Childhood abuse raises heart disease risk
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Sep 21  - A childhood involving abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction increases the risk of heart disease in adulthood, according to a report in the online issue of the journal Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
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Air and noise pollution increase the risk of heart attacks, raising the likelihood that susceptible people will suffer severe cardiological problems, according to new research.
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There&#39;s a call for schools to aggressively teach children about the dangers of heart disease -- and the risks of bad diet and not exercising enough.
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Researchers have discovered that otherwise healthy people who are prone to anger, hostility and mild to moderate depressive symptoms produce higher levels of a substance that promotes cardiovascular disease and stroke.
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Those Type A go-getters aren't the only ones stressing their hearts. Nervous Nelsons seem to be, too. Researchers reported Monday that chronic anxiety can significantly increase the risk of a heart attack, at least in men. The findings add another trait to a growing list of psychological profiles linked to heart disease, including anger or hostility, Type A behavior, and depression.
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Infants who sustain head  injuries due to abuse have worse outcomes than their peers with  head trauma due to other causes, researchers report in the  journal Pediatrics this month.
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MONDAY, March 12 (HealthDay News) -- If you&#39;re the child of parents who lived to 85 or more, your risk for heart disease in middle age is significantly lower than children of parents who died earlier, researchers report.
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An international charity says overweight children are three to five times more likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke before they reach 65 than slimmer youngsters.
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Cold snaps and air pollution can  trigger heart deaths, and breathing dirty air day in and day  out may help heart disease develop in the first place,  researchers said on Sunday.
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Â· Healthier lifestyles offer protection from dementia Â· Overweight children lead to fears of rise in disease
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MONDAY, Dec. 13 (HealthDayNews) -- Your health in your later years can be affected by cumulative psychological trauma you've experienced throughout your life, says a study in the December issue of Psychology and Aging.
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Whether your brothers or sisters had early heart disease is the best predictor of your own heart health, US research suggests. Sibling history predicted heart disease risk better than parental history or traditional
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Smokers under 40 are at risk from heart attack - smashing the belief that only older people are vulnerable, says a new study. Experts studied 23,000 cases of people who had survived heart attacks between 1985
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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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By middle age, people face surprisingly high odds of experiencing an irregular heartbeat that increases the risk of strokes, a study has found.
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New research shows that healthy people with high levels of anger, hostility or depression also have high blood levels of C-reactive protein, an indicator of inflammation of the arteries.
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A study in Australia has shown that changes occur in blood vessels in the eyes of heavier and obese children from as young as six, warning signs that might be linked to cardiovascular disease in later life.