_ Heart Health Women and Heart Disease: A New RIsk By Jane Farrell article Hormonal changes during menopause could increase a womanΓÇÖs risk of heart disease, researchers have found. The study, by investigators from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, was done by using an advanced method to analyze ΓÇ£cholesterol carriersΓÇ¥ in the blood. The researchers found that during the transition to menopause, the quality of those carriers degrades. Investigators said the study showed that the quality of cholesterol carriers could be as important as cholesterol numbers.
_ Heart Health For Women, Improving Accuracy of Heart Disease Diagnosis By Sondra Forsyth article Diagnosing coronary heart disease in women has become more accurate through gender-specific research that clarifies the role of both obstructive and non-obstructive coronary artery disease as contributors to ischemic heart disease in females, according to a statement published in June 2014 in the American Heart Association journal Circulation.
_ Stem Cells Make ΓÇ£Heart Disease-on-a-ChipΓÇ¥ By Jane Farrell article Harvard scientists have merged stem cell and “organ-on-a-chip” technologies to grow, for the first time, functioning human heart tissue carrying an inherited cardiovascular disease. The research appears to be a big step forward for personalized medicine because it is working proof that a chunk of tissue containing a patient's specific genetic disorder can be replicated in the laboratory.
_ Protein Implicated In Kidney and Heart Disease By Jane Farrell article Phosphate-rich foods such as processed cheese are known to increase the risk of high blood pressure and heart disease. Now scientists have found exactly why that’s so. The culprit is the hormone FGF23 (Fibroblast Growth Factor 23). When the level of FGF23 is raised, putting strain on the cardiovascular system. FGF23 controls renal excretion of sodium, and that affects blood pressure. The study, from researchers at Vetmeduni, Vienna, was published in the journal EMBO Molecular Medicine.
_ Heart Health Eating Meat Ups Heart Disease Risk By article Here’s more proof that steaks and burgers can be bad for your health: A new study from the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington has bolstered the link between red meat consumption and heart disease by finding a strong association between heme iron, found only in meat, and potentially deadly coronary heart disease.
Heart Health Predicting Heart Disease in Low-Risk Patients By article With growing evidence that a measurement of the buildup of calcium in coronary arteries can predict heart disease risk, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) researchers found that the process of "calcium scoring" was also accurate in predicting the chances of dying of heart disease among adults with little or no known risk of heart disease. Matthew J. Budoff, MD and Rine Nakanishi, MD, PhD presented the in March 2014 findings at Acc.14, the annual scientific session of the American College of Cardiology, in Washington D.C
_ Heart Health Watch: 3 Common Heart Disease Myths You Probably Believe By Sondra Forsyth article Here's another addition to our ThirdAge Video Collection. Press play to start learning!
Heart Health Heart Patients Now Less Likely to Die of Heart Disease By article Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester MN were pleasantly surprised to find that more people who have known coronary heart disease die from other causes — such as cancer, and lung and neurological diseases — than heart disease, compared with 20 years ago. The study was published online on February 10th 2014 in Circulation, an American Heart Association journal.
_ Heart Health One Daily "Polypill" Helps Underserved Patients Fight Heart-Disease Risk By Jane Farrell article Taking one daily pill, which combined medications to treat high blood pressure and high cholesterol, worked to lower heart disease … Read More→
_ Heart Health Pesticide Exposure Raises Heart-Disease Risk in Some Men By Jane Farrell article On-the-job exposure to high levels of pesticides raised the risk of heart disease and stroke in a generally healthy group … Read More→
_ Insomnia Some Insomniacs May Be at Increased Risk of Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Failure and Stroke By Jane Farrell article People suffering from insomnia may have an increased risk of some kinds of heart disease and stroke,┬á according to new … Read More→
_ Heart Health Study Links Psoriasis Treatment and Improvement in Heart Artery Disease By Jane Farrell article Treating the inflammatory skin disease psoriasis with biologic drugs can reduce the early plaque buildup that clogs arteries and leads … Read More→
_ Heart Health 10 Questions to Ask about Your Heart-Disease Risk By Jane Farrell article EditorΓÇÖs note: Heart disease is the number-one killer among women in the U.S. ItΓÇÖs essential that you know your own … Read More→
_ Heart Health Seven Ways to Modify Heart-Disease Risk By Jane Farrell article According to the American Heart Association (AHA), heart disease is the number one killer of women, causing one in three … Read More→
_ Heart Health Heart health Overview Steps Women Can Take to Reduce Heart-Disease Risk By Jane Farrell article More women die from heart disease than from any other causeΓÇöa staggering one in four American women, according to the … Read More→
_ Heart health Overview A Controversial Study on Heart-Disease Risk By Jane Farrell article A new study is raising questions about a tool designed to help physicians prevent heart disease and stroke among people … Read More→
_ Heart Health Crucial Heart-Disease Devices Benefit People of Color By Jane Farrell article Racial and ethnic minorities who get implantable devices to treat heart failure derive the same survival benefit as white patients, new research shows. But non-white patients are getting the devices at a much lower rate. The study, one of the largest to compare the survival benefits of the devices by race and ethnicity, looked at 15,000 patients from 167 medical practices across the U.S. The findings are published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
_ Heart Health A Better Assessment Tool For Heart-Disease Risk By Jane Farrell article An international team of researchers has created a heart disease risk assessment tool designed to better evaluate the likelihood of heart disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. People with rheumatoid arthritis are twice as likely as the average person to develop heart problems.