Heart Association Urges Heart Education
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Schools should be more aggressive in teaching children about heart disease and the risks of bad diet and little exercise, the American Heart Association said Monday.
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A newly identified risk factor for heart disease also seems to indicate which patients will benefit from popular statin therapies.
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NEW YORK  - Authors of a report released this week encourage women who survive breast cancer to address all of the modifiable risk factors they have for heart disease, because breast cancer therapy can damage the heart.
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23 September 2004 - Heart diseases and strokes kill 17 million people every year - more than any other cause - and are increasingly likely to afflict people in poor countries, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said today as it published
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Deaths among women due to cardiovascular disease are down, but too many still ignore signs of heart trouble. How to stay vigilant and healthy.
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If you have a brother or sister who had a heart attack at an early age, start paying attention to your own arteries because you&#39;re at increased risk for heart trouble, a new study finds.
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Leading cardiologists called on Sunday for routine heart checks on all competitive athletes to identify those with heart problems, following a spate of sudden deaths among soccer players.
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More CPR, less shock: that is the new directive issued by the American Heart Association on Monday for emergency workers helping victims of cardiac arrest.
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New research suggests that more people survive major heart attacks with fewer problems if doctors use a mini-vacuum to clear out an artery blockage instead of pushing it aside to restore blood flow.
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Doctors say delivering specialist treatments to heart attack patients directly, not taking them to A&E, could save lives.
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If a healthy heart and smaller waistline aren&#39;t incentive enough for kids to eat healthy foods, maybe a bracelet or key chain will do the trick.
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Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide but not nearly enough is being done to educate people about how they can lessen their vulnerability, experts said Tuesday.
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Schools should be more aggressive in teaching children about heart disease and the risks of bad diet and little exercise, the American Heart Association said Monday.    The call for bolder action in schools follows the Institute of Medicine's recommendations last month calling for a wide-ranging attack on childhood obesity by involving parents, schools, communities and the government...
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Curbing inflammation of the arteries appears to be just as important for fighting heart disease as lowering cholesterol, according to a pair of new studies.
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NEW YORK  - A recent survey found that two out of three African Americans worry about developing heart disease and two out of five are concerned about developing Alzheimer's disease, yet only one in 20 are aware that heart health is linked to brain health.
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Screening relatives of middle-aged people who suffer heart attacks would save lives, say experts.
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NEW YORK  - The American Heart Association  (AHA) recommends in a statement issued Monday that doctors  strongly encourage their cardiac patients to participate in  rehabilitation programs aimed at preventing a recurrence of  heart problems.