Topic: Brigham And Women'S Hospital
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 ...
(Reuters) - Elderly men with naturally higher levels of testosterone may be less likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke than those men with lower levels of the hormone, according to a study.Findings published in the Journal of the American College ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women with stressful jobs that offer little room for decision making and creativity have an increased risk of suffering a heart attack, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.While doctors usually focus on standard risk factors such as high ...
In addition, job insecurity, or fear of losing a job, was associated with risk factors for cardiovascular diseases such as high blood pressure, increased cholesterol and excess body weight, said the study unveiled Sunday at an American Heart Association meeting in Chicago.However, ...
The drug is marketed under the brand name Plavix by Bristol-Meyers Squibb in the United States and Sanofi-Aventis in France.Clopidogrel, among the most commonly prescribed medications, has been shown to reduce cardiovascular problems in patients undergoing heart procedures like balloon angioplasty or ...
About 70 percent of vascular disease patients take aspirin, mainly for secondary prevention. While some non-aspirin users take other antithrombotic agents, almost 15 percent of patients take no antithrombotic agent at all, according to research published in the Feb. 15 American Journal ...
Heart patients with a dangerous rapid heartbeat called ventricular tachycardia often get implantable cardiac defibrillators to help control the condition, and a new study suggests that they will have fewer recurrences of the abnormality if they undergo a procedure called catheter ablation ...
A healthy lifestyle is associated with a significantly reduced risk of hypertension in younger women and of heart failure in older men, according to two studies in the July 22/29 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.. In one study, ...
Heart Hospitals Reveal New Discoveries and Tested Methods For Preventing Heart ProblemsBy Jonathan BuschlenAsk any of the professionals working in the country's heart hospitals, and they will likely tell you that they love their jobs, but they wish they didn't have to ...
Fixing Jiggy Heartbeats A 12-year Brigham and Women's Hospital study of 4,800 people found that those who ate any fish one to four times a week had a 28 percent lower risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) than those who avoided fish. AF ...
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