Heart attack risk

High stress activity in the brain may indicate a future risk of heart attack and stroke, according to new research. Ahmed Tawakol of Massachusetts General Hospital coauthored the recent study, which found that those with a higher level of activity in the stress center of the brain showed evidence of arterial inflammation—a leading cause of ...click here to read more

A recent study uncovered that generally healthy men who undergo testosterone replacement therapy do not become more prone to getting a heart attack or stroke. The findings come from researchers at Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake city who looked at 1,472 men aged 52 and 63 all with low testosterone levels but no ...click here to read more

Heart attack causes muscle inflammation and swelling in two waves within a week of heart attack. Current notion is that myocardial edema – heart swelling – only occurs once after heart attack, but the new findings challenge this common belief and suggest it occurs in two waves post-heart attack. The researchers of the study believe ...click here to read more

A new study has found a link between seniors who suffer from shingles and an increased risk of stroke or heart attack. The researchers tracked the health of over 67,000 newly diagnosed shingles patients over the age of 65. The researchers found that after a week of diagnosis, stroke risk nearly doubled. While heart attack ...click here to read more

Diabetes can come with many complications, such as higher risk of depression, low libido, eye damage and kidney disease. Worse yet, diabetes can increase your risk of heart attack and stroke as well. Not only do you need to manage your diabetes, but you need to manage your overall health in order to prevent a ...click here to read more

American experts in preventative medicine now suggest low-dose aspirin is a means to lower the risk of heart attack and stroke for people in their 50s. Furthermore, individuals in their 60s can also reduce their risk of heart attack and stroke by taking low-dose aspirin, but it may not benefit them as much as those ...click here to read more

A new report states that U.S. adults are at higher risk of heart attack and stroke due to an increase in heart age. According to the study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), most Americans are younger than their heart age. Despite how often we attempt to feel “young at heart” ...click here to read more

Just about anyone can have high blood pressure. Although there are contributing factors which can elevate blood pressure, it can affect anyone. In fact, most people don’t even realize they have high blood pressure as it doesn’t pose many symptoms. By the time they realize they have a blood pressure problem, it could be too ...click here to read more

Remember the lyrics to that classic song, “Don’t take your love away from me, don’t leave my heart in misery, if you go then I’ll be blue, because breaking up is hard to do.” At some point in your life you may have felt similar emotions and can relate that breaking up really is hard ...click here to read more

There are factors in life that you may never think would impact your health. Foot or hand size for example doesn’t seem to show a correlation with increased risk of illness. But other factors – which you may have overlooked up until now – surprisingly do play a role in your risk of developing disease. ...click here to read more

Heart attacks strike millions of people around the world every day, with 600,000 people dying from heart disease in just the U.S. alone. That means that 25 percent of the deaths in the country are caused by heart problems, which doesn’t even include the 715,000 Americans who suffer from nearly-fatal heart attacks each year. Heart ...click here to read more

Daily fluctuations in temperature are associated with an increased risk for heart attack and stroke.  The mortality rate due to cardiovascular conditions during the winter season has been reported to be higher than in the summer. The winter season is just around the corner and some of us are getting ready for the cold days ...click here to read more

Improvements in medical treatment methods in the past century have now resulted in a significant increase in the lifespan of the human population.  People are now living at least 10 years longer, thanks to the new medications, diagnostic tests, and medical procedures that are currently being used in hospitals.  Physicians are also more equipped in ...click here to read more

Having a total hip or knee replacement may improve your mobility but it may also increase your heart attack risk according to new research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Researchers analyzed data from over 95,000 Danish patients who had a hip or knee replacement in Denmark between 1998 and 2007 in an effort ...click here to read more