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Health

Genetic Variants Tied to Increased Risk of Ischemic Stroke

Genetic Variants Tied to Increased Risk of Ischemic Stroke

Two genetic variants appear to significantly increase the risk of ischemic stroke, US researchers...
» read full story April 16th, 2009 - 14:29
Nicotine Replacement Therapy Might Help Smokers Quit After All

Nicotine Replacement Therapy Might Help Smokers Quit After All

People who are not ready to quit smoking right now, but they want to reduce their smoking are twice...
» read full story April 06th, 2009 - 14:01
Cholesterol Drug Crestor Reduces Risk of Vein Clots As Well

Cholesterol Drug Crestor Reduces Risk of Vein Clots As Well

Besides reducing the incidence of heart attacks and stroke, AstraZeneca’s cholesterol drug...
» read full story March 30th, 2009 - 14:10
New Device Shows Promise in Treating Atrial Fibrillation

New Device Shows Promise in Treating Atrial Fibrillation

A new device implanted in the heart to stop blood clots from triggering strokes (from the rhythm...
» read full story March 28th, 2009 - 20:40
FDA Panel Backs Sanofi-Aventis’ Heart Drug for Approval

FDA Panel Backs Sanofi-Aventis’ Heart Drug for Approval

A panel of cardiology experts recommended Wednesday that Sanofi-Aventis experimental drug Multaq...
» read full story March 19th, 2009 - 16:50
February Is the Month That Encourages Heart Health

February Is the Month That Encourages Heart Health

February 6th was National Wear Red Day, also known as Go Red for Women Day, when people were asked...
» read full story February 08th, 2009 - 19:25
Wear Red Campaign Raises Heart Disease Awareness

Wear Red Campaign Raises Heart Disease Awareness

  February is American Heart Month, a time to think about all those simple steps that you can...
» read full story February 05th, 2009 - 13:59
Go Red for Women, a Campaign to Raise Heart Disease Awareness

Go Red for Women, a Campaign to Raise Heart Disease Awareness

Feb. 6 is National Wear Red Day, part of a campaign aimed to raise awareness about heart disease,...
» read full story February 02nd, 2009 - 16:00
HealthGrades: Top-Rated Hospitals Have 27 Percent Lower Death Rate

HealthGrades: Top-Rated Hospitals Have 27 Percent Lower Death Rate

Another report, this time coming from HealthGrades, comes to the rescue of people looking for the...
» read full story January 28th, 2009 - 14:00
California Hospital Death Rates for 2006/2007 Released

California Hospital Death Rates for 2006/2007 Released

In an attempt to help improve health care and people looking for better places to treat their...
» read full story January 23rd, 2009 - 15:20
Smoking Death Rates – The Highest in Kentucky and West Virginia

Smoking Death Rates – The Highest in Kentucky and West Virginia

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report in its journal Morbidity and...
» read full story January 23rd, 2009 - 12:46
California Hospitals’ Death Rates Vary Widely

California Hospitals’ Death Rates Vary Widely

According to a recent study that looked at mortality rates for California hospitals between 2006...
» read full story January 22nd, 2009 - 16:53
Reduced Air Pollution Adds Years To Your Life

Reduced Air Pollution Adds Years To Your Life

Pollution has always been thought to reduce survival due to its noxious effects on people’s...
» read full story January 22nd, 2009 - 12:58

Heart Attacks Less Severe in the U.S., Report Shows

  According to a new report, heart attacks are leading to fewer deaths in the U.S. The study...
» read full story January 20th, 2009 - 12:16
FDA: Vytorin Still Good for Lowering Bad Cholesterol Levels

FDA: Vytorin Still Good for Lowering Bad Cholesterol Levels

  The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it has completed its review of data from the...
» read full story January 09th, 2009 - 14:25
Quit Smoking for the Sake of 2009!

Quit Smoking for the Sake of 2009!

If we should make a resolution for 2009, that would be to become more aware of the money we spend....
» read full story January 01st, 2009 - 16:57
Quit Smoking to Prevent Colon Cancer! Smoking Increases the Risk of Colorectal Cancer

Quit Smoking to Prevent Colon Cancer! Smoking Increases the Risk of Colorectal Cancer

Smoking increases the risk of getting colon cancer by about 18 percent and the risk of dying from...
» read full story December 17th, 2008 - 13:30

Heart Attack And Stroke Death Rates Have Decreased

The American Heart Association has reasons to be proud as it can achieve its goal of decreasing...
» read full story December 17th, 2008 - 00:23
Deaths Caused By Heart Attacks, Strokes Decline But For How Long?

Deaths Caused By Heart Attacks, Strokes Decline But For How Long?

