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Heart Attack
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- Alcohol may help high blood pressure risk [ Cache ]
Men with high blood pressure are usually advised to avoid alcohol, but U.S. and Dutch researchers said on Tuesday that a drink or two every day may reduce their chances of a heart attack.
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- Folic acid can cut heart attack risk [ Cache ]
After analyzing evidence from earlier studies, a team of scientists in Britain said on Friday there is enough research that shows folic acid lowers levels of the amino acid homocysteine and reduces the odds of cardiovacular disease.
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- Chocolate addiction leads to sweet discovery [ Cache ]
Chocolate lovers who flunked out of a Johns Hopkins University study on aspirin and heart disease helped researchers stumble on an explanation of why a little chocolate a day can cut the risk of heart attack.
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- Two drinks daily help men avoid heart attack: study [ Cache ]
Even healthy men may benefit from a drink or two daily to help lower the risk of heart attack, medical researchers reported.
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- L-arginine dietary supplement may harm heart patients [ Cache ]
Heart attack patients should avoid the dietary supplement L-arginine based on a study that was scuttled after six volunteers taking the over-the-counter supplement died.
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- Whole grains may reduce heart risk in elderly [ Cache ]
Older adults who regularly eat whole grains like high-fiber cereals and cooked oatmeal may be less likely to develop a cluster of conditions that raise the risk of heart attack and stroke, a new study suggests.
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- Waist-Hip Ratio a Better Heart Measure Than BMI? [ Cache ]
Checking a person's hip-to-waist ratio, not their body mass index (BMI), is the best obesity measure for assessing heart attack risk, according to an international study in this week's issue of The Lancet medical journal.
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- Daily Drink Eases Hypertensives' Heart Risk [ Cache ]
The study found that hypertensive men who drank moderately -- one or two drinks per day -- had a 44 percent lower risk of dying from a heart attack than nondrinkers with high blood pressure.
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- Drinking "Hard" Water May Protect Against Heart Disease [ Cache ]
Researchers from the Geographical Survey of Finland looked at 19,000 men who had suffered heart attacks. They found for every unit increase in water hardness (or the level of undissolved minerals in the water), there was a 1% decrease in the risk of having a further attack.
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- Yes, Aspirin Does Prevent Heart Attacks [ Cache ]
The "current totality of evidence" strongly supports the notion that taking aspirin regularly can prevent a first heart attack.
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- Aspirin Can Prevent 1st Heart Attack [ Cache ]
A new analysis of five large studies finds a significant reduction in first heart attacks among aspirin users.
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- Coughing Might Save Heart Attack Victims [ Cache ]
Coughing hard at the first sign of a heart attack could a save patient's life, a Polish doctor said on Tuesday.
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- Niacin Slashes Heart Attack Risk in Diabetics [ Cache ]
Niacin supplements can reduce by about 50 percent the chance of a second heart attack in people with diabetes and milder blood sugar problems, who are at sharply increased risk of cardiac diseases.
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- Tea May Reduce Risk of Death After Heart Attack [ Cache ]
Drinking at least two cups of tea a day may dramatically reduce a person's chances of dying following a heart attack, a study suggests.
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