Testing athletes' hearts may cut deaths
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Testing athletes' hearts dramatically lowered the rate of sports-related sudden cardiac deaths in Italy, a study suggests, but experts said it was not clear such an effort would have as big a payoff in the United States.
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A treadmill stress test can predict heart attacks or other serious heart disease even in men without symptoms, United States researchers reported on Monday.
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Â·  Study shows cut in risk of cardiovascular disease Â·  Remedy could save a million lives in five years
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A simple blood test could help dramatically cut the number of people dying from heart disease and strokes. The 20-minute test would allow doctors to treat
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Public-health campaigns regularly plug exercise as a sure-fire way to avoid an early grave. But that message may be too simplistic.
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NEW YORK  - Long-term training in endurance  activities, such as running, swimming or cycling, may help  prevent the stiffening of the heart that occurs with age, an  effect that might reduce the risk of heart failure, new  research suggests.
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A screening program for young athletes in Italy drastically cut sudden death among players with hidden heart problems, according to a study published on Tuesday.
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If time spent transporting a suspected heart attack victim to a hospital could be used to work out a diagnosis and treatment plan, doctors say, more lives could be saved &#151; and now that will be possible in central Arkansas.
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A new method of diagnosing heart disease takes only seconds to conduct, but critics say the technique is ripe for overuse.
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American researchers have found that stress tests may miss out latent atherosclerosis, the leading cause of heart disease, and therefore, patients should undergo CT scans as well.
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Scientists are testing a vaccine that could prevent heart disease and reverse damage to clogged arteries.
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PUBLIC-health campaigns regularly plug exercise as a sure-fire way to avoid an early grave. But that message may be too simplistic.
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The hearts of active athletes near age 70 are nearly indistinguishable from those of athletes 30 years younger, a University of Texas study indicates.
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Doctors are to trial a new type of heart pump to help people with heart failure.
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Doctors are reinventing how they treat sudden cardiac arrest, which is fatal 95 percent of the time. A report from the border between life and death.
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Doctors may be allowed to screen human embryos for gene that increase risk of heart attacks
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(National-NBC) Aug. 18, 2004 - The most common test for heart disease may not be the best one. Most doctors use a treadmill stress test to help identify hardening arteries in the heart, but new report finds the treadmill test might not always make the ...