Deaths caused by heart attacks and strokes have declined by about 30 percent since 1999 most...
» read full story December 16th, 2008 - 11:47
‘America’s Health Rankings 2008’- Vermont Is Healthiest State

‘America’s Health Rankings 2008’- Vermont Is Healthiest State

A comparison of state rakings from 2007 to 2008 released Wednesday by the United Health Foundation...
» read full story December 04th, 2008 - 13:52
Lack of Exercise in Depressed Cardiac Patients Worsens Outcomes

Lack of Exercise in Depressed Cardiac Patients Worsens Outcomes

If you suffer from depression, you need to look for medical help right away, as depression has...
» read full story November 28th, 2008 - 15:00
Inactivity in Depressed Heart Patients Increases Cardiac Risk

Inactivity in Depressed Heart Patients Increases Cardiac Risk

Depression is one of the issues today’s world faces and tries to overcome. Scientists have shown...
» read full story November 26th, 2008 - 14:00
Plavix plus Heartburn Drugs Boost Patients’ Risk for Cardiac Events

Plavix plus Heartburn Drugs Boost Patients’ Risk for Cardiac Events

A Medco Health Solutions study presented Tuesday at the American Heart Association meeting in New...
» read full story November 12th, 2008 - 15:00

Avapro Blood Pressure Drug Ineffective To Heart-Failure Patients

In a clinical trial, the blood pressure medicine Avapro didn’t perform better than other medicines...
» read full story November 11th, 2008 - 22:54
A Simple Blood Test Can Spot People Who Are At Risk Of Heart Attack

A Simple Blood Test Can Spot People Who Are At Risk Of Heart Attack

According to the findings of a new study presented at the meeting of the American Heart...
» read full story November 11th, 2008 - 16:09
A Study Finds New Ways of Detecting Heart Disease

A Study Finds New Ways of Detecting Heart Disease

A regular medical exam could soon contain a simple, low-cost blood test, which could help assess...
» read full story November 11th, 2008 - 14:42
Sleep Deprived People With Hypertension Stand Higher Heart Risk

Sleep Deprived People With Hypertension Stand Higher Heart Risk

Lack of sleep is something common nowadays. Whether it’s just a movie on our laptop or catching up...
» read full story November 11th, 2008 - 13:00
Study: Statins Have Beneficial Effects for Healthy People Too

Study: Statins Have Beneficial Effects for Healthy People Too

Sunday, during a New Orleans meeting of the American Heart Association, researchers revealed that...
» read full story November 10th, 2008 - 21:25
Statins Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes, May Benefit Healthy People Too

Statins Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes, May Benefit Healthy People Too

Heart attacks and strokes may be cut by roughly 50 percent among patients who receive preventive...
» read full story November 10th, 2008 - 11:00
Crestor Prevents Heart Attacks for People with Low Cholesterol, Too

Crestor Prevents Heart Attacks for People with Low Cholesterol, Too

According to a report at an American Heart Association conference, inflammation may be as critical...
» read full story November 09th, 2008 - 21:03
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Science

Heart Disease Rates Are On Decline

Heart Disease Rates Are On Decline

Deaths caused by heart attacks and strokes have declined by about 30 percent since 1999 most...
» read full story December 16th, 2008 - 14:52
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U.S.

California Hospital Death Rates For 2006/2007 Released

California Hospital Death Rates For 2006/2007 Released

In an attempt to help improve health care and people looking for better places to treat their...
» read full story January 23rd, 2009 - 19:52
Statins Good for People with Normal Cholesterol Levels Too

Statins Good for People with Normal Cholesterol Levels Too

Statins have long been prescribed for people diagnosed with high levels of bad cholesterol in...
» read full story November 17th, 2008 - 16:00
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Music

Musician Merl Saunders, Collaborated with thGrateful Dead, Dies

Musician Merl Saunders, Collaborated with thGrateful Dead, Dies

Merl Saunders, a keyboardist who collaborated throughout more than two decades with Grateful Dead...
» read full story October 27th, 2008 - 16:39
Isaac Hayes’ Legacy Of Evergreen Songs

Isaac Hayes’ Legacy Of Evergreen Songs

Although the mortal breathed his last breath, his songs will stand the test of time, proving to be...
» read full story August 14th, 2008 - 14:20
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Movies

Director Remembers the Late Isaac Hayes and Bernie Mac

Director Remembers the Late Isaac Hayes and Bernie Mac

Isaac Hayes and Bernie Mac both passed away last week, unexpectedly, at an age when their careers...
» read full story August 12th, 2008 - 15:06
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World

David Blaine’s Reputation Is Going Upside Down Because Of Criticism

David Blaine’s Reputation Is Going Upside Down Because Of Criticism

Another stunt, another record, another battle with unsatisfied critics for the famous illusionist,...
» read full story September 24th, 2008 - 18:44
Exposure To Air Pollution Harms Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

Exposure To Air Pollution Harms Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

Exposure to traffic fumes increases the risk of heart attack, or strokes and potentially fatal...
» read full story September 11th, 2008 - 11:13

Russian Nobel Winner Alexander Solzhenitsyn Dies At 89

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Nobel prize winner for literature,died at age 89, the news agency...
» read full story August 04th, 2008 - 00:24
Kennedy Remains Hospitalized After Seizure

