Jul

19

A pacemaker can be hacked

July 19, 2008 | Comments Off

It’s not something your doctors want you to worry about. Really. Still, it’s unsettling: With enough time, energy and expertise, a pacemaker can be hacked. Implanted devices that keep ailing hearts beating steadily need better protection, the team that hacked into one is telling regulators and manufacturers.

Jul

19

Effects of Heavy Drinking on Heart Health Differs Between Genders

July 19, 2008 | Comments Off

If you are like many Americans, you probably drink alcohol, at least on occasion. Previous studies have shown that moderate drinking (one drink a day for women or anyone over 65, and two drinks a day for men under 65) is probably safe, and may even have health benefits. However, heavy alcohol consumption can negatively […]

Jul

15

30 Ways to Reduce Your Risk of Heart Disease and Stroke

July 15, 2008 | Comments Off

Between 1950 and 2000, the death rate from heart disease in the United States plummeted nearly 70 percent, and the death rate from stroke nearly 80 percent. However, although we’re dying of heart attack and stroke less often, we’re still getting cardiovascular disease just as often. In fact, some factors that put us at risk, […]

Mar

21

When Is a Heart Attack Not a Heart Attack?

March 21, 2008 | Comments Off

“I don’t think he had a heart attack,” the patient’s wife declared emphatically. “I don’t care what the doctor in the hospital said.” The patient nodded his agreement. “But we need to be sure,” she added in a distinctive Long Island accent.

Mar

12

Smoking, blood pressure a deadly combo

March 12, 2008 | Comments Off

Smoking and high blood pressure are a deadly combination that dramatically increase the risk of a blood vessel bursting inside the brain, Australian research shows. High blood pressure and smoking are known to increase the risk of heart diseases, but Sydney researchers have shown that the two have a stronger, "synergistic effect" when both are […]

Mar

12

Your Mood Can Impact Your Heart

March 12, 2008 | Comments Off

There’s evidence of a link between how you feel emotionally and how healthy your heart is. Medical contributor Dr. Mallika Marshall explained it on The Saturday Early Show, in the final part of the weeklong Early Show series, "Early Keeps the Beat, Marshall says there’s "clearly a mind-body connection.

Mar

12

Snoring linked to heart disease

March 12, 2008 | Comments Off

New research suggests there is a strong link between loud snoring and both heart disease and strokes. Hungarian scientists did interviews with more than 12,000 patients. They concluded that heavy snorers were significantly more likely to have a heart attack or stroke compared to the rest of the population.

Mar

12

What You Must Know About Your Cholesterol

March 12, 2008 | Comments Off

How’s your cholesterol? Here’s a guess: If you’re healthy, you probably have no idea. New surveys show women tend to be clueless about their risks of heart disease, especially when it comes to managing their cholesterol. But this kind of ignorance is anything but bliss.

Feb

26

Intense drug therapy urged for heart patients

February 26, 2008 | Comments Off

Canadian researchers are encouraging physicians to prescribe higher doses of cholesterol-lowering drugs to patients with severe heart disease to reduce their risk of dying from heart attack or stroke.

Feb

26

Heart Attack Symptoms a Mystery to Many

February 26, 2008 | Comments Off

If you or someone you were with were having a heart attack, would you know it? Maybe not, according to a new CDC report. That report, based on a 2005 telephone poll of 72,000 U.S. adults in 13 states and Washington, D.C., shows that most people didn’t know five symptoms of a heart attack. And […]

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