For 10 months there has been widespread controversy about Zetia's effectiveness as a heart disease treatment.
But the equation is different from an otherwise healthy adult with a few heart disease risk factors.
In SEAS, Vytorin failed to do better than placebo at treating a heart valve disease called aortic stenosis, but it did reduce the risk of heart attacks, strokes and operations to unclog arteries.
There aren't enough stem cells in an umbilical cord to serve as a treatment for a disease like cancer or heart disease.
In healthy women the drugs don't appear to save lives at all, and the evidence they prevent heart disease is weak: Statin takers have only a slightly better chance of avoiding heart disease than women on a placebo, according to a recent analysis.
Diadexus drew headlines last month when it helped identify what may be a new risk factor in heart disease: a little-known protein produced by the body that can double the risk of heart attacks.
He said it was particularly important that people with a genetic susceptibility to heart disease led a healthy lifestyle.
Unlike previous researchers, these authors found no link between depression and heart disease or a heart attack.
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To take just one example, from a public health perspective, it makes little sense to focus on the miniscule elevation in breast cancer risk associated with light-to-moderate alcohol consumption, when moderate alcohol intake has been shown to have a beneficial effect on coronary heart disease, a much more common condition.
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In England, Scotland and Wales, patients with angina, valvular heart disease, a heart murmur or heart failure do not have to tell the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) and can continue to drive a car a month after an episode as long as their doctor says they are fit to.
In this study, people with anxiety had a 26 percent increase in the risk of heart disease and a 48 percent increase in the risk of dying of heart-related causes.
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He said the original research showed there was a higher risk of heart disease in cities which had a fast pace of life.
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But by affecting these switches in combination, researchers hope that they can modify the risk factors for both diabetes and heart disease--a bona fide blockbuster market in a world where waistlines are expanding and heart disease is at epidemic levels.
It might seem like common sense that inactive people have a greater risk for heart disease than active people, but a new study has measured the risk in terms of time spent in front of a computer, according to the Deccan Herald.
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Not only has Griola lost about 90 pounds in five years, but her HDL has gone from 47 (in the unhealthy range) to 56, her LDL has dropped from 109 to 94, and her triglycerides (a fat associated with heart disease) have plummeted from 130 to a very healthy 56.
This was much more than the risk posed by a parent with heart disease.
In IDEAL, only 3% of the patients in the trial died as a result of heart disease.
Doug Springsteen died in 1998, at seventy-three, after years of illness, including a stroke and heart disease.
Well, doctors will tell you that with the country riding a diabetes and heart disease epidemic, most Indians are physically unfit.
Astoundingly, the women who did not vacation annually were almost eight times more likely to develop coronary heart disease or have a heart attack.
They monitored how volunteers' arteries coped with the fatty drink and checked for calcium deposits in their coronary arteries, a sign of heart disease.
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For the current study, Buijsse and his colleagues excluded anyone with a history of heart disease or stroke, and also controlled for age, diet, lifestyle, and other factors.
As with any exercise, if you're out of shape, have had back injuries in the past, or have a history of heart disease, check with your doctor before tackling that snowdrift.
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In January 2012 I was asked whether I was still taking it, after medical trials showed that for those without a history of heart disease or stroke, aspirin was more likely to do harm rather than good.
Dr. HAYES: Well, I think there's also data that, in fact, those people have a right to be more optimistic, because we know that higher levels of education - actually, they have better outcomes with diagnoses of cancer or a diagnoses of heart disease.
He grew sicker, and apparently, the strep infection eventually attacked the valves of his heart, a condition known as rheumatic heart disease.
Which brings us to his father, a gifted musician and composer whose early death from heart disease left a profound mark on Mr. Kurzweil.
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Dr Chris Jones, a cardiologist and medical director of NHS Wales, said coronary heart disease was a largely preventable condition, which increased in risk with age.
Doctors often gloss over a key question for assessing a person's risk for coronary heart disease, according to a new study: What is the patient's family history of cardiovascular illness?
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