Kennedy Remains Hospitalized After Seizure

U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy is still in hospital in Boston, as doctors tried to determine the cause of...
» read full story May 18th, 2008 - 21:12
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People

Levi Stubbs Passes Away At 72

Levi Stubbs Passes Away At 72

Levi Stubbs, Four Tops baritone, passed away on Friday, in his home, at the age of 72. The musical...
» read full story October 18th, 2008 - 17:28

Doctor: Soul singer Hayes died from stroke

Los Angeles - Soul music legend Isaac Hayes died from a stroke while exercising on his treadmill,...
» read full story August 13th, 2008 - 07:58
Cartoonist Ted Key, Creator of “Hazel,” Dies at 95

Cartoonist Ted Key, Creator of “Hazel,” Dies at 95

Ted Key, famous for creating the witty and independent maid character Hazel, died on Saturday at...
» read full story May 06th, 2008 - 12:49
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Specials

Two Genetic Variants Predispose People to Stroke

A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that carrying certain genes might...
» read full story April 17th, 2009 - 15:29

Device Prevents Stroke in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Researchers present Saturday at the American College of Cardiology Conference in Orlando, Florida...
» read full story March 29th, 2009 - 15:51
Most Americans Should Reduce Salt Intake, But Do They?

Most Americans Should Reduce Salt Intake, But Do They?

As rates for high blood pressure and implicitly for heart disease and stroke are dramatically...
» read full story March 27th, 2009 - 14:53

Antipsychotics in Alzheimer’s Patients – Potentially Fatal After Extensive Use

First of all, Alzheimer’s is a degenerative disease with no known cure. Except for...
» read full story January 09th, 2009 - 21:43

No More Funds for the Converter Box Coupons

It appears that the U.S. Congress underestimated the amount of funding needed for the TV Converter...
» read full story January 07th, 2009 - 22:46
Quit Smoking Today!

Quit Smoking Today!

What did your New Year’s resolutions include except losing weight and reducing debts? If you...
» read full story January 01st, 2009 - 20:35
Brain-Stimulating Drugs: Should Healthy People Be Allowed to Take Them?

Brain-Stimulating Drugs: Should Healthy People Be Allowed to Take Them?

Should healthy people take prescription drugs to boost their brain strength? A panel of medical...
» read full story December 09th, 2008 - 16:30
Take Your Statins To Prevent Heart Attack!

Take Your Statins To Prevent Heart Attack!

Half of heart attacks and strokes happen among apparently healthy men and women with normal or low...
» read full story November 17th, 2008 - 14:10

Crestor Can Detect Risks Of Heart Attack

A cholesterol-lowering statin drug administered to people who have normal cholesterol can cut their...
» read full story November 11th, 2008 - 23:53
Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Crestor Benefic for Healthy People As Well

Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Crestor Benefic for Healthy People As Well

Statins of cholesterol-lowering drugs have been known to reduce heart risk in people with...
» read full story November 10th, 2008 - 14:30
Guidelines Set For Healthy Activity

Guidelines Set For Healthy Activity

In fact, forget this article and just turn off the computer and stop working on it, stop playing...
» read full story October 08th, 2008 - 03:14
FDA Probes J&J Anemia Drug over Clinical Trial Deaths

FDA Probes J&J Anemia Drug over Clinical Trial Deaths

Results of a study undergone by German scientists revealed that stroke patients given Amgen and...
» read full story September 29th, 2008 - 14:34
COPD Drugs Questioned for Increased Risk of Stroke, Heart Attack

COPD Drugs Questioned for Increased Risk of Stroke, Heart Attack

Spiriva and Atrovent, two drugs widely prescribed in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),...
» read full story September 25th, 2008 - 15:50
Isaac Hayes, Memorable Through The Decades

Isaac Hayes, Memorable Through The Decades

Legendary soul singer Isaac Hayes’ death on Aug. 10, just ten days before his 66th birthday...
» read full story August 12th, 2008 - 15:56
Oscar-Winning Soul Legend Isaac Hayes Dies At 65

Oscar-Winning Soul Legend Isaac Hayes Dies At 65

Oscar-winning soul singer and songwriter Isaac Hayes, whose 1971’s “Theme from Shaft” made him the...
» read full story August 11th, 2008 - 14:20

Comedian Harvey Korman Dies at 81

Harvey Korman, the comedic actor whose appearances on “The Carol Burnett Show” earned him four Emmy...
» read full story May 30th, 2008 - 14:26
Death Gap Expands between Educated and Less Educated in the US

Death Gap Expands between Educated and Less Educated in the US

Being educated could boost your chances to live longer new research suggests. American...
» read full story May 15th, 2008 - 14:46
Rock Stars Rock, But They Die Younger: Study

Rock Stars Rock, But They Die Younger: Study

You would not believe it by looking at the Rolling Stones however, a new study says rock stars are...
» read full story September 04th, 2007 - 14:42
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