Sun lowers your blood pressure
Exposing skin to sunlight may help to reduce blood pressure and thus cut the risk of heart attack and stroke, a study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology suggests.
Exposing skin to sunlight may help to reduce blood pressure and thus cut the risk of heart attack and stroke, a study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology suggests.
Researchers in Sweden have found an association between a person’s fitness as a teenager and their risk of heart attack in later life. In a study of nearly… read more.
Researchers found a novel approach to predict outcomes in heart failure patients by imaging impaired energy metabolism in a diseased heart. Researchers have identified a new method to… read more.
Coronary artery calcium testing trumps cholesterol levels, high blood pressure and other risk factors in predicting heart attacks and deaths.
Academic researchers have found that breathing motor vehicle emissions triggers a change in high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, altering its cardiovascular protective qualities so that it actually contributes to… read more.
Academic researchers have found that breathing motor vehicle emissions triggers a change in high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, altering its cardiovascular protective qualities so that it actually contributes to… read more.
How do you measure the pain of a patient who can’t communicate? A Rhode Island Hospital researcher studied an observational pain scale in cardiac surgery patients, and found… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – A routine flu vaccine appears to lower the risk of heart attack or stroke by more than 50 per cent among persons who have… read more.
Report from the (TCT) Scientific Symposium, 27 October – 1 November, San Francisco. Anti-clotting agent helps reduce the risk of intraprocedural events during percutaneous coronary intervention.
Report from the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Scientific Symposium, 27 October – 1 November, San Francisco. In a clinical trial, a self-expanding transcatheter aortic valve met the key… read more.
Report from the (TCT) Scientific Symposium, 27 October – 1 November, San Francisco. A new study found that both drug-eluting stents (DES) with biocompatible polymers and DES with… read more.
Report from the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Scientific Symposium, 27 October – 1 November, San Francisco. Length of infection increases risk for atherosclerosis. HIV infection, not antiretroviral therapy… read more.
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