More Kids at Risk for Future Heart Trouble
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More kids are heading toward heart trouble, the American Heart Association (news - web sites) reported Thursday in its annual assessment of cardiovascular
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World Heart Day is focusing on life-threatening risks of obesity in children. The World Health Organization and World Heart Federation warn, overweight children are three-to-five times more likely to suffer
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SUNDAY, Jan. 2  -- The American Heart Association's warning last week that more children than ever are heading toward heart trouble is primarily due to the nation's obesity epidemic.
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More children in the world today are being prescribed antidepressants by doctors despite concerns over their safety and efficacy in this age group.
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Overweight children are three to five times more likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke before they reach 65 than slimmer youngsters, an international charity said Monday.
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NEW YORK  - Children with a clustering of cardiovascular risk factors that define the so-called metabolic syndrome are very likely to have the syndrome in mid-adulthood, or even overt heart disease or diabetes, according to a new study.
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HAVE A HEART, STAY IN SCHOOL Add heart disease to the burdens faced by those who don&#39;t finish high school. Dropping out carries an increased risk of dying from coronary heart disease similar in magnitude to
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The risk of suffering a heart attack soars by six times in the 24 hours following a high pressure work deadline, researchers have warned.
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People with certain types of sleep problems may be at greater risk for heart problems.
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A pilot screening programme carried out on 11-14-year-olds, involving detailed tests on their circulation system, has revealed that although the children appeared healthy, one in five already had defective ...
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GENEVA  - Children must be at the forefront of efforts to prevent heart disease, health agencies said as they accused governments of neglecting the 17 million deaths from cardiovascular illness a year.
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Women who experience high blood pressure  while pregnant are more likely to develop a coronary-related  heart problem later in life than other women, researchers said  on Monday.
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Obese children as young as 7 already have the beginnings of artery disease, Italian and US researchers reported on Monday. They found signs that the carotid arteries of 100 obese children
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Children with a clustering of  cardiovascular risk factors that define the so-called metabolic  syndrome are very likely to have the syndrome in mid-adulthood,  or even overt heart disease or diabetes, according to a new  study.
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People under 40 are five times more likely to have a heart attack if they smoke, a study shows.
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Obese children as young as 7 already have the beginnings of artery disease, Italian and U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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FAT children are three to five times more likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke before they reach the age of 65, health campaigners warn.