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Vitamin D deficiency may increase risk of heart disease: study

November 26th, 2008 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS -
Los Angeles, Nov 26 (Xinhua) Chronic vitamin D deficiency may be a culprit in heart disease, high blood pressure and metabolic syndrome, a new study has suggested.The lack of sunshine during winter ...

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Vitamin D deficit may up heart disease risk

November 24th, 2008 - 4:43 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Nov 24 (ANI): A new study has revealed that chronic vitamin D deficiency may increase the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure and metabolic syndrome. According to the study, ...

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Acid blockers may prevent aspirin-taking cardiac patients from side-effects

August 12th, 2008 - 2:55 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Aug 12 (ANI): An Indian-origin researcher says that adding a stomach acid-blocking drug to the daily routines of patients with clogged heart arteries, who regularly take aspirin to prevent a ...

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Oz govt to pay for weight-loss surgery

August 3rd, 2008 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI -
Melbourne, Aug 3 (ANI): In a bid to tackle growing obesity rates, the Australian government has decided to dish out money for natives weight-loss surgeries. According to Fairfax, over 8000 lap-banding surgeries ...

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Coronary heart disease linked to dementia

July 23rd, 2008 - 12:43 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, July 23 (ANI): People with coronary heart disease might be at an increased risk of developing dementia, according to a study led by an Indian-origin scientist Dr Archana Singh-Manoux a Senior ...

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Coronary heart disease patients have poor quality of life

July 15th, 2008 - 1:50 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, July 15 (ANI): Better treatments boost survival rates of coronary heart disease patients, but the quality of those extra years may be less than ideal, according to a new study. Adults ...

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Heart patients may live longer, but not happier: study

July 15th, 2008 - 10:56 am ICT by IANS -
Washington, July 15 (IANS) Better therapy might have given a new lease of life to coronary heart disease patients but the quality of those extra years may have been compromised, according to ...

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Father of heart surgery DeBakey dies at 99

July 13th, 2008 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS -
DPA Washington, July 13 (DPA) Legendary US physician Michael DeBakey, father of modern heart surgery, is dead. DeBakey died of natural causes Friday at the age of 99 at Houston's Methodist Hospital, a ...

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Some anti-cancer drugs could be harmful for heart disease patients

June 24th, 2008 - 3:23 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, June 24 (ANI): Researchers from Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis have revealed that some anti-cancer therapeutics might be harmful for patients with heart disease. The anticancer drugs, also known ...

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Study shows diesel fumes’ link to heart, lung diseases

June 9th, 2008 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS -
Washington, June 9 (IANS) The adverse effects of diesel fumes on health, especially for individuals who already have lung or heart disease, have been proven anew by a recent study. The study, ...

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Nearly 50% of cardiac patients ignorant of heart attack symptoms

May 27th, 2008 - 4:23 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, May 27 (ANI): Nearly 50 percent of heart disease patients have poor knowledge of heart attack symptoms, according to a new study. The new study from University of California, San ...

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Vitamin E increases life span of Alzheimer’s patients

April 16th, 2008 - 1:32 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Apr 16 (ANI): Vitamin E may help Alzheimer's patients live longer, finds a new study by researchers at Baylor College of Medicines Alzheimers Disease and Memory Disorders Center in Houston. As ...

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Stress lowers blood flow to heart in patients with gene variation

April 16th, 2008 - 1:04 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Apr 16(ANI): Researchers at University of Florida have found that mental stress lowers blood flow to the heart in patients with a gene variation. According to the researchers, those with the ...

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Vitamin E helps Alzheimer’s patients live longer

April 16th, 2008 - 10:51 am ICT by admin -
Washington, April 16 (IANS) Vitamin E appears to help patients with Alzheimer's survive longer than those who don't take the vitamin, according to a study. Known to delay the progression of moderately ...

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