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THURSDAY, May 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Heart disease, strokes and diabetes contribute to many dementia cases in the United States, but the risk is not equal everywhere, a new study says.
Overall, more than a third (37%) of U.S. dementia cases are linked to eight co...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- May 29, 2025
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Lounging around too much after a heart attack can set you up for another one, a new study says.
Within a year of being treated for heart attack symptoms, people who sat around afterwards for more than 14 hours a day on average were at greater risk for another hear...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- May 20, 2025
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People with Down syndrome have a much higher risk of stroke than people without the genetic disorder, a new study says.
Down syndrome patients have a 5.14 times higher risk of a stroke caused by a brain bleed, and more than 4 times higher risk of a stroke ...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- May 8, 2025
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The shingles vaccine has benefits that stretch beyond protecting older adults from the painful skin condition, a new study says.
Folks who get the shingles jab have a 23% lower risk of health problems like stroke, heart failure and heart disease, researc...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- May 7, 2025
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THURSDAY, April 24, 2025 (HeathDay News) -- Doctors might be able to use a new scoring system to avoid unnecessary surgery to prevent strokes, a new study shows.
Patients with clogged arteries often undergo surgery to reopen blood vessels choked by plaques...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- April 24, 2025
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Microplastics could be contributing to clogged arteries, increasing people’s risk of heart attack or stroke, a new study says.
Fatty plaques in neck arteries can contain more than 50 times as much microplastics as are found in arteries free of plaque...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- April 23, 2025
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A “smart shirt” equipped with an electrocardiogram (ECG) can help identify folks who are at higher risk of heart disease, a new study says.
The shirt monitors people’s heart rate recovery after exercise, tracking the time it takes for their heart to return to ...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- April 15, 2025
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More people die from heart problems during heatwaves where high temperatures stretch through both the day and night, a new study says.
Heatwaves that offer no relief at night -- known as compound heatwaves -- are much more deadly than soaring daytime temperatures alone, researchers reported April 1 in the Journal of the American Colle...
Statins are very cheap and highly effective cholesterol-lowering drugs -- but high-risk heart patients may have an even better option, a new evidence review says.
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- March 25, 2025
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The final days of acclaimed actor Gene Hackman are heart-rending -- a man with Alzheimer’s disease wandering his home for nearly a week after the untimely death of his wife, before collapsing himself.
Experts have speculated that Hackman, 95, might have died from takotsubo syndrome
Lifestyle factors like diet, exercise, smoking and blood pressure have a greater impact on the heart health of women than men, a new study says.
Women with poor health have nearly five times the risk of heart disease compared to women with ideal health, according to findings scheduled for presentation Saturday at a meeting of the American College of Cardiology in Chicago.
By compari...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- March 25, 2025
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Mammograms can be used to screen for more than just breast cancer, researchers say.
The X-ray breast scans also can be used to assess calcium deposits in arteries, which is an indicator of heart health, researchers are scheduled to report Monday at a meeting of the American College of Cardiology in Chicago.
Using artificial intelligence (AI), researchers were able to analyze calcium...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- March 25, 2025
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Folks frequently use their smartwatches to monitor their daily step count, aiming to get enough physical activity to improve their health.
But smartwatches are tracking another measure of health that could prove even more important, a new study suggests.
Smartwatches ...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- March 24, 2025
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Weed users are much more likely to suffer a heart attack, stroke or other life-threatening heart condition than people who don’t indulge, a new study says.
Adults under 50 are more than six times as likely to suffer a heart attack if they use marijuana, comp...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- March 19, 2025
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Elderly people benefit from taking medications to keep their blood pressure low, same as younger folks, a new study says.
Systolic blood pressure kept under 130 reduces the risk of heart-related death by about 26% among people 80 or older, researchers reported in the
It doesn’t matter if CPR is performed by a doctor, a paramedic or an unskilled, unpracticed passerby -- when performed promptly, it will increase a person’s odds of survival, a new study says.
The speed of CPR initiation is crucial to survival and better outcomes related to cardiac arrest, r...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- March 18, 2025
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People with a higher genetic risk for type 2 diabetes also have a higher risk of heart attack, stroke and other heart-related diseases.
