Topic: American Heart Association
ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) - A stem cell therapy for treating patients experiencing moderate to severe heart failure showed real promise in preventing serious consequences or death, according to data from a small mid-stage clinical trial.The treatment from Australia's Mesoblast Ltd, known as ...
Regular professional cleaning of teeth not only gives a patient a more radiant smile but also helps reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke, according to a new study. The study presented Sunday at an American Heart Association meeting in Orlando, ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Women who were repeatedly sexually abused as girls have a 62 percent higher risk of heart problems later in life compared with women who were not abused, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.The findings, presented at the American Heart Association ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Day-to-day spikes in air pollution seem to be followed by an uptick in hospital admissions for heart attack, a new study in Italy finds.The findings, reported in the American Journal of Epidemiology, add to evidence that high-pollution ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hospitals that can't do heart attack procedures are taking too long to send patients on to centers that can, according to a new study that links the tardiness to higher death rates.Researchers found that only about one ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Heart disease patients who chronically use painkillers like ibuprofen and naproxen might face an increased risk of suffering a heart attack or dying from cardiovascular causes, a new study suggests.The findings, from a study of more than ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Only one out of nearly 2,000 middle-aged Americans hits the mark for ideal heart health by passing a checklist that includes being physically active and not smoking, according to a study.The "Simple 7" checklist released by the ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study finds only one out of nearly 2,000 middle-aged Americans hit the mark for ideal heart health as defined by the American Heart Association (AHA).That entails acing the AHA's seven-item checklist, which includes being physically ...
For the first time in the history of heart disease research, a certain type of treatment has proven more effective in women than in men, according to a US study published Monday.The research found that women saw a 70 percent reduction in ...
The costs of treating heart disease in America, where one in three people has some form of the disease, are expected to triple by 2030 due to the growing population, researchers said Monday.While current costs of medical care for heart disease are ...
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