Specialized risk scores derived from testing that calculates the cumulative effect of an individual’s entire DNA sequence, the genome, may reliably predict heart disease in people who have not yet had a heart attack, according to new research in Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, an American Heart Association journal. The study is the latest to […]
High blood pressure during pregnancy increases risk of heart attacks and strokes
Women who have high blood pressure during their pregnancies, or a related more severe condition called pre-eclampsia, are at much higher risk of heart attacks and strokes than those who have normal blood pressure, according to new research funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and presented at the British Cardiovascular Society Conference today in […]
Patient's Chest Catches on Fire While Having Heart Surgery
All medical procedures have risks, but you don’t typically think of combustion as a common operating room problem. However, a 60-year-old Australian patient’s chest caught fire during emergency heart surgery, according to a release. So, how exactly does this happen? The patient was previously diagnosed with a chronic lung disease and had remaining air pockets, […]
Heart engine: Previously unknown Mini-proteins are the fuel for the heart
Mystery of the energy of the heart, solved Our heart always holds many secrets. How does the body to supply every cell of our body with energy? The answer to this question recently delivered a German research team. They discovered a previously unknown group of Mini-proteins, the heart uses to produce energy. The revolutionary discovery […]
With this amount of blue to protect berries before life-threatening heart diseases
An improved blood circulation by consumption of blue berries? Heart diseases are widespread and cause many deaths worldwide. Researchers found that the daily consumption of blueberries may lower the risk for heart disease. In the current investigation of the University of East Anglia, it was found that the daily consumption of blueberries contributes to a […]
High-intensity exercise may restore heart function in people with type 2 diabetes
University of Otago researchers have discovered that high-intensity exercise can reduce or reverse the loss in heart function caused by type 2 diabetes. The study found that three months of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) improved heart function in adults with type 2 diabetes, without any change in medications or diet. Former Ph.D. student Genevieve Wilson […]
‘High sitters’ need 30 minutes-plus daily exercise to reduce heart risk
Those of us with desk jobs can take heart. According to new research, exercising for just 30 minutes each day can mitigate many of the risks associated with sitting too much. The average Australian worker spends more than six hours a day sitting which makes us a nation of, what researchers call, “high sitters”. High […]
Stress increases the risk for cardiovascular disease
Stress is bad for our heart Stress is known to be not good for our health. Researchers found out now that Stress also increases the risk for the development of heart disease significantly. In a recent joint study by the University of Iceland and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, it was found that Stress and […]
Which diet keeps your heart healthy?
Diet doesn’t have to be a four-letter word. Most of the time, a diet implies weight loss and comes loaded with restrictions and perhaps even plans that aren’t very healthy. But new recommendations released recently by a team of health experts refer to diet with a different goal in mind: preventing heart disease and stroke. […]
PROF STEPHEN WESTABY explains how the NHS is DOOMED
Pioneering heart surgeon PROF STEPHEN WESTABY reveals how his mother’s horribly cruel death – and an incompetent call centre – convinced him the NHS is DOOMED e-mail 36 View comments After 35 years on the front line of British medicine, heart surgeon Stephen Westaby has become a bestselling author. Last week, in the first part […]