Doctors call for more heart checks in sport
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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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Federal regulators urged doctors Thursday to think twice before prescribing several popular but controversial painkillers for patients with histories of heart trouble.
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A British team has found a new genetic link with high cholesterol and said the finding could lead to better screening and new drugs for the condition, which raises the risk of heart disease.
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A screening program for young athletes in Italy drastically cut sudden death among players with hidden heart problems, according to a study published on Tuesday.
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Scientists say methods tailored to an individual are needed to encourage increased physical activity.
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Sport: Death of former Zambia international, Chaswe Nsofwa, prompts demands for heart screening.
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Dutch doctors called on Sunday for greater use of oral anticoagulants to prevent strokes in people with a common heart arrhythmia.
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Tax relief should be offered on sports activities to help combat growing obesity rates, doctors say.
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As concern grows among former N.F.L. players about the impact of football on health, the medical community is working to gather more information on the problem.
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Doctors are being urged to think twice before prescribing certain painkillers in light of new evidence suggesting they may increase cardiovascular risk.
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Reports of substance abuse by top competitors in the baseball and cycling worlds remind us once again that it is important to keep athletic heroics in their proper perspective.
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Stress tests aimed at detecting blocked arteries in patients may miss more than half the cases of early heart disease, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
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CLEVELAND -- A doctor with the Cleveland Clinic is calling for a congressional investigation into whether the makers of Vioxx ignored signs it could cause heart problems.
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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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Children as young as 15 months should be screened for high cholesterol in an attempt to cut the number of Britons suffering from heart disease, doctors say today.
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A national health advocacy group and dozens of scientists called on the government Friday to re-evaluate its new cholesterol guidelines, questioning whether there was sufficient evidence to justify
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Health passports for athletes, a whistleblowing hotline and quicker sample testing could soon find a role in the fight against doping.