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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 ...
Medicare publicly reports each hospital's death and readmission rates for patients with several conditions. At the recent American Heart Association meeting in Chicago, two studies of patients with heart failure provided a striking negative verdict on remote monitoring. First, a study from ...
Medicare publicly reports each hospital's death and readmission rates for patients with several conditions. At the recent American Heart Association meeting in Chicago, two studies of patients with heart failure provided a striking negative verdict on remote monitoring. First, a study from ...
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 ...
A complex pacemaker-defibrillator can improve survival for heart patients with mild symptoms-but at a cost, reports the WSJ.. A major multiyear clinical study of the device is being presented in Chicago at the American Heart Association meeting and published Sunday in the ...
People who have a first-degree relative with atrial fibrillation are at increased risk themselves for the potentially deadly heart rhythm disorder, a new study finds.. U.S. researchers analyzed data from 4,421 participants in the long-term Framingham Heart Study. The increased risk persisted ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Drug-coated heart stents are as safe as the old bare metal variety for patients with narrowed large coronary arteries, a large European study showed, alleviating concerns about their long-term use.There was no increase in the number of deaths or ...
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, ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A gene therapy treatment helped people with advanced heart failure pump blood more efficiently without causing serious side effects a year after treatment, researchers said Monday, showing yet more promise for this treatment approach.Mydicar, a treatment made by privately ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The death of a spouse or child can trigger potentially harmful rapid increases in heart rate and changes in heart-rhythm regularity, but a study showed the measures revert back to normal ranges within six months, researchers said on Sunday."While ...
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