Treatment, lifestyle help cut heart deaths
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Lifestyle changes, new drugs and treatment advances were equally responsible for a dramatic drop in U.S. heart disease deaths during the 1980s and 1990s, U.S. and British researchers reported on Wednesday.
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A &quot;pill-in-the-pocket&quot; self-treatment program can reduce emergency room visits and hospitalizations by nearly 90 percent for people with the heartbeat abnormality called atrial fibrillation, a new study says.
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Clinicians claim that a new approach to tackling heart disease could save thousands of lives in Scotland.
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A service where heart attack patients are sent for treatment within the hour has reduced death-rates five-fold, doctors say.
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NEW YORK  - Counseling and self-help programs can help people with heart disease quit smoking, according to a review of published studies.
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U.S. death rates from heart disease and stroke have fallen by about a one-fourth since the end of the 1990s thanks to improvements in medical treatment, the American Heart Association said on Tuesday.
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Even in middle age, adopting a healthy lifestyle can lower the risk for heart disease and premature death within years of changing habits, researchers reported on Thursday.
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Older people can cut heart disease and diabetes risks through regular exercise and weight loss, according to a new study. Research by Johns Hopkins University found that people between the ages of 55 and 75
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OLDER people can significantly reduce their chances of suffering a mixture of deadly risk factors that lead to heart disease and stroke by taking just a moderate amount of exercise, researchers said today.
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More patients are getting life-saving drugs quickly after a heart attack, according to a national survey.
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Vegetable oils found in leafy green vegetables, nuts and flaxseed reduce a woman's risk of dying from heart disease, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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Scientists claim a diet that includes wine, chocolate, garlic, and other tasty foods can reduce heart disease by 76 percent, and add years to your life.
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Some drugs that drop blood pressure can  help prevent heart disease from getting worse in patients with  lower blood pressure who would not routinely be given such  medicine, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Here is an interesting way to keep heart disease at bay. Australian researchers have found that a daily meal of seven ingredients including wine and chocolate could cut heart disease by 76 per cent.
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A drug combination that produced such positive results in clinical trials that they were stopped before their scheduled completion date reduces death from coronary heart disease by up to 43 percent, a new study reports.
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Taking one drug to raise "good" cholesterol and one to lower bad cholesterol can slow the progression of heart disease more effectively than either medicine alone, a new study has found.
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A daily diet of wine, dark chocolate, fruits and vegetables, almonds and garlic -- along with fish four times a week -- could reduce heart disease in the US population by a whopping 76%, say the authors of a study published in this week&#39;s BMJ.