London | 1 day ago
Short people more likely to develop heart disease
London, June 9 - Scientists have uncovered a link between people's height and their vulnerability to heart disease.A new study by the University of Tampere -, Finland says that short people are more at risk of developing heart disease than tall people. The study looked at evidence from 52 studies of over three million people and found that short adults were approximately 1.5 times more likely to d ... read more

London | 24 days ago
Working overtime is bad for the heart
London, May 17 - Working overtime is bad for the heart, say results from a long-running study of more than 10,000 civil servants.The research found that people who worked three or more hours longer than a normal seven-hour day had a 60 percent higher risk of heart-related problems such as death due to heart disease, non-fatal heart attacks and angina. Marianna Virtanen, epidemiologist at the Univ ... read more

London | 2 months ago
Chocolate reduces BP, risk of heart disease
London, April 1 - Chocolate may be good for you -- at least in small bits and preferably if it's dark, according to new research.It shows just one small square of chocolate a day can lower your blood pressure - and reduce your risk of heart disease. Researchers in Germany followed 19,357 people, aged between 35 and 65, for at least 10 years and found that those who ate the most amount of chocolat ... read more

Washington | 3 months ago
Positive emotions best antidote to heart disease
Washington, Feb 18 - Being happy, enthusiastic and contented is the best antidote to heart disease, says a major new study.The study authors believe that it is the first to show such an independent relationship between positive emotions and coronary heart disease. Karina Davidson, professor of medicine and psychiatry at the Columbia University Medical Centre -, who led the study, said it did sugge ... read more

1 year 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

1 year 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
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