing of a girl’s first period, the BBC reports. Researchers have discovered two genes that influence the onset of puberty in both sexes, adjacent to genes controlling height and weight. The findings are important because early menstruation can contribute to... More »

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breast cancer • genetics • heart disease • puberty • osteoporosis • menstruation • period

(Newser) - Researchers have discovered every health nut's dream in the North Aegean Sea: an island with the highest percentage of nonagenarians on the planet, NPR reports. On the Greek isle of Icaria, nearly one in three make it to age 90, and residents have far lower rates of cancer, heart disease,... More »

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cancer • health • dementia • heart disease • diet • Greece • lifestyle • walking

(Newser) - Most Americans eat way too much salt, and people with salt-sensitive medical conditions consume twice as much as they should, Scientific American reports. The American average is 3,456 milligrams per day. The FDA guideline for someone not at risk is 2,300 milligrams, or one teaspoon. For... More »

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FDA • hypertension • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • heart disease • consumption • stroke • salt

Eating Red Meat Daily
Raises Death Risk: Study

Experts say cutting red meat consumption could save many lives

Mar 24, 09 3:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Daily consumption of red meat has been linked to higher mortality rates in the most comprehensive study on the subject ever made, the Washington Post reports. Researchers studied more than 500,000 middle-aged and elderly Americans and found that those who consumed 4 ounces of red meat a day were... More »

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cancer • heart disease • beef • meat • diet • fish • red meat • poultry • pork • meat consumption



 Anger, Depression  
 Boost Heart  
 Risks: Studies 

It's 'what we have all known,' says expert

Mar 10, 09 12:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Anger, hostility, and depression can up the risk of heart disease, new studies suggest. Women with major depression could be more than twice as likely to suffer sudden cardiac death; and “chronically angry or hostile” people with no history may be 19% more likely to get heart disease, WebMD... More »

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depression • heart disease • heart • anger • heart health • health risks

(AP) - The largest study ever of multivitamin use in older women found the pills did nothing to prevent common cancers or heart disease, the AP reports. The 8-year study in 161,808 postmenopausal women echoes recent disappointing vitamin studies in men. "Get nutrients from food," the study's lead... More »

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cancer • health • heart disease • vitamins

 Heart 'Time Bomb' 
 Ticking for 60M 

1 in 100 have mutant gene that increases risk sevenfold

Jan 19, 09 5:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Scientists have discovered a mutant gene carried by 1% of the population which almost guarantees heart disease in later life, reports the BBC. Some 60 million people have the genetic time bomb, including 4% of the total population of India. The gene increases the risk of heart disease sevenfold, according... More »

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India • heart disease • Nature Genetics • British Heart Foundation • gene mutation • cardiomyopathy • MYBPC3 protein • Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

Cell Phone Use Linked
to Heart Disease

Study finds average American owns 2 cell phones

Dec 31, 08 10:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Add another ill to the cell phone pile: Using one may cause heart disease and kidney stones, researchers have found. The radiation emitted by the phones causes red blood cells to leak hemoglobin, which can lead to heart and kidney problems. An earlier study reported this same radiation can also... More »

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cell phones • heart disease • radiation • kidney stones • Alzheimer's Disease

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