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Breakthrough: Statin treatment reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease in women
(University of Sydney) A large international study, published today in The Lancet, has shown conclusively that statin treatment reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease in women. The research confirms that statins are beneficial not only to women who have already had a cardiovascular event such as a heart attack or stroke, but also in those who - whilst they have not yet developed cardiovascular disease -- are at an increased risk of such diseases.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 8, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Wake Forest research confirms controversial nitrite hypothesis
(Wake Forest University) Understanding how nitrite can improve conditions such as hypertension, heart attack and stroke has been the object of worldwide research studies. New research from Wake Forest University has potentially moved the science one step closer to this goal.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 12, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Baby aspirin? Many doctors don't recommend, despite guidelines
(University of Rochester Medical Center) A majority of middle-aged men and women eligible to take aspirin to prevent heart attack and stroke do not recall their doctors ever telling them to do so, according to a University of Rochester study of a national sample of more than 3,000 patients.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 5, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Sjögren's Syndrome significantly increases risk of heart attack
(European League Against Rheumatism) A new study presented today at the European League Against Rheumatism Annual Congress showed a significantly increased risk of heart attack in patients with Sjögren's syndrome, particularly in the first year following diagnosis. There was also a trend towards an increased risk for stroke.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 13, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Hip, knee replacements may boost cardiovascular health in osteoarthritis patients
(American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) A study presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons found that total joint replacement may reduce the risk for 'cardiac events,' including heart attack and stroke, and boost long-term survival.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 11, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Study shows value of calcium scan in predicting heart attack, stroke among those considered at risk
(Johns Hopkins Medicine) A new study shows that coronary artery calcium (CAC) screening, an assessment tool that is not currently recommended for people considered at low risk, should play a more prominent role in helping determine a person's risk for heart attack and heart disease-related death, as well as the need for angioplasty or bypass surgery. CAC screening provides a direct measure of calcium deposits in heart arteries and is easily obtained on a computed tomography scan.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 23, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Skip the balloon after placing carotid stent, surgeons suggest
(Johns Hopkins Medicine) Johns Hopkins surgeons say skipping one commonly taken step during a routine procedure to insert a wire mesh stent into a partially blocked carotid artery appears to prevent patients from developing dangerously low blood pressure, an extremely slow heart rate or even a stroke or heart attack.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 11, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Johns Hopkins heart researchers develop formula to better calculate 'bad' cholesterol in patients
(Johns Hopkins Medicine) Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a more accurate way to calculate low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, the so-called "bad" form of blood fat that can lead to hardening of the arteries and increase the risk of heart attack and stroke. If confirmed and adopted by medical laboratories that routinely calculate blood cholesterol for patients, the researchers say their formula would give patients and their doctors a much more accurate assessment of LDL cholesterol.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 17, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Flu shot halves risk of heart attack or stroke in people with history of heart attack, study finds
(University Health Network) The flu vaccine may not only ward off serious complications from influenza, it may also reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke by more than 50 percent among those who have had a heart attack, according to new research led by Dr. Jacob Udell, a cardiologist at Women's College Hospital and clinician-scientist at the University of Toronto.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 22, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Leptin may explain the link between abdominal obesity and cardiovascular disease
(Umea University) High levels of adipose tissue hormone leptin in the blood reduces blood vessels' ability to dilate, and also affects blood clotting, all of which increase the risk of heart attack and stroke. These are some of the results that Manuel Gonzalez shows in his dissertation he recently defended at Umea University in Sweden.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 7, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Study: Different hormone therapy formulations may pose different risks for heart attack and stroke
(Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) Post-menopausal women whose doctors prescribe hormone replacement therapy for severe hot flashes and other menopause symptoms may want to consider taking low doses of FDA-approved bioidentical forms of estrogen or getting their hormones via a transdermal patch. A new observational study shows bioidentical hormones in transdermal patches may be associated with a lower risk of heart attack and FDA-approved products -- not compounded hormones -- may be associated with a slightly lower risk of stroke compared to synthetic hormones in pill form.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 18, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Binghamton University researcher awarded funding to help heart attack risk
(Binghamton University) Binghamton University researcher Amber Doiron, hopes to give doctors a more accurate way of determining a patient's risk of heart attack or stroke.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 10, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

MRI may predict heart attack and stroke risk in people with diabetes
(Radiological Society of North America) Whole-body MRI may serve as a valuable noninvasive tool for assessing the risk of heart attack and stroke in diabetic patients, according to a new study.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 10, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

A new form of aspirin to overcome 'aspirin resistance'
(American Chemical Society) Scientists are reporting development of a new form of aspirin -- taken daily by about 60 million people in the United States alone to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke -- that could extend aspirin's benefits to people who may not respond to the drug. Their advance toward coping with "aspirin resistance" appears in the journal ACS Nano.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 4, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Platelet Golgi apparatus and their significance after acute cerebral infarction
(Neural Regeneration Research) Expression of soluble CD40L has been shown to increase sig-nificantly in conditions such as stroke, myocardial infarction, unstable angina, high cholesterol, or other cardiovascular events.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 4, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

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