But controlling that risk could be as simple as picking up a TV remote and hitting the “off” switch, a new study suggests.
Limiting TV watching to no more than one hour a day appears to help offset the increased risk of
Well-to-do and better-educated Americans have far lower rates of heart disease than the rest of the population, a new study says.
The top 20% of high-income, college-educated Americans have less heart disease risk than others, and this gap has widened over the past two decades, researchers say.
“The accumulation of economic and educational advantages appears to drive better he...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- March 12, 2025
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Cardiovascular disease is a general term that refers to many different types of heart problems.
Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death in the United States. In fact, one American dies from heart disease every 33 seconds, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Thes...
- Denise Maher HealthDay Reporter
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- March 8, 2025
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Many Americans don't realize how everyday habits and overlooked health issues can increase their risk for heart disease, according to a new Cleveland Clinic survey.
The nationwide survey found numerous gaps in heart health knowledge. For ...
- India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
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- February 25, 2025
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A new study has found no evidence that COVID vaccines increase the risk of sudden cardiac arrest in young athletes, despite numerous claims that circulated during the pandemic.
The six-year study -- published Feb. 24 in JAMA Network Open -- compared sudden
With Los Angeles still reeling from the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires, a new report on California blazes from earlier years finds the toll on survivors' hearts can be severe.
However, the study also found that the cardiovascular effects of smoke exposures vary widely between fires.
For example, people affected by the Mendocino Complex fires -- a cluster of wildfi...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- February 7, 2025
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Many Americans don’t see anything wrong with taking daily low-dose aspirin, even though experts have concluded its risks outweigh its benefits, a new survey has found.
Nearly half (48%) of people incorrectly think that the benefits of taking low-dose aspirin daily to reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke outweigh the risks, accord...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- February 4, 2025
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New moms who’ve just had twins run a high risk of heart disease in the coming weeks and months, a new study suggests.
Women have a doubled risk of hospitalization for heart problems within a year of delivering twins, researchers reported Feb. 3 in the
Don’t worry if someone’s checking your blood pressure in a loud public place.
The reading they get is apt to be just as accurate as if the test were taking place in a quiet, less stressful environment, researchers reported in a study published Jan. 27 in the
Major heart health risk factors like obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure remain on the rise in the United States, according to an annual report from the American Heart Association (AHA).
These risks are thwarting efforts to save lives from heart disease, heart attack, stroke and other letha...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- January 28, 2025
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A well-marbled steak is highly prized for grilling, but those sort of fat deposits in human muscles can be deadly, a new study says.
People with pockets of fat hidden within their muscles have a higher risk of dying from heart-related health problems, researchers reported in a study published Jan. 20 in the
A blood transfusion following a heart attack could be a life-saving measure for patients with anemia.
A new evidence review published in the journal NEJM Evidence shows anemic patient...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- December 27, 2024
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Folks with irregular sleep patterns might have an increased risk of a heart attack or stroke, a new study says.
People who doze off and wake up at extremely varied times day by day have a 26% increased risk of a potentially fatal heart-related health emergency, results show....
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- November 27, 2024
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Nearly 1 in every 10 American adults is living with high levels of cholesterol in their arteries, according to the latest report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The data, from 2021 through 2023, found that 11.3% of adults have high total cholesterol -- a number that's held relatively steady since the introduction of
New research suggests that a procedure now regarded as Plan B when patients have episodes of rapid heartbeat after a heart attack should be the go-to treatment.
Ablation is a minimally invasive procedure to treat abnormal electrical short circuits caused by a heart attack. T...
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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- November 19, 2024
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It's long been known that certain structural qualities of the human heart -- its size, chamber volume -- can influence cardiovascular health.
British scientists say they're now discovering that the gene-directed shape of a person's heart might matter, too.
“This study provides new information on how we think about heart disease risk,” said study senior author
Lives lost to obesity-related heart disease have nearly tripled over the past twenty years, a new study reports.
Heart disease deaths linked to obesity increased 2.8-fold between 1999 and 2020, according to findings presented today at the American Heart Association’s annu...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- November 11, 2024
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Women have a higher risk of heart failure and stroke than men while undergoing dialysis for kidney failure, a new study shows.
