Infection, Not Vaccines, Raises Heart Attack Risk
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People who are ill with respiratory or urinary tract infections face a higher risk of heart attack or stroke while they are sick, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Sudden heart attack or &quot;acute  myocardial infarction&quot; is quite rare among adolescents, but  when it does occur it is often associated with drug abuse and  tobacco use, and males are at much greater risk than are  females, according to researchers.
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NEW YORK  - The risk of stroke in patients with infective endocarditis, an infection usually involving the heart valves, declines markedly after 1 week of antibiotic therapy, according to a report in the American Heart Journal.
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NEW YORK  - The biggest risk factors for heart attack in Latin Americans -- obesity, high cholesterol levels, and smoking -- can all be addressed with lifestyle changes, new research shows.
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Common respiratory and urinary tract infections play a role in triggering heart attacks and strokes, a study of 40,000 medical records suggests.
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The 36-year-old South Asian immigrant didn't seem like a typical candidate for a heart attack. He was lean, a nonsmoker and had healthy blood pressure, although his cholesterol levels hovered just above normal. But when his chest pain lasted for an hour, he headed for the emergency room.
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If you have a slight fever, or even just a cold, you could be risking serious heart problems if you go to work, say researchers in a news study.
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NEW YORK  - Even "chunky" kids who aren't obviously overweight have changes in their heart and blood vessel function that could increase their risk of cardiovascular disease, a new study shows.
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The causes of heart disease are surprisingly the same in every region and race, and stress seems to play a more important role in heart attacks than previously recognized, a major new study has found.
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NEW YORK  - Cardiovascular fitness may predict the odds of a future heart attack in men and women with no apparent signs of heart disease, a large study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - People with heart disease who don't take their medications as prescribed risk suffering a heart attack or other heart-related event, a new study shows.
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Growing evidence suggests that pollutants in car exhaust may trigger heart attacks
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Two new studies shed light on the role obesity may play in causing heart attacks and, surprisingly, keeping them from being fatal.
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People with more bacteria in their mouths also have more evidence of heart disease, researchers said on Monday in a study strengthening the evidence for a link between gum disease and heart disease.
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A study published yesterday finds that the amount of time people spend in traffic could actually increase their risk of suffering a heart attack.
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If your brother or sister had a heart attack or has heart disease, researchers at Johns Hopkins say you&#39;re 2.5 to three times more likely to have coronary atherosclerosis.
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Oct 21  - Being in traffic, either in an automobile or on public transportation, increases the risk of heart attack in susceptible individuals, German researchers report.