9 months ago
Rising heart beat during mental stress could be fatal
London, May 2 - Men whose heart beat shot up during mild mental stress, just before an exercise test, faced twice the risk of dying of a sudden heart attack later in life than men whose heart rate did not increase as much. The study is the first to discover this association. Since taking a patient's pulse is an easy, no cost alternative, it suggests a way of identifying people who may be at incr ... read more

10 months ago
Big men more susceptible to atrial fibrillation
Older men who were big during their 20s face an increased risk of suffering from atrial fibrillation, or abnormal heart rhythm. New research from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, reveals that height and weight are both factors.The results are being published in the latest issue of the European Heart Journal.The study was initiated in 1970. Over 7,000 men living in Gothenb ... read more

10 months ago
Big men more susceptible to atrial fibrillation
Older men who were big during their 20s face an increased risk of suffering from atrial fibrillation, or abnormal heart rhythm. New research from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, reveals that height and weight are both factors.The results are being published in the latest issue of the European Heart Journal.The study was initiated in 1970. Over 7,000 men living in Gothenb ... read more

1 year ago
Panic linked to higher risk of heart attack
London, Dec 19 - Panic attacks predispose people to a greater risk of heart disease or a heart attack, with younger people being more vulnerable. People younger than 50 when first diagnosed had a significantly higher risk of subsequent heart attacks -, but this was not the case in older people. The study also found there was a significantly higher incidence of subsequent coronary heart disease ... read more

1 year ago
Panic disorder, heart attacks linked
London, Dec 12 - People diagnosed with panic attacks have a greater risk of suffering a heart attack than the normal population, says a study. The research found that people who were younger than 50 when first diagnosed had a significantly higher risk of subsequent heart attacks or myocardial infarctions -, but this was not the case in older people. Said Kate Walters, senior lecturer in primar ... read more

1 year ago
Heart attack patients who stop statin risk death
London, Aug 28 - Patients discontinuing statin medication after acute myocardial infarction, increased their risk of dying over the next year, said researchers at McGill University. Acute myocardial infarction - is the death of heart muscle caused by loss of blood supply to the muscle, normally a result of blocked coronary arteries. Using data on British patients who survived AMI and were still ... read more

1 year ago
Weight at birth determines future health: study
London, July 25 - Low weight at birth may lead to increased risk of heart disease later in life, according to a study by British researchers. The study by a team of researchers from the Southampton University found that blood vessel conditions that have been linked to poor health later in life can be spotted within a few years of birth in boys that are born small, BBC news reported. Researchers ... read more

2 years ago
Work stress raises heart disease risk: here's proof
London, Jan 23 - Work stress raises the risk of heart disease, says a 12-year study that advises people to stay active and fit if they want to reduce the risk. The researchers at the University College London focussed on more than 10,000 British civil servants and found that the risk was higher in people under 50. The study appeared in the European Heart Journal said both men and women under 50 ... read more

2 years ago
Women with high or increasing blood pressure are up to three times more likely to develop diabetes
One of the largest studies to investigate the relationship between blood pressure and type 2 diabetes has found that women who have high blood pressure levels are three times more likely to develop diabetes than women with low blood pressure levels. This effect was independent of body mass index and other conditions that are known to predispose people to cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Writin ... read more

2 years ago
Left main coronary artery disease can double or treble heart risk in siblings
German researchers have found that heart disease of the left main coronary artery is often an inherited condition that clusters in families. Moreover, they discovered that initially healthy siblings of a person with the condition were 2.5 times more likely to go on to develop some form of heart disease than were siblings of a patient with heart disease that did not relate to the left main coronary ... read more