However, women also have a lower overall risk of dying than men, researchers found.
The bottom line: “Women have to be treated differently when it c...
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- November 8, 2024
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Seniors who’ve had a heart attack should probably delay any elective surgeries for three to six months, a new study advises.
People aged 67 and older face double to triple the risk of life-threatening complications -- like a stroke or a second heart attack -- if they m...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- November 1, 2024
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A severe COVID infection can increase a person’s risk of heart attack and stroke as much as a history of heart disease, a new study says.
People hospitalized for COVID had about the same risk of a major cardiac event as people with heart disease who never had COVID, researchers found.
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- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- October 9, 2024
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Folks who are content with what they’ve got could be less likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke, a new study suggests.
“Our findings support a holistic approach to health care, where enhancing a person’s mental and emotional well-being is considered an ...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- September 18, 2024
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Ozempic and Wegovy can prevent heart problems in overweight and obese people, particularly if they also suffer from kidney disease, a new clinical trial shows.
The drugs’ active ingredient, semaglutide, reduced heart health risk by 20% in heavyset people who took it for more than three years...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- September 12, 2024
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Could a simple blood test help predict a woman’s three-decade risk of heart disease?
Yes, claims new research that found women with high levels of three specific blood markers had a greater than threefold increased risk for heart disease within 30 year...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- September 2, 2024
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Hospitals see more admissions for heart attacks in the days after cold weather sets in, new research shows.
"Individuals may be particularly vulnerable to acute cardiac events during periods of cold stress," said study lead author Wenli Ni, a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard University.
Her team presented its findi...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- September 2, 2024
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Recreational drug users are three times more likely to have repeated heart health emergencies than people who don’t use, a new study has found.
About 11% of patients admitted to intensive cardiac care units have been using recreational drugs, said researcher Dr. Raphael Mirail...
Your heart health before and after a heart attack might be influenced by how loud your neighborhood is, new research suggests.
One study found that people under 50 were more prone to heart attack if they lived in a noisy area, while another study showed the prognosis for heart attack survivors was worse if neighborhood noise was an issue.
"These data provide some of the first insigh...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- August 27, 2024
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Research has already proven that the blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy (semaglutide) can slash a person's odds for heart attacks and strokes, and now more data from the same trial suggests that's even true for very ill patients with heart failure.
The finding also helps clear up a con...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- August 23, 2024
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Spend your youth glued to your phone, computer and TV and you cut your odds of making it to 60, a new study warns.
Data from a study tracking the health of more than 4,000 young adults for over 30 years found a higher odds for heart attack for those who'd spent a lot of time watching TV in their early 20s.
“Our findings suggest that the amount of time young adults spend watch...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- August 23, 2024
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An experimental genetic test can gauge a person’s risk of developing potentially deadly blood clots, researchers report.
People who scored high on the test had more than double the rate of heart attack, stroke and major amputation after they underwent a procedure to re...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- August 21, 2024
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There's more evidence to suggest that the common artificial sweetener erythritol might pose dangers to consumers' hearts.
The new study, involving 20 healthy adult volunteers, found that at doses commonly found in an erythritol-sweetened soda or muffin, the sweetener was linked to heightened activity of blood platelets, which could make clots more likely.
No such effect was seen wi...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- August 8, 2024
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Hospitalization for a heart-related emergency can have profound effects on a person’s mental health, a new study finds.
People hospitalized for heart attack, stroke or other heart-related illnesses were 83% more likely to be diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder withi...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- August 2, 2024
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A healthy mouth also means a healthy heart, a new review suggests.
People who’ve lost teeth are more likely to die from heart problems – and the more teeth lost, the higher the risk, researchers found.
“Our findings clearly show tha...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- July 30, 2024
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People diagnosed with one of the most common inherited heart arrhythmias, called Long QT syndrome (LQTS), can safely engage in vigorous exercise without any added risk for sudden death or cardiac arrest, a new study finds.
"Arrhythmic events were low in these appropriately treated individuals with LQTS in both those exercising vigorously and those exercising moderately or who were sedenta...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- July 26, 